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Susumu Hirasawa, the author of "The girl in Byakkoya - White Tiger Field", the main theme to the Satoshi Kon film Paprika, has made it and the outtake track "Runner" available for free download to commemorate the release of the official soundtrack album.

To download them in MP3 format, click on the track titles above. Before you do so though, please click here first to view the terms and conditions. I'm just listening to them now and they're pretty cool.

Hirasawa also did the soundtrack for Kon's Paranoia Agent and the dreamlike quality of these new tracks is reminiscent of this show.

As an aside, Kon's work would make a good backdrop to a Hawkwind concert. Paranoia Agent for Paranoia anybody?

Comments

Löst Jimmy said…
Thanks for a most interesting post George, I found the links to be very good indeed
February 1, 2008 at 10:06 AM
George Ternent said…
I'll probably watch Paprika tonight and no doubt end up buying the OST some time as a result. All of Satoshi Kon's work is worth a watch, I particularly liked Paranoia Agent.
February 1, 2008 at 5:42 PM
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