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For God's sake, no more Remote Control shit composers! 
How come you like Brian Tyler so much if almost all of his scores contains music from those same shit composers?
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Oh, yeah, the film has "inspired" me to write a song, too!
It's basically just me ripping off several random jumbles of colorful metaphores while kicking shit around.
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I'm not sure how I feel personally about that remix of Kawai's score—it sounds like somebody basically just laid over some percussion and Transformers sound effects—but this preview, along with the prior use of Kawai's music to promote the film, has me curious how much influence the original has had on Mansell's approach. Kawai's Ghost in the Shell is one of my favorite scores of all time, so to hear Mansell interpret the material à la Black Swan would be fantastic indeed. I'm very on the fence about seeing this movie, but an opportunity to hear Mansell's music firsthand against the visuals might be the push I need to buy my ticket.
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I want to watch those clips, but as soon as I got to the dining table in the second one, I decided I'd rather see it for the first time in the actual film. But the music backing that opening city shot that moves in on the Major sounds cool—electronic with a slight Asian inflection—and I love that there's that unmistakable percussion chime from the original Ghost in the Shell, too. Gives me hope that Kawai's score is recognizably interwoven throughout and that the film as a whole has been crafted with fans of the original in mind.
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Sounds like Tron: Legacy, with samples of Kawai sprinkled in.
The iconic images from the previous movies seem less iconic here in live-action.
I will watch this on cable (or via awards screener when the time comes).
I was not looking for an origin of The Major, so I was simply not looking for >this< movie.
(the season 2 ep that teases The Major's possible origin is too heart breaking)
The casting has bigger problems beyond the non-Asian-ness of Johanssen (and honestly, anime characters simply do not look Asian- they look Anime).
As far as kick-ass actresses to play The Major, I was on board with Johanssen from the start.
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Not to derail this thread or anything, but the internet whining about the non-Asian-ness of this live action Major is one of the most absurd film adaptation complaints I've heard. The character does not look Asian to begin with and is also in fact just a shell—meaning, looks aside, any nationality could play the Major without changing who the character fundamentally is. Furthermore, Scarlett Johansson actually looks pretty dang close to what the character looks like. Probably more so than any Asian actress they might have cast in the part. I think some people just want talking points to support agendas, platforms, issues, etc. regardless of how much real-world sense they make.
Back to the music: yeah, I see where you're coming from with the Tron: Legacy meets Kawai thing and that's not at all a bad combo in my book. Those are two of my favorite scores.
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The original film had pretty dull voice acting, true—Stand Alone Complex fared much better in this regard—but it was teeming with atmosphere, thanks largely to the music (or absence of) and the visuals. That's where I'm hoping against hope that the film will hold up. They have a great visual director onboard and a great composer and great source material. They have everything they need to make it work. Now have they? is the question.
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The original film had pretty dull voice acting, true
Only if you watch the crappy English dub, sure.
Both really. By comparison with SAC, either of the film's vocal tracks are pretty weak.
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