Symphonic Suite Akira
{{Infobox album
| name = Symphonic Suite Akira
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Geinoh Yamashirogumi
| cover = Symphonic Suite Akira.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1988|07|27}}
| recorded =
| studio = {{hlist|Victor Aoyama Studio|Shōbi Gakuen Vario-Hall|Hitomi Memorial Hall}}
| genre = {{hlist|Film score|gamelan|noh}}
| language = Japanese
| length = 69:36
| label = Invitation
| producer = Shoji Yamashiro
| prev_title = Ecophony Rinne
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Akira: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Symphonic Suite Akira
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Theme of Akira
| single1date = July 16, 1988
}}
{{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = Soundtrack
| cover = Akira OST (US).jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = 1990 North America release cover
}}
}}
{{nihongo|Symphonic Suite Akira|交響組曲アキラ|Kōkyō Kumikyoku Akira}} is the soundtrack album to the 1988 anime film Akira by Japanese musical collective Geinoh Yamashirogumi, released by Invitaion on July 27, 1988. The music was composed and conducted by musical director Shoji Yamashiro.{{cite book |last1=Goldmark |first1=D. |last2=Taylor |first2=Y. |last3=Maltin |first3=L. |title=The Cartoon Music Book |publisher=Chicago Review Press, Incorporated |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-56976-412-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5rfRdOMfTqsC&pg=PA221 |access-date=June 4, 2025 |page=221 |quote=The Akira soundtrack, constructed by Shoji Yamashira and performed by the group Geinoh Yamashirogumi, slides through musical cultures and knits them together with the easy grace of Toru Takemitsu. |archive-date=February 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209224740/https://books.google.com/books?id=5rfRdOMfTqsC&pg=PA221#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}} The soundtrack draws heavily from Japanese noh and traditional Indonesian gamelan music.{{cite magazine |last1=Bradley |first1=Paige Katherine |title=Cue the Gamelan Music, Maestro, Because the Best Anime Ever Made Is Back in Theaters! |url=https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/paw5bg/akira-30th-anniversary-anime-metrograph-kanye-approved |access-date=June 17, 2019 |magazine=Garage Magazine |publisher=Vice Media |date=August 28, 2018 |archive-date=June 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618020508/https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/paw5bg/akira-30th-anniversary-anime-metrograph-kanye-approved |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/204156/products/286913/1/ |title=Symphonic Suite Akira {{!}} 芸能山城組 |publisher=Oricon |access-date=June 5, 2025}}
A CD single titled {{nihongo|"Theme of Akira"|AKIRAのテーマ|Akira no Tēma}} was released on July 16, 1988. The title track is a medley of "Kaneda" and "Battle Against Clown", while {{nihongo|"Tetsuo's Metamorphosis"|鉄雄のメタモルフォーゼ|Tetsuo no Metamorufōze}} uses sections of "Mutation" and "Exodus from the Underground Fortress".{{Discogs release|id=11612505|name=AKIRAのテーマ|type=single}}{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/204156/products/282024/1/ |title=AKIRAのテーマ {{!}} 芸能山城組 |publisher=Oricon |access-date=June 16, 2025}}
The album was first released in North America by JVC in 1990 as Akira: Original Soundtrack. It was reissued in 2000 by AnimeTrax. The album was re-released by Milan Records as Akira: Symphonic Suite on September 15, 2017.{{cite web |url=https://milanrecords.com/release/akira-symphonic-suite-music-geinoh-yamashirogumi/ |title=Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Akira (Symphonic Suite) |publisher=Milan Records |access-date=June 4, 2025}}
Track listing
= CD version =
{{Track listing
| all_music = Shoji Yamashiro
| title1 = Kaneda
| note1 = 金田
| length1 = 3:12
| title2 = Battle Against Clown
| note2 = クラウンとの闘い, Kuraun to no Tatakai
| length2 = 3:39
| title3 = Winds Over the Neo-Tokyo
| note3 = ネオ東京上空の風, Neo-Tōkyō Jōkū no Kaze
| length3 = 2:46
| title4 = Tetsuo
| note4 = 鉄雄
| length4 = 10:17
| title5 = Dolls' Polyphony
| note5 = ぬいぐるみのポリフォニー, Nuigurumi no Porifonī
| length5 = 2:55
| title6 = Shohmyoh
| note6 = 唱名
| length6 = 10:13
| title7 = Mutation
| note7 = 変容; Hen'yō
| length7 = 4:51
| title8 = Exodus from the Underground Fortress
| note8 = ケイと金田の脱出, Kei to Kaneda no Dasshitsu, "Kei and Kaneda's Escape"
| length8 = 3:18
| title9 = Illusion
| note9 = 回想, Kaisō
| length9 = 13:59
| title10 = Requiem
| note10 = 未来, Mirai
| length10 = 14:26
| total_length = 69:36
}}
= LP version =
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Kaneda
| length1 =
| title2 = Tetsuo
| length2 =
| title3 = Ohjifuchi"Ohjifuchi" is a rearranged version of "Mutation"
| note3 = 應時普地
| length3 =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Exodus from the Underground Fortress
| length1 =
| title2 = Requiem
| length2 =
| total_length =
}}
Personnel
Additional musicians
- Tsuyoshi Kon – guitar
- Tokihiko Morishita – keyboard
- Tadashi Namba – keyboard
- Nobu Saitō – percussion
- Hideo Yamaki – drums
- Yukihiro Issoh – noh (fuekata)
- Junzō Miyamasu – noh (tsuzumikata)
- Nobuyuki Shirasaka – noh (ōkawakata)
- Masamichi Yamazaki – noh (shitekata)
- Kiyoshi Yoshitani – noh (taikokata)
- Ida Bagus Sugata – Balinese tantra
- Kunihiko Tominaga – synthesizer programming
- Kenji Niina – synthesizer programming
''Akira: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''
{{Infobox album
| name = Akira: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Geinoh Yamashirogumi
| cover = Akira Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1988|10|10}}
| recorded =
| studio = {{hlist|Victor Aoyama Studio|Shōbi Gakuen Vario-Hall|Hitomi Memorial Hall}}
| genre = {{hlist|Film score|gamelan|noh}}
| language = Japanese
| length = 43:11
| label = Victor
| producer = Shoji Yamashiro
| prev_title = Symphonic Suite Akira
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = Ecophony Gaia
| next_year = 1990
}}
Akira: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is an alternate version of Symphonic Suite Akira, released by Victor Entertainment on October 10, 1988. It features the film score mixed with dialogue from the film.
The album was released in the United Kingdom by Demon Soundtracks as Akira: The Original Japanese Soundtrack in 1994.{{Discogs release|id=1232310|name=Akira (The Original Japanese Soundtrack)|type=album}}
= Track listing =
{{Track listing
| title1 = KanedaFeatures "Requiem", "Kaneda", "Winds Over the Neo-Tokyo", "Tetsuo", and "Battle Against Clown"
| length1 = 9:59
| title2 = Tetsuo IFeatures "Tetsuo", "Shohmyoh", "Illusion", "Dolls' Polyphony", and "Exodus from the Underground Fortress"
| length2 = 12:59
| title3 = Tetsuo IIFeatures "Tetsuo", "Requiem", "Mutation", and "Illusion"
| length3 = 12:36
| title4 = AkiraFeatures "Requiem" and "Exodus from the Underground Fortress"
| length4 = 7:56
| total_length = 43:11
}}
= Cast =
- Mitsuo Iwata as Shōtarō Kaneda
- Nozomu Sasaki as Tetsuo Shima
- Mami Koyama as Kei
- Tarō Ishida as Colonel Shikishima
- Kazuhiro Shindō as Masaru (No. 27)
- Tatsuhiko Nakamura as Takashi (No. 26)
- Fukue Itō as Kiyoko (No. 25)
- Tesshō Genda as Ryūsaku (Ryu)
- Yuriko Fuchizaki as Kaori
- Masaaki Ōkura as Yamagata
- Takeshi Kusao as Kai
- Masato Hirano as Terrorist
- Tarō Arakawa as Eiichi Watanabe
- Masami Toyoshima as a Groupie
- Mizuho Suzuki as Doctor Ōnishi
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''Akira Remix''
{{Infobox album
| name = Akira Remix
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Geinoh Yamashirogumi
| cover = Akira Remix.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2024|08|21}}
| recorded =
| studio = {{hlist|Prime Sound Studio Form Daikanyama|Studio Mech|Monogram Studios|MIT Studio}} {{Small|(Disc 2 tracks 1–3)}}
| genre = {{hlist|Film score|gamelan|noh|hip-hop|electronica}}
| language = Japanese
| length = 83:11
| label = Victor
| producer = Shoji Yamashiro
| prev_title = Silk Road Genjoh I, II Byzantine no Hibiki
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{External music video
| type = album
| 1 = {{YouTube|R85-RCRZOos|Akira Remix digest}}
}}
}}
Akira Remix is a remix album based on Symphonic Suite Akira, released by Victor Entertainment on CD and digital platforms on August 21, 2024, and on LP on March 26, 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.yamashirogumi.gr.jp/news/news-20250510_AKIRA.html |title=アナログ盤 「AKIRA REMIX」がリリース |website=Geinoh Yamashirogumi Official Website |date=May 10, 2025 |access-date=June 5, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/News/A000918/4.html |title=アナログ盤「AKIRA REMIX」新ジャケット写真決定！新トレーラーも始動！ |publisher=Victor Entertainment |date=February 19, 2025 |access-date=June 5, 2025}} Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo served as the two-disc album's executive producer and selected three musicians for this project. Makoto Kubota (of Makoto Kubota & the Sunset Gang and Les Rallizes Dénudés) remixed the 13 tracks on the first disc, while Pizzicato Five founder Yasuharu Konishi and anime score composer Kuniaki Haishima each remixed three tracks on the second disc.{{cite web |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/6/29/akira-anime-film-gets-remix-album-on-august-21 |title=Akira Anime Film Gets Remix Album on August 21 |first=Kara |last=Dennison |website=Crunchyroll |date=June 29, 2025 |access-date=June 4, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.makotokubota.org/2024/06/26/akira-remix-release-on-21-aug-2024/ |title=「AKIRA REMIX」 release on 21 Aug. 2024 |website=Makoto Kubota Official Website |date=June 26, 2024 |access-date=June 5, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://vgmdb.net/album/141180 |title=Akira Remix |website=VGMDb |access-date=June 4, 2025}}
The album peaked at No. 18 on Oricon's Weekly Albums chart and No. 19 on Billboard Japan{{'}}s Hot Albums chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/204156/products/1504389/1/ |title=Akira Remix {{!}} 芸能山城組 |publisher=Oricon |access-date=June 5, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2024&month=09&day=02 |title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums {{!}} Charts (August 28, 2024) |publisher=Billboard Japan |access-date=June 5, 2025}}
= Track listing =
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc 1
| title1 = Kaneda
| note1 = Remixed by Makoto Kubota
| length1 = 3:23
| title2 = Battle Against Clown
| note2 = Remixed by Makoto Kubota
| length2 = 1:52
| title3 = Winds Over the Neo-Tokyo
| note3 = Remixed by Makoto Kubota
| length3 = 3:58
| title4 = Dolls' Polyphony
| note4 = Remixed by Makoto Kubota
| length4 = 4:06
| title5 = Exodus from the Underground Fortress
| note5 = Remixed by Makoto Kubota
| length5 = 3:26
| title6 = Illusion
| note6 = Remixed by Makoto Kubota
| length6 = 2:56
| title7 = Mutation
| note7 = Remixed by Makoto Kubota
| length7 = 4:22
| title8 = Requiem
| note8 = Remixed by Makoto Kubota
| length8 = 6:00
| title9 = Tetsuo
| note9 = Remixed by Makoto Kubota
| length9 = 3:21
| title10 = Shohmyoh
| note10 = Remixed by Makoto Kubota
| length10 = 2:39
| title11 = Requiem Part 2
| note11 = Remixed by Makoto Kubota
| length11 = 4:13
| title12 = Shohmyoh
| note12 = Remixed by Makoto Kubota
| length12 = 4:05
| title13 = Tetsuo 2
| note13 = Remixed by Makoto Kubota
| length13 = 2:48
| total_length = 47:07
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc 2
| title1 = Winds Over the Neo-Tokyo
| note1 = Remixed by Yasuharu Konishi
| length1 = 6:19
| title2 = Dolls' Polyphony
| note2 = Remixed by Yasuharu Konishi
| length2 = 5:36
| title3 = Requiem
| note3 = Remixed by Yasuharu Konishi
| length3 = 7:33
| title4 = Kaneda
| note4 = Remixed by Kuniaki Haishima
| length4 = 3:48
| title5 = Shohmyoh
| note5 = Remixed by Kuniaki Haishima
| length5 = 8:52
| title6 = Illusion
| note6 = Remixed by Kuniaki Haishima
| length6 = 3:53
| total_length = 35:58
}}
= Personnel =
Additional musicians
- Takashi Mizutani – guitar (disc 1 track 1)
- Daichi Itō – drums (disc 1 track 1)
- Yukihiro Fukutomi – programming (disc 2 tracks 1–3)
- Ryusuke Kakizawa – drums, pandeiro (disc 2 tracks 1–3)
= Charts =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Oricon Japanese Albums
| 18 |
|---|
| scope="row"| Billboard Japan Hot Albums
| 19 |
| scope="row"| Billboard Japan Top Download Albums{{cite web |url=https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=dlalbums&year=2024&month=09&day=02 |title=Billboard Japan Top Download Albums {{!}} Charts (August 28, 2024) |publisher=Billboard Japan |access-date=June 5, 2025}}
| 22 |
| scope="row"| Billboard Japan Top Album Sales{{cite web |url=https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2024&month=09&day=02 |title=Billboard Japan Top Album Sales {{!}} Charts (August 28, 2024) |publisher=Billboard Japan |access-date=June 5, 2025}}
| 18 |
Footnotes
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References
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External links
Symphonic Suite Akira
- {{Official website|https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A000918/VICL-23092.html}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=6f1b786c-f459-3eef-b4b0-8b44095ec36f|name=Symphonic Suite Akira}}
- {{Discogs master|master=87974|name=Symphonic Suite Akira|type=album}}
Akira: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- {{Official website|https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A000918/VICL-60711.html}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=53c4d1be-c4e8-4d3b-ba7e-4b7523e08ed2|name=Akira: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack}}
- {{Discogs master|master=742225|name=Akira: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|type=album}}
Akira Remix
- {{Official website|https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A000918/VICL-65922.html}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=13770760-7a0f-441b-9896-df0574184712|name=Akira Remix}}
- {{Discogs master|master=3793719|name=Akira Remix|type=album}}
{{Akira manga}}
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