Cold electronic textures bleeding into something warm and anxious. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex on PSP got this tight 11-track prototype package that sounds like the show distilled into portable hardware. "PRAYER" opens and closes the set, the remix version at the end twisting the original into something harder and more fractured.
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"FREAK OUT" and "Lust for speed" handle the boss fights with aggressive drum and bass energy, exactly the kind of tension you want when a combat cyborg is trying to flatline you. But then "Tachikoma is Flying...." exists.
Playful and bouncy and completely out of step with everything else, just like those little tanks. "escapism" sits somewhere in the middle, moody event music that lets the atmosphere breathe. If you ever wanted SAC vibes in your pocket circa 2005, this was it.