Akira: The Original Japanese Soundtrack [Import, Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Various Artists
• Audio CD (July 5, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Demon Records UK
• ASIN: B000006SD2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,179 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Kaneda

2. Tetsuo I

3. Tetsuo II

4. Akira

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you have the other version, skip this., March 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Akira: The Original Japanese Soundtrack (Audio CD)

This sounds like it was made in about a week on a shoestring budget. What is it? Well, it's a slaughtered version of the *real* Akira soundtrack with dialogue and sound effects from the movie woven in. A hardcore fan of the movie might like this, but I certainly didn't. True, there are some goodparts, but not many... Tetsuo's laugh, for instance, has to be one of the most chilling sounds on record, and there's some odd interweaving of different tracks from the *real* soundtrack that might've been promising given a little more time. This one was a real disappointment to me, considering how great the *real* soundtrack was. Save your money and instead try to find some Geinoh Yamashirogumi CDs that you can get imported from Japan. I'd reccommend Ecophony Rinne and Ecophony Gaia in a heartbeat; good luck finding them, though.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars THIS SUCKS!!!, March 21, 2004

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"mgd45" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Akira: The Original Japanese Soundtrack (Audio CD)

I am so dissapointed in this sound track. Akira is my favoret anime, and I've always loved the music from it, but this item was a complete waste of time and money. This version of the akira sound track is simply a digital recording of the origional movie's audio, complete with Japanies dialog, and sound effects. If you want the sound track to this movie, look around, and find the one that actually has more than 4 tracks on it. I think that one may be just the music, but I don't know for sure.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Liked it, but I should have bought the other one..., January 25, 2002

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Justin W. Steigerwalt (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Akira: The Original Japanese Soundtrack (Audio CD)

I bought this and like it but the tracks are not completly music, there is alot of the jappenese script, I would buy the other one if i could.