In a previous Developer Diary video for Deathverse: Let It Die, viewers were treated to fresh information about composer Akira Yamaoka’s involvement with the game’s soundtrack. Specifically, how he’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The score to the Akira anime is something of a unique one in the ...

Composed by Dr. Shoji Yamashiro of the Geinoh Yamashirogumi collective, the score is particularly unique because it was created and recorded before the film was made. Akira’s animations were then ...

Jack White and Eminem wow fans with a memorable Thanksgiving halftime performance at the Detroit Lions game, now available as 'Live at Ford Field' on streaming platforms. "Rerecorded and remastered ...

One of the most iconic anime films ever also had one of the most iconic soundtracks. Akira’s gamelan percussions (represented on this comp by the ‘Kaneda’ theme) were made by massive Japanese ...

Akira Yamaoka, Sound Director for LET IT DIE: INFERNO, joins Uncle Death in GungHo's latest dev diary to chat all about the game's soundtrack. Having worked on the original LET IT DIE, Yamaoka-san ...

When reading this thread, I was reminded of my experiences playing Dark Forces while listening to the Akira soundtrack in a dark basement room. Very eerie. The experience remains vivid in my memory to ...

28 years after Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s groundbreaking animated film Akira was released, the score, composed by Geinoh Yamashirogumi, is getting a reissue. Milan Records announced on Twitter yesterday that ...