AKIRA: Synthetic Suite
by The Humaniac
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2019 Neo Tokyo
01:36
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Biker Gang
02:47
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Clowns
02:03
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Taking Takashi
03:47
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Kaneda to the Rescue?
04:51
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District 8
01:55
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Dewar Walls
01:46
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Another Kind of Gang
01:27
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Sleepless Night
02:57
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Dirty Business
02:53
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Tetsuo and the Kids
02:20
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Nezu the Rat
01:38
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The Whole Damn Army
04:13
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Sol Power
03:33
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Losing Control
03:21
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Tetsuo's Theme
10:24
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about
Companion album to fan edit Akira: Ghosts on YouTube:
youtu.be/6fGIVS1ssQ4
I read the Akira manga for the first time in 2019, the year in which it takes place, and I found myself imagining it with a synthesized soundtrack in the style of my favorite 80s movies. The 1988 anime bears a certain amount of American influence in terms of pacing and action, but the avant-garde score (and sparing use thereof) is one way in which it diverges from its American contemporaries. Despite my sincere love and admiration for the music by Geinoh Yamashirogumi, I was interested in how changing the style of the score and the way it was used in the film would affect the viewing experience. I am an aficionado of synthesized scores of the 1980s, particularly those by Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter, Vangelis, Giorgio Moroder, Howard Shore, and Brad Fidel, so decided to try my hand at composing my own. I hope you enjoy the results of this experiment, not as a replacement for the original, but as if it were beamed in from an alternate universe.
Watch the entire film in HD with this score in place of the original on YouTube at the link above.
youtu.be/6fGIVS1ssQ4
I read the Akira manga for the first time in 2019, the year in which it takes place, and I found myself imagining it with a synthesized soundtrack in the style of my favorite 80s movies. The 1988 anime bears a certain amount of American influence in terms of pacing and action, but the avant-garde score (and sparing use thereof) is one way in which it diverges from its American contemporaries. Despite my sincere love and admiration for the music by Geinoh Yamashirogumi, I was interested in how changing the style of the score and the way it was used in the film would affect the viewing experience. I am an aficionado of synthesized scores of the 1980s, particularly those by Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter, Vangelis, Giorgio Moroder, Howard Shore, and Brad Fidel, so decided to try my hand at composing my own. I hope you enjoy the results of this experiment, not as a replacement for the original, but as if it were beamed in from an alternate universe.
Watch the entire film in HD with this score in place of the original on YouTube at the link above.
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released December 1, 2021
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The Humaniac Portland, Oregon
The artist is comprised primarily of organic material with trace amounts of inorganic elements. The structure is bipedal when in an excited state, though supine when idle. Increasing signs of decrepitude.
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