Blade II (Deluxe Edition)＜限定盤/Translucent Red Vinyl＞

ホラー(『スクリーム』、『ミミック』、『バイオハザード』、『ウーマン・イン・ブラック』、『キャリー』などから『ダイ・ハード』、『ワールド・ウォーZ』)、SF(『アイ,ロボット』、『スノーピアサー』)、西部劇(『3:10 to Yuma』、『ジョナヘックス』、『ホームズマン』)、スーパーヒーロー(『ヘルボーイ』、『ウルヴァリン』、『ローガン』、『ヴェノム:殺戮を許すまじ』)など、さまざまなジャンルで活躍しているアメリカの映画・テレビ音楽作曲家、マルコ・ベルトラーミが手掛けた『ブレイド2』のオリジナル・サウンドトラック・スコアのデラックス版も初ヴァイナル化。トランスルーセント・レッド・ヴァイナル。

The Blade II soundtrack to the relatively large-budgeted, B-movie sequel starring Wesley Snipes is the third in a series of soundtrack records that Happy Walters of Immortal Records assembled. The first, for the movie Judgment Night, included hip-hop and rock acts pairing up for new songs, and the second was for Spawn and featured electronica and hard rock acts. For Blade II, it's hip-hop and electronica acts, and Walters has assembled many of the biggest names in both genres. Electronica can work perfectly with hip-hop, adding a lot of fancier beats and grooves and making the songs distinctive from the usual hip-hop soundtrack. Among the best tracks are Eve and Fatboy Slim teaming up on "Cowboy," and even better is Ice Cube and Paul Oakenfold on "Right Here, Right Now," a song that's reminiscent of Cube's over-the-top performance on the huge single "We Be Clubbin'." Both of these tracks are catchy enough to be huge rap radio hits. Redman also adds plenty of character to his teaming with the Gorillaz, "Gorillaz on My Mind," a silly tune backed by some super funky music and some smooth background vocals. ~ Adam Bregman