Symphonic Suite Akira
1988 soundtrack album
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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 Invitation on July 27, 1988. The music was composed and conducted by musical director Shoji Yamashiro.[1] The soundtrack draws heavily from Japanese noh, Buddhist chants, and traditional Indonesian gamelan music.[2][3]
- Victor Aoyama Studio
- Shōbi Gakuen Vario-Hall
- Hitomi Memorial Hall
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| Released | July 27, 1988 | |||
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| Length | 69:36 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Invitation | |||
| Producer | Shoji Yamashiro | |||
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A CD single titled "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 "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".[4][5]
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.[6]
Track listing
CD version
All music is composed by Shoji Yamashiro.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Kaneda" (金田) | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Battle Against Clown" (クラウンとの闘い, Kuraun to no Tatakai) | 3:39 |
| 3. | "Winds Over the Neo-Tokyo" (ネオ東京上空の風, Neo-Tōkyō Jōkū no Kaze) | 2:46 |
| 4. | "Tetsuo" (鉄雄) | 10:17 |
| 5. | "Dolls' Polyphony" (ぬいぐるみのポリフォニー, Nuigurumi no Porifonī) | 2:55 |
| 6. | "Shohmyoh" (唱名) | 10:13 |
| 7. | "Mutation" (変容; Hen'yō) | 4:51 |
| 8. | "Exodus from the Underground Fortress" (ケイと金田の脱出, Kei to Kaneda no Dasshitsu, "Kei and Kaneda's Escape") | 3:18 |
| 9. | "Illusion" (回想, Kaisō) | 13:59 |
| 10. | "Requiem" (未来, Mirai) | 14:26 |
| Total length: | 69:36 | |
LP version
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Kaneda" | |
| 2. | "Tetsuo" | |
| 3. | "Ohjifuchi[fn 1]" (應時普地) |
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| 1. | "Exodus from the Underground Fortress" | |
| 2. | "Requiem" |
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
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| Released | October 10, 1988 | |||
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| Length | 43:11 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Victor | |||
| Producer | Shoji Yamashiro | |||
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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.[7]
Track listing
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
Akira Remix
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| Released | August 21, 2024 | |||
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| Length | 83:11 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Victor | |||
| Producer | Shoji Yamashiro | |||
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| Akira Remix digest on YouTube | ||||
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.[8][9] 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.[10][11][12]
The album peaked at No. 18 on Oricon's Weekly Albums chart and No. 19 on Billboard Japan's Hot Albums chart.[13][14]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Kaneda" (Remixed by Makoto Kubota) | 3:23 |
| 2. | "Battle Against Clown" (Remixed by Makoto Kubota) | 1:52 |
| 3. | "Winds Over the Neo-Tokyo" (Remixed by Makoto Kubota) | 3:58 |
| 4. | "Dolls' Polyphony" (Remixed by Makoto Kubota) | 4:06 |
| 5. | "Exodus from the Underground Fortress" (Remixed by Makoto Kubota) | 3:26 |
| 6. | "Illusion" (Remixed by Makoto Kubota) | 2:56 |
| 7. | "Mutation" (Remixed by Makoto Kubota) | 4:22 |
| 8. | "Requiem" (Remixed by Makoto Kubota) | 6:00 |
| 9. | "Tetsuo" (Remixed by Makoto Kubota) | 3:21 |
| 10. | "Shohmyoh" (Remixed by Makoto Kubota) | 2:39 |
| 11. | "Requiem Part 2" (Remixed by Makoto Kubota) | 4:13 |
| 12. | "Shohmyoh" (Remixed by Makoto Kubota) | 4:05 |
| 13. | "Tetsuo 2" (Remixed by Makoto Kubota) | 2:48 |
| Total length: | 47:07 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Winds Over the Neo-Tokyo" (Remixed by Yasuharu Konishi) | 6:19 |
| 2. | "Dolls' Polyphony" (Remixed by Yasuharu Konishi) | 5:36 |
| 3. | "Requiem" (Remixed by Yasuharu Konishi) | 7:33 |
| 4. | "Kaneda" (Remixed by Kuniaki Haishima) | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Shohmyoh" (Remixed by Kuniaki Haishima) | 8:52 |
| 6. | "Illusion" (Remixed by Kuniaki Haishima) | 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
See also
Footnotes
- "Ohjifuchi" is a rearranged version of "Mutation"
- Features "Requiem", "Kaneda", "Winds Over the Neo-Tokyo", "Tetsuo", and "Battle Against Clown"
- Features "Tetsuo", "Shohmyoh", "Illusion", "Dolls' Polyphony", and "Exodus from the Underground Fortress"
- Features "Tetsuo", "Requiem", "Mutation", and "Illusion"
- Features "Requiem" and "Exodus from the Underground Fortress"