Hellsing: Ruins Soundtrack

By Tiffani Nadeau     July 31, 2005
Release Date: September 02, 2003



What They Say
Twenty two tracks and over seventy minutes of music from the popular Hellsing series!

The Review!
5 out of 5
Music found in the series Hellsing.

This CD comes with a six-page insert. The first two pages contain the song title list and the credits for the CD. The next four pages contain both English and Japanese lyrics to the vocal songs. Each song lyric page contains an interesting picture of the characters that are involved with the song.

This is a good one. The music has more of the classic 70’s band feel to it. This is the stuff that drug induced trips are made of. The music is the same type of things you would think to hear at a Led Zeppelin or a Who concert. At any moment I expected to hear Robert Plant’s voice come over the speakers. I never heard Mr. Plant, but I did catch sound snippets from Dr. Who, and Godzilla as well as some others. How can any soundtrack go wrong with the Godzilla roar right smack dab in the middle of one of the songs? The music is definitely worth a listen, even if you aren’t into the whole seventies rock thing. It does get right into your soul and keep you going long after the music stops. I found myself swaying in my seat as the songs played out. Very worthwhile to hear. The aura of suspense that the music creates with just a few notes is very intriguing. And the soft sell of the songs as a whole is the perfect twist for this soundtrack.

I’d have to say Superb, Godzilla, Dr. Who and the sounds that make Hellsing work.

Fangboy says…OH MY, I so have to hear this one again, and again!!!!!!

Features
The World’s Last Sagacious Period3:47Instrumental,Hidden Leaves Harmony2:23Instrumental,Sky of God Master3:58Instrumental,Hatred Guy of Sinfulness3:51Vocal (Japanese),Soul rescuer3:58Vocal (Japanese),I.B.C.J. Siege Rope3:30Background Vocals (Japanese),Severe Gun Fight at the Hill of Casualties 2:26Instrumental,Soul Police Chapter’s Reverse Side Circumstance5:14Vocal (Japanese),Primary Colored Suicide Bombing Love Song2:45Background Vocals (Japanese),Secret Karma Serenade3:01Background Vocals (Various),The Japanese Alphabet Road (with Chinese Bellflower’s Sweet Smell)3:30Whistling,Echoing Truth4:44Background Vocals (Japanese),Fabricated Background2:30Instrumental,Origin Reflection RHYTHM NATION3:40Background Vocals (Tribal),Midnight Assassin4:16Instrumental,The World Without Logos ~ Dedicated to Malcolm X3:45Humming,Gypsy of Atonement2:27Vocal (Japanese),Good Bye Used World0:26Instrumental,From 666 to 7772:48Background Vocals (Various),Hemp Smoke Stings the Eyes2:26Instrumental,Aha Springtime of Life’s Erotic Hell2:12Instrumental,Unexpected Incident1:00Instrumental


Review Equipment
Total CD Length: 68:37

All songs & plays Yasushi Ishii

Mixing Engineer Masashi Yabuhara

Assistant Engineer Shohei Kasuya

Recording Studio

Victor YAMANAKAKO STUDIO/Sound City

Wonder Station/Studio Z’d

Producer Yasuyuki Ueda • Toshiaki Ohta(Borderline)

Design Norihiko Netsu(G-SQUARE)

Coordinator Minako Kato

Illustrated by Toshiharu Murata

Finished by Keiko Kai

BGboard Shinji Katahira

Special effect by Norihiko Netsu

Promoter Takashi Iida(PIONEER LDC)

Sales promoter Jun Nishimura(PIONEER LDC)

Executive Producer Akihiro Kawamura (PIONEER LDC)



THANKS

Kouta Hirano

Yoshiyuki Fudetani (Shonen Gahosha) Yuko Fujita (GONZO)

Daisuke Kawakami (Fuji Television) Youta Tsuruoka

Yoshimi Sugiyama (Rakuonsha) Minoru Yamada

Shouji Hata • Fumiaki Tanaka • Kengo Shigemura

Atsushi Takeyama • Yasunori Urata • Chiaki. J Konaka

Umanosuke Iida



US STAFF

Executive Producer Henry Goto(PIONEER ENTERTAINMENT)

Producer Nobu Yamamoto(PIONEER ENTERTAINMENT)

Mastering Mack • Nightjar

English Packaging KGI • KOYO Graphic