New soundtrack...

So they've been signed to author the soundtrack for the next film by the same director and creative team behind Tekkonkinkreet. Well, not much of a surprise... And not much to discuss. Yet.

Still, bit of interesting news.

Im not a fan of anime but the soundtrack was cool. So any new Plaid material is fine w/ me!

maybe scfunz

I'm also not an animé fanatic, and I admit I was a bit ambivalent about Tekkon once I'd finally had the chance to watch it. Still, it was a worthwhile experience, and I'm pleased to have seen it, particularly after having memorized the music from months of listening.

One complaint I did have about Tekkon is that several of the tracks were altered from their original forms in the feature - though I have no actual preference one way or the other as to which version, and there were also a number of shorter tracks in the film that could have easily fit on the CD but that were unfortunately omitted. It seems the goal was to make the OST as much of an "album" as possible, so instead of the usual 20-some-two-minute-tracks type format that you would get with most soundtracks, we got a 13-track deal with 5-minutes average per track.

Still and all, I am certainly looking forward to this. Any new material is also fine by me, particularly when it's a soundtrack, which is different by default than their usual output. Besides, Ed & Andy do seem to work best under pressure and constraints.

I have the impression they have new ideas when working for soundtracks and do things that expand the normal "album plaid sound"

so this is great news

"Plaid is signed on to do the soundtrack to Michael Arias' (Tekkonkinkreet) Heaven's Door scheduled to come out some time in 2009."

  Ataraxia said:

"Plaid is signed on to do the soundtrack to Michael Arias' (Tekkonkinkreet) Heaven's Door scheduled to come out some time in 2009."

YAAAWWWWN wake me up when its 2009.

glad plaid found their partners in the direction probably best for them. possibly animation's dreamteam to remember years to come

This is AOO's wakeup call.

The OST has begun shipping from Japan. HMV.co.jp sent me a notice this morning.

  PusillanimousRex said:

The OST has begun shipping from Japan. HMV.co.jp sent me a notice this morning.

Superb, thanks for the heads-up. Just preordered, price is rather steep but I don't care right now.

sweet, i'm getting involved with this straight away. cheers!

Some previews here: http://diskunion.net/clubt/ct/detail/CM-0025100

They played Non Hoi in Amsterdam 2 months ago: http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=48G3P3VvIMQ

Don't know if this is allowed, but I made a torrent for it,

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4590826

And you can hear my favorite track here:

:)

  Ataraxia said:

Don't know if this is allowed, but I made a torrent for it,

 

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4590826

 

And you can hear my favorite track here:

 

:)

Since I paid 50$ already... Why not?

Bloody excellent! I'm really impressed.

awesome !!! what a great way to start a day !!!

Thanks! Awesome

Hi, is the torrent still working? Windows cant seem to open the file for me...

Not sure what's wrong.

Would really appreciate any help with this.

Cheers

Fixed! (ooops)

:smiling:

PROTIP: You can get it through the iTunes Music Store if you change your country to Japan, make a new account, and gift it to yourself.

You may need PayPal, too. :\

Either way, glad to know the torrent's working. :D

Really, really enjoying it here today. Thanks very much, Ataraxia :)

I recognise a few of the tracks from live gigs ive watched on youtube.

This and the Tekkon Kinkreet soundtrack are two of my favourite albums from the last 2 years.

I'll deffo buy the release when i can...

Happy Christmas! :D

Cheers

Durban Pain is pure Spanners.

  PusillanimousRex said:

Durban Pain is pure Spanners.

That's what i thought too. Sounds very Black-Doggy, but better imo.

Would love to hear what they have of 'Scintilli' now!! :)

What a xmas present that would be! hahaha

im really into 'Host' and 'Tokyo Drive', too... oh and 'Takeshita Street'...

Plaid albums do tend to grow on you more and more over time dont they.

So much to hear in there.

  sirch said:

im really into 'Host' and 'Tokyo Drive'

Me too, Only four tracks in (I skipped ahead to 'Host' first though after loving it on YouTube) but so far this is exactly what I've been needing to hear from Plaid for ages. I very much doubt I won't like the entire album somehow. 'Veisalgia' is also cracking.

'Orchard' sounds to me a bit like a heavier version of the track 'Lazybeams', from their 2002 Peel session.

It's the guitar bit at 1:14 that does it.. it was reminding me of something else then I realised, "it's Lazybeams!"

Or is it just me? lol :)