Akira: Symphonic Suite
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The soundtrack for Katsuhiro Otomo’s all-time classic film was composed with reference to storyboards and rush animation. Tsutomu Ōhashi (a.k.a. Dr. Shōji Yamashiro) composed and conducted the score and had it performed by a collective of hundreds of people from all walks of life. Instead of the electronic sounds one usually expects from a cyberpunk movie, it’s based around traditional Indonesian and Japanese folk styles, giving it a future primitive feel that lends itself to the movie’s very human Apocalypse.