Symphonic Suite Akira

Symphonic Suite 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. The soundtrack draws heavily from Japanese noh, Buddhist chants, and traditional Indonesian gamelan music.
A CD single titled "Theme of Akira" was released on July 16, 1988. The title track is a medley of "Kaneda" and "Battle Against Clown", while "Tetsuo's Metamorphosis" uses sections of "Mutation" and "Exodus from the Underground Fortress".
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.

Personnel

Additional musicians

Tsuyoshi Kon – guitar
Tokihiko Morishita – keyboard
Tadashi Namba – keyboard
Nobu Saitō – percussion
Hideo Yamaki – drums
Yukihiro Issoh – noh
Junzō Miyamasu – noh
Nobuyuki Shirasaka – noh
Masamichi Yamazaki – noh
Kiyoshi Yoshitani – noh
Ida Bagus Sugata – Balinese tantra
Kunihiko Tominaga – synthesizer programming
Kenji Niina – synthesizer programming

''Akira: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''

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.

Cast

Mitsuo Iwata as Shōtarō Kaneda
Nozomu Sasaki as Tetsuo Shima
Mami Koyama as Kei
Tarō Ishida as Colonel Shikishima
Kazuhiro Shindō as Masaru
Tatsuhiko Nakamura as Takashi
Fukue Itō as Kiyoko
Tesshō Genda as Ryūsaku
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''

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. Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo served as the two-disc album's executive producer and selected three musicians for this project. Makoto Kubota 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.
The album peaked at No. 18 on Oricon's Weekly Albums chart and No. 19 on Billboard Japans Hot Albums chart.

Personnel

Additional musicians

Takashi Mizutani – guitar
Daichi Itō – drums
Yukihiro Fukutomi – programming
Ryusuke Kakizawa – drums, pandeiro