With the live-action take on Ghost In The Shell headed our way this month, DJ and producer Steve Aoki has remixed the theme tune of the 1995 animated original for the new movie. Empire is pleased to bring you an exclusive chance to listen to the full version of the track.
Ghost In The Shell finds Scarlett Johansson as Major, saved from a terrible crash which left her near death. Turned into the perfect cyborg soldier, she leads a team battling hackers, terrorists and other threats to Hanka Robotics. But when she comes up against a new, powerful agent of chaos, she also learns some painful truths about her rebirth...
"This is a big day for me. Especially for teenage youth me when I first watched the anime Ghost In The Shell that planted the seeds for my imagination and obsession for Sci-fi android life AI singularity and later the blueprints towards my Neon Future ideology. So yes this is a big day and a proud moment to team up with GITS to produce the official remix to 'Utai IV' – 'Reawakening', "says Aoki.
You'll be able to purchase the full track from the usual digital retailers on 10 March, and the album Music Inspired By The Motion Picture Ghost In The Shell, with this and other exclusive tracks, will be available for pre-order from 17 March via Paramount Pictures and Kobalt Music Recordings. Ghost In The Shell launches in US and UK cinemas on 31 March.
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