Symphonic Suite AKIRA

Symphonic Suite AKIRA is a 1988 album by the Japanese musical collective Geinoh Yamashirogumi, composed and directed by Shoji Yamashiro, presenting the music written for Katsuhiro Otomo's animated film Akira. Issued in Japan by Invitation in July 1988, before the film's release, it presents the score as a ten-movement suite, including Kaneda, Battle Against Clown, Winds Over Neo-Tokyo, Tetsuo, Doll's Polyphony, Shohmyoh, Mutation, Exodus from the Underground Fortress, Illusion and Requiem. The music draws on Indonesian gamelan, Japanese Noh and Buddhist chant alongside synthesisers. It is distinct from Akira: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, released in October 1988, which mixes the music with dialogue and sound from the film.

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