----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Sloan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 5:59 PM Subject: Re: Hello (hello, hello)
> Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > Just for a complete change of pace: > > > Original text- > > > I'm a soldier, znachit ya > > I otvyetchik i sud'ya > > Ya stoyu na dvukh kontsakh ognya > > Am I crazy, or is that the Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone > Complex Second Gig opening theme? The song is called Rise. > > Or both? :-) > > If so, that really is a pretty song. I *thought* I was hearing > snippets of English in there, even though the closed captioning > just said "Singing in Japanese", or something like that. > Singing in Russian actually. (Quite distinct from Japanese to my ear) The singer is Origa AKA Olga Vitalevna Jakovleva . >From Wiki: Origa has as of 2005 released seven solo albums, two mini-albums, and 3 singles. She gained popularity outside of Japan and Russia with the release of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and the subsequent original soundtrack, written by long-time friend and composer Yoko Kanno, hosting the theme song "Inner Universe" (featuring boy soprano Benedict Delmaestro). (Origa first performed with Kanno for the ? Gundam, singing Gabriela Robin's "Moon" with the Gey's AX chorus.) An additional opening theme song from Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (the second season of the popular anime series), "Rise", also gained acclaim. I really love the quality of her voice. I found a website where I could d/l MP3s of many anime theme tracks (most of which are performed and/or written by popular Japanese bands) and ended up burning a CD of my favorite Anime music tracks. So now I have all the GITS, Cowboy BeBop, and FullMetal Alchemist music I can eat. I even have the theme to Bo Bo Bo Bo Bo Bo Bo which is quite ass kicking on its own thank you very much. The full versions are much better that the edited versions heard during the credits. My track list goes like this 1 Justice League Unlimited theme 2 Inner Universe (GITS first theme) Origa and Yoko Kanno 3 Real Folk Blues (Cowboy BeBop closer) 4 Rewrite (FMA opener in the final episodes) 5 Run Rabbit Junk (GITS incidental) Yoko Kanno 6 Tank (Cowboy Bebop opener) 7 Wild Challenger (Bo Bo Bo.... opener) Jindou 8 Ready Steady Go (older FMA opener) L'Arc~En~Ceil 9 Rise (current GITS opener) Origa and Yoko Kanno It is a bit short really, bit just long enough for my normal commute. I plan to make a longer version later when I identify more songs I cannot live without. xponent Obvious Inquiries Offlist Please Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
