Ilaria Graziano - CHRisTmas in the SiLenT ForeSt

[millerray100]

Ila is just so awesome. i need more of her songs. she straight smashed all of the songs she did for ghost in the shell.

[xmjfan4evax]

She's saying something in the background at 1:00, does anyone know what it is?

[newnagasaki]

Thumbs up if you came here because you feel lonely at Christmas.

[Dorminay42]

@newnagasaki Homo.

[krizzard31]

I always listen this song when christmas coming :D

[Krazykaka]

yo watch this with the little snowflakes falling fucking dope

[weaz18]

I never ever get tired of this song. Tis a beaut.

[charlycrett]

incredible song

[BodyDoubleAlarm]

Ilaria Graziano + Bjork + Goldfrapp?

[charlycrett]

@BodyDoubleAlarm and Beth Gibbons...

[MurakamiTesuka]

similar to Bjork :D

[MurakamiTesuka]

Bjork :D

[lolwithoutme66]

this is my fav from ghost in the shell! ma préférée

[krizzard31]

The voice from 2:20 to 2:40 is epic forever!!!

[richnin]

Yoko Kanno - amazingful, Ilaria Graziano - splendiferous, Yoko Kanno and Ilaria Graziano splendifamazintastical. This song is beyond real words....

[brymasters76]

Observe as Yoko Kanno channels her inner Bjork.....The whole soundtrack is awesome!

[MCKnUxXx]

I swear! Yoko Kanno (the composer) has to be a god among composers because everything she has put out for this anime even in her other CDs are easy to listen to and they have a hypnotic feeling... its so unique in its own way!! I LOVE IT!

[sasukexisxgay]

Reminds me of Björk's Isobel..in a good way :)

[mikhailstewart]

@sasukexisxgay YES YES! that is the song... i could not remember...

[mikhailstewart]

@findingusernamesucks i have a theory... that all good things are all enjoyed to by good people with taste..

I believe that most people here probably like Bjork, Thom York/Radiohead, Portishead Really enjoyed Cowboy Bebop..

appreciate this anime more than modern anime like Naruto and Bleach.. its just a nutch!

[elpeeo]

@mikhailstewart damn straight!! If only social media could group us together and put us all on an island to live happily ever after

[hung1991]

omg,I can't put it in GoldWave :(

[CaptOsage]

When this song plays, that's the moment I realize Motoko has one hell of a heavy burden/heart and she's got no outlet for dealing with what happened in the last episode.

As she somberly looks to her team and this song plays in the background, I get the sense that we've barely scratched the surface when it comes to understanding Motoko Kusanagi.

[dirtybone21]

@CaptOsage And thats why they need to make a third season to find out what is really going through her head

[CaptOsage]

@dirtybone21 I agree completley! Let's hope Production IG get's the message and stops wasting our time with 3D adaptations.

[MozesDackerman39]

Dnload the audio from this track at soundnabber doht cohm.

[dirtybone21]

merry christmas in the silent forest sshhhh

[peach55]

Best non-Christmas Christmas song EVER!

[dirtybone21]

where can i find more of her music

[nairassuoy]

真的...超好聽的,不同於一般動畫的片頭曲,獨特的曲調,迴異­的歌詞!

感謝分享!

[greebothecat]

somehow reminds of Bond movies :P

[xodarapi]

@findingusernamesucks My thought exactly!

[EThugGansta1]

yoko kanno that is all

[karen00eva]

曲は妖しくて美しくて声はロリっぽくもあり何か良いね

[xappearance]

I LOVE this song!

[MyFoodIsBad]

When she says "and empty glasses" at certain parts, I think she's referring to drinking glasses empty because there's no one to share them with. Celebrating Christmas all by yourself in a silent forest.

[Sketchei]

xD from 4:41 to 5:06 it sounds like shes singing "Why are you taking all the ham" over and over again, lovely song though :D

[abeker]

@Sketchei actually, it is "the limp ticking of the hand"

[Almenari]

It reminds me Bjork.

[tachkomi]

omg you hit it on the head x100

[JrockMina]

Amazing song!! ilaria was made for this song. She sang this song beautifully.

[SoapyMurder]

I get chills when she sings "Christmas in the silent forest". It's powerful, yet flowing. It makes me kind of nostalgic, too. o:

[neostardust]

Wow... this reminds me of... james bond of all things.... weird...

[RebbyAnn08]

@neostardust yea like she would sing the opening theme to james bond

[Evui]

Yeah I thought the same thing! It kinda reminds of Venus As a Boy and Hidden Place!

[sirauron911911]

@LimeGreenxD  its ilaria graziano not yoko kanno....

[jammasterjei]

Wow that's a trippy wicked song

[GodComplexX]

I like the fact that this song puts me to sleep, and yet keeps me awake at the same time. So Damn calming!

[TheVideoGuardian]

Man, I want to make an UTAU version of this song!

Anybody know if there's a kareoke version of this song?

[peach55]

if you find one let me know :D

[symbol93]

where can i find the gits open ing with dis song

[peach55]

Hollow hush of trees, how do you keep

Sweet slumber, sleep among the forest trees

such a haunting lyric. I wonder what it means

[TheVideoGuardian]

It probably means as much as "synchrons that dwell" (As in, nothing it all)

Still, it's I love this song because of it's weird lyrics.

[illusion787]

True, it's hard to understand the song. But i think it's about inner feelings, a bit like Motoko in the series.

[SheepAteNuclearWaste]

This song wont get out of my head! Cant stop playing it, its so addictive! lol My Fav toooooo...

[wildadapte]

my favourite :3

[peach55]

no! my favorite!!! :p

[KillingDuke]

By the way, here was a discussion about the song "Replica". And yes, "Replica" has english lyrics!: "Starng quiet down my silence searching that weve done? Staring quiet down my silence searching that weve done... Staring quiet down my silence Searching for calm... Found my own destiny out there Cant you be calm? Love is broken knitted thought a love remade Cheating, stole it, I dont know Buried, the comatose flower so are growing there Buried it there my good son[...]"

[KillingDuke]

I love it! I can even see the ending again of the 2nd gig when i hear that music.

[LaughingManRa]

It's kind of a creepy song, but I like it. It has a Bjork feel to it.

[LaughingManRa]

I only just recently heard about this song. I'm a huge fan of GITS, but I have no idea where this song played. Which episode/scene is it from?

[JamesBond77]

In the DVD version, the song played at the end of the last episode of the second season when Motoko ran from Section 9.

[LaughingManRa]

Thanks!

[illusion787]

LaughingManRa ==> this song is played in the last scene of the second season of ghost in the shell: stand alone complex, which has 26 episodes.

sorry for my bad english.

[peach55]

Seeing colors... Ribbons of the truth

[Sarybird]

Honestly, sounds like it could be either, to me. If it weren't for these lyrics being available elsewhere online, I'd have NO idea what she's saying XD

[peach55]

that's thebrilliance of this song. even though it's obviously eglish you can put it whatever rwords you want :D have you heard the song replica? i cant understand a word she's saying

[DaKrazedKyubizt]

now, see replica, that's literally not in english. go find the lyrics. it's most definitely not in english.

[peach55]

replica is in english.

Stalling quiet down my silence

searching that weve done?

Stalling quiet down my silence

searching that weve done...

Stalling quiet down my silence

Searching for calm...

[DaKrazedKyubizt]

Are you fucking me? ARE YOU FUCKING ME??

Well, if you're not, then she needs to work on her English, cuz what she's sang definitely wasn't english. Nobody can understand what da hell she sayin.

[DaKrazedKyubizt]

really? i understood every word on the first listen.

[gamenick923]

i am so glad you posted the lyrics also. i've always loved this song, but i never bothered to look up the lyrics!

[eyesofwater123]

it's like she's singing and being potic at the same time...

[eyesofwater123]

Must. Have.

[nightrain9]

i luv the the beat. all of it. its so dark

and mystreious