Akira (film) - Soundtrack

Soundtrack

AKIRA: Original Soundtrack was recorded by Geinō Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組). The music was composed and conducted by musical director Shoji Yamashiro. It features music which was additionally rerecorded for release. "Kaneda", "Battle Against Clown" and "Exodus From the Underground Fortress" are really part of the same song cycle – elements of "Battle" can be heard during the opening bike sequence, for example. The score is generally sequenced in the same order that the music occurs in the film. The North American version featured extensive production notes by David Keith Riddick and Robert Napton.

A second soundtrack was released featuring the original music without rerecording, but it was made into character study collages with sound effects and dialogue from the film; the recording was probably a direct transfer from the film.

Symphonic Suite AKIRA is the same version as AKIRA: Original Soundtrack, but without the voices and sound effects.

Symphonic Suite AKIRA LP track listing

1. "Kaneda"
2. "Tetsuo"
3. "Ohjifuchi"
4. "Exodus From the Underground Fortress"
5. "Requiem"

Symphonic Suite AKIRA & AKIRA: Original Soundtrack CD track listing

1. "Kaneda"
2. "Battle Against Clown"
3. "Winds Over Neo-Tokyo"
4. "Tetsuo"
5. "Doll's Polyphony"
6. "Shohmyoh"
7. "Mutation"
8. "Exodus From the Underground Fortress"
9. "Illusion"
10. "Requiem"

AKIRA: The Original Japanese Soundtrack track listing

1. "Kaneda"
2. "Tetsuo 1"
3. "Tetsuo 2"
4. "Akira"