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The main beauty of the Akira soundtrack though is the fact that when listened to it does not conjure up images of the film like most soundtracks. Instead the tribal sound gave me several images - the track Battle Against Clown gave an image of an African dance, Winds Over Neo-Tokyo the image of a lagoon and the track Mutation a nightmarish vision of a Satanic ritual - yet this soundtrack has a very traditional feel to it at the same time. It also feels completely modern because of this as the conflict between traditional and future is perfect for Akira. This conflict perfectly represents Japan, which is simultaneously the most traditional and yet the most innovative country in the world. The Akira soundtrack captures this perfectly and when I have visited Japan parts of the soundtrack often spring to mind in the streets of Tokyo. The crazy road system with it's bizarre curving flyovers always makes me hum the chase music track Kaneda while the streets of Kyoto are reminiscent of the deep vocals in the track Shohmyoh. Because of this the composer, Shoji Yamashiro, has captured an amazing contemporary and yet futuristic feel of Japan. It is as though he is suggesting that Japan continues not to forget it's history as it continues into the futuristic Tokyo seen in Akira and in his music he captures this more powerfully then the atomic explosion at the start of the film. His music always reminds the listener of Japan's traditions and never attempts to strive in futuristic beats, sticking to simple vocals that have far complexity and beauty then other soundtracks out there.Read full review
Akira is one of the most memorable anime movies to ever hit the big screen and the anime genre itself. With it's combination of anime style, in depth story telling and the unique soundtrack composed by Geinoh Yamashirogumi, you get nothing but a visual and musical masterpiece. The soundtrack by Geinoh Yamashirogumi is nothing short of brilliant. It combines "new age" electronica with traditional Japanese music to form a unique flavor of a score for the film. You have to go into listing to this soundtrack with an open mind. You have to look at the soundtrack as a combination of traditional and new Japanese sounds. Though, if you watch the film and listen to the soundtrack separately, you can see and hear, that just like old and Neo Tokyo were and are in the film so is Geinoh Yamashirogumi's music score, a little bit of old with a little bit of new. Highly recommend.Read full review
just awesome always love the music to akira and now i have it!
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Great soundtrack if you love the movie!!! It's a bit quirky if you haven't seen the movie. Akira's music is a mix of all sorts of sounds and music types. I'd recommend it for anyone who likes msuic with a steady beat and flowing sounds. The tracks have no word tracks so it's very soothing at times.
I really like the movie, but the soundtrack doesn't flow quite as nicely. worth a listen, not really worth owning
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