Geinoh Yamashirogumi ‎- Akira OST

Much love for the OG my watmm brothers and sisters, much love! Ah but seriously I'm gonna check that other versoon

I'm intrigued by this, has anyone else heard it? (same composer)

https://bleep.com/release/50615-geinoh-yamashirogumi-ecophony-rinne

  On 5/5/2014 at 7:18 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

 

  On 5/4/2014 at 11:57 PM, Roksen Creek said:

 

  On 5/4/2014 at 10:54 PM, Goiter Sanchez said:

The animation quality in Akira is absolutely peerless: I am in awe every time I watch it.

Are cell-animated features of this level of quality still produced? All animation seems to be heavily computer generated now and it suffers for it in my opinion (and yes, I am aware that Akira featured some CGI as well, but it was very isolated).

Ghibli?

 

Very true: Studio Ghibli are definitely keeping it real where quality cel animation is concerned (with a subtle and tasteful addition of CGI) and the storylines are second-to-none; Princess Mononoke is probably my favourite animated film.

But yeah, in terms of sheer aesthetics it really doesn't get much better than Akira. Disney's cel animation is fluid and skillful but they cannot approach the level of insane detail (eg. Tetsuo's transformation) in Akira. They even nailed the lip-sync, an oft overlooked detail in Japanese animation, due in part to them having recorded the dialogue before doing the animation which is rarely done in Japan.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113799/?ref_=nm_knf_t3

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293416/?ref_=nm_knf_i4

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0851578/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Take some shrooms, put these on, turn off the volume, put on some good electronic tunes. Enjoy.

  On 5/6/2014 at 10:47 PM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 5/5/2014 at 7:18 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

 

  On 5/4/2014 at 11:57 PM, Roksen Creek said:

 

  On 5/4/2014 at 10:54 PM, Goiter Sanchez said:

The animation quality in Akira is absolutely peerless: I am in awe every time I watch it.

Are cell-animated features of this level of quality still produced? All animation seems to be heavily computer generated now and it suffers for it in my opinion (and yes, I am aware that Akira featured some CGI as well, but it was very isolated).

Ghibli?

 

Very true: Studio Ghibli are definitely keeping it real where quality cel animation is concerned (with a subtle and tasteful addition of CGI) and the storylines are second-to-none; Princess Mononoke is probably my favourite animated film.

But yeah, in terms of sheer aesthetics it really doesn't get much better than Akira. Disney's cel animation is fluid and skillful but they cannot approach the level of insane detail (eg. Tetsuo's transformation) in Akira. They even nailed the lip-sync, an oft overlooked detail in Japanese animation, due in part to them having recorded the dialogue before doing the animation which is rarely done in Japan.

 

 

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113799/?ref_=nm_knf_t3

 

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293416/?ref_=nm_knf_i4

 

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0851578/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

 

Take some shrooms, put these on, turn off the volume, put on some good electronic tunes. Enjoy.

 

I have watched and enjoyed all those very much, though I haven't included electronic music and shrooms before...

  On 5/5/2014 at 2:01 PM, calx said:

I'm intrigued by this, has anyone else heard it? (same composer)

 

https://bleep.com/release/50615-geinoh-yamashirogumi-ecophony-rinne

The Geinoh Yamashirogumi is not just a composer, but a weird collective. By the way, I would *strongly* recommend "Ecophony Rinne" to anyone else who liked the "Akira OST". I get the sense that Otomo liked "Ecophony Rinne", and he asked them to do more of the same for the "Akira" film. Some of the tracks on "ER" are very, very similar to the tracks on "Akira OST".

This seems as good a place as any, I recently saw Neo Tokyo, if you like Akira and the like definitely give it a watch.

  On 5/8/2014 at 10:50 PM, apriorion said:

 

  On 5/5/2014 at 2:01 PM, calx said:

 

I'm intrigued by this, has anyone else heard it? (same composer)

 

https://bleep.com/release/50615-geinoh-yamashirogumi-ecophony-rinne

The Geinoh Yamashirogumi is not just a composer, but a weird collective. By the way, I would *strongly* recommend "Ecophony Rinne" to anyone else who liked the "Akira OST". I get the sense that Otomo liked "Ecophony Rinne", and he asked them to do more of the same for the "Akira" film. Some of the tracks on "ER" are very, very similar to the tracks on "Akira OST".

Nice, thanks :)

  On 5/9/2014 at 12:06 AM, calx said:

 

Nice, thanks :)

 

No problem, my good fellow. I actually bought the record because I've been searching for a decent physical copy for a while. I first listened to it on youtube: I once found it in its entirety there. Let's see...

http://youtu.be/JLmiYD49EcY

http://youtu.be/akpl9QeAdsY

http://youtu.be/rYIWBtwHr9c

http://youtu.be/eyjBa09xk18

Track 4 is my favorite ("reincarnation") followed by track 3 ("dark slumber"). The latter tune kinda reminds me of the music when the scientist is looking at Tetsuo's aura on the machines, and the former reminds me somewhat of Kaneda's theme.

  On 5/8/2014 at 10:50 PM, apriorion said:

 

  On 5/5/2014 at 2:01 PM, calx said:

I'm intrigued by this, has anyone else heard it? (same composer)

 

https://bleep.com/release/50615-geinoh-yamashirogumi-ecophony-rinne

 

The Geinoh Yamashirogumi is not just a composer, but a weird collective. By the way, I would *strongly* recommend "Ecophony Rinne" to anyone else who liked the "Akira OST". I get the sense that Otomo liked "Ecophony Rinne", and he asked them to do more of the same for the "Akira" film. Some of the tracks on "ER" are very, very similar to the tracks on "Akira OST".

 

Thanks alot for this, really loving that ER album!

And for the update, Bleep just announced ANOTHER repress of Akira OST, a 1LP + a 2LP album. So now I'm pissed because I immediately bought that "super limited" 1LP version a while ago, I'd rather have the full 2LP one (obviously). And of course, that one is almost 30 euros now. Oscillik was right.

https://bleep.com/music/artist/37303-geinoh-yamashirogumi

motherfuckers...

fucking hell, they're seriously raping this one...

If anyone really cares flame their facebook posting with me. Thanks.

  On 5/2/2014 at 9:02 PM, vincentvc said:

pram prang pram prang pram prang pram pram prang bedum pram prang bedum prang kidang pram prang pram prang pram prang pram pram prang bedum pram prang bedum prang kidang

hahaha oh the sounds were playing in my head!

DODOM

I like the cover art from Binyl's edition more, but "Requiem" is my favorite track from the "Akira OST", so that sucks. On the other hand, I got the pioneer CD version years ago with the entire soundtrack, so it's OK.

Ah godammit just saw the 2LP version today on fucking bleep.....

God dammit! Guess I'll have the real thing and the amended version Cus I gotsta get me some exodus from the underground

I put up a scathing post about this on their facebook and all they did really was deflect responsibility. I understand that they aren't the ones printing it, but even the label should understand that they are being pretty shitty. The consensus from others was that this is basically the way things go which in my opinion doesn't make it correct. It's sort of like currency manipulation in that they can really mess with the value of these records and impact a lot of people's expectations negatively with these practices.

Man true words, and it's also shit bullets. Makes it difficult to be a compulsive record snobb

The most annoying thing to me about it is that snobbery aside the edition that I bought is actually not even the complete soundtrack even though it is labeled as such. (my bad I didn't check it thoroughly). Not only that but they just released a complete 2x LP version with all the tracks recently. My perspective is that I want the music, and sometimes the medium is also artful which is a bonus. So when they released the edition I purchased I bought it because I wanted a cherished soundtrack on vinyl. Come to find out later that it isn't the complete soundtrack and now a new edition is available that is the complete version for a little more cash than I paid originally which is quite frustrating. What should I do now? Sell my copy, or have 1 complete copy and 1 inferior copy? Funny enough some commenters claimed these first and second editions runs were considered "special" because they were first even though from a content standpoint they are hugely inferior to the new 2x LP version. It's basically a complete fuck off to all the earlier purchasers . Conscientious capitalism has a long way to go man, but we need it.

This is all bollocks imo

What's upsetting is the sheer underhandedness of it all, very very fucking sly and out of order.

Thanks apriorion!

Yeah it's a pretty underhand thing to do, I presume the single LP is a 33rpm job whereas the 2xLP is a 45rpm press?

it's fucking released again supposedly limited again fuck you whoever is doing this

what's the deal with the tracklisting? is there a version of this album on vinyl that has all the tracks or is it still overlapping and spread out ?

  On 7/29/2014 at 4:47 PM, bitroast said:

what's the deal with the tracklisting? is there a version of this album on vinyl that has all the tracks or is it still overlapping and spread out ?

Bleep sold two versions - a 2LP which contained all the (CD) tracks and a single 12" (I think this one) which has a selection of a few tracks. Now there is another single 12" release by another label as well, with a different selection of tracks... So three versions. Should've just bought the CD and be done with it.

I'm more annoyed about the bland cover art. Just the normal pic of Kaneda with a shitty font over it? PLEASE COME ON

And yeah, all these various releases are confusing. Gonna wait for the dust to settle and see if I can get the double disc version offa ebay.

And if you haven't watched Short Peace yet, go do so! Combustible is fantastic and has an amazing taiko drum soundtrack. Hope that gets a vinyl release too.

So that one that oscillik posted is maybe the "other" soundtrack - i think it was discussed earlier in this thread. Bleep has had that edition up for sale as well here: https://bleep.com/release/51654-geinoh-yamashirogumi-akira-original-motion-picture-soundrack-1xlp-edition

I remember seeing it when this whole re-release fiasco began and thinking 'god damn, why did they do 3 different editions??'

Also to add to the weirdness, it seems that they are back in stock where a few weeks ago it was sold out (the 2LP edition) across the board with one on eBay for like $130. I saw Norman Records had it up on their site, but they "had to order it".... I've been in this situation before, and I figured I'm screwed and my only chance now is ridiculous eBay prices or wait forever for a reseller on discogs.

I went ahead and ordered it from Norman just for the hell of it really, expecting a message saying they're sorry but couldn't find it to order. To my surprise they emailed me back within a day or so saying that they got a copy! I thought I had lucked out because I literally checked everywhere and Norman was the only one with even a slight option to buy this. Now I check bleep and it's all back in stock? even the first incomplete pressing is back in stock??

???????!!??!!??!?