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Listening to these tracks takes me straight back to the manga’s most haunting scenes, and it’s incredible knowing they were composed before the film even existed. The orchestral swells feel so much more raw and emotional than the final score, like you’re hearing the composer’s first pure vision of t

The booklet that comes with it is a nice touch, but the real magic is hearing the themes that later found their way into the final film in such a raw, early form. It's like getting a peek into the composer's notebook from before the movie even existed. I keep coming back to track four.

Listening to these pre-production tracks feels like flipping through the original manga's pages in sound form. The raw, unfinished quality of the compositions actually makes them more haunting than the final film score. I've had the main theme on repeat for three days now.