AKIRA Symphonic Suite / AKIRA Symphonic Suite / AKIRA Symphonic Suite

ORIGINAL RECORDING (1988)
COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY SHOJI YAMASHIRO
SOUND ARCHITECT: KEISHI URATA (EMU), SHOJI YAMASHIRO
ALL SONGS PERFORMED BY GEINOH YAMASHIROGUMI

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS
GUITAR: TSUYOSHI KON
KEYBOARD: TADASHI NAMBA, TOKIHIKO MORISHITA
PERCUSSION: NOBU SAITO
DRUMS: HIDEO YAMAKI
NOH: YUKIHIRO ISSOH (FUE KATA), JUNZO MIYAMASU (TSUZUMI KATA), NOBUYUKI SHIRASAKA (OHKAWA KATA), MASAMICHI YAMAZAKI (SHITE KATA), KIYOSHI YASHITANI (TAIKO KATA)
BALINESE TANTRA: IDA BAGUS SUGATA
SYNTHESIZER OPERATION: KUNIHIKO TOMINAGA, KENJI NI-INA (EMU)

SUPERVISOR: HIDEAKI SUDA
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: HIROYUKI IWATA
DIRECTOR: TAKAFUMI MURAKI
ENGINEER: HIDEO TAKADA, KEI-ICHIRO YOSHIOKA
ENGINEERING DIRECTOR: HEIZO YODA
RECORDED AT VICTOR AOYAMA STUDIO, VARIO-HALL (SHOUBI GAKUEN), HITOMI KINEN SHOHDOH (SHOWA JYOSHI UNIV.)
REMIXED AT VICTOR AOYAMA STUDIO

SPECIAL THANKS TO: KATSUHIRO OHTOMO, SOUEMON KOMPARU, SHOUZO MASUDA, RYOHEI SUZUKI (KODANSHA), KEN TSUNODA (KODANSHA), SUSUMU AKETAGAWA (MAGIC CAPSULE), FUMITAKA MORITA (PROSOUND), YOSHIHIRO IKEGAMI (ROLAND)

SYMPHONIC SUITE AKIRA 2016: THE HYPERSONIC HIGH-RESOLUTION EDITION
PRODUCER: NORIE KAWAI
HYPERSONIC SOUND ARCHITECT/MIXING ENGINEER: TSUTOMU OOHASHI
PARTNER HYPERSONIC MIXING ENGINEER: HIDEO TAKADA
HYPERSONIC MASTERING ENGINEER: EMI NISHINA
REMIX STUDIO: STUDIO TERRA

THE DSD11.2MHz CUTTING MASTER (USED IN THE "SYMPHONIC SUITE AKIRA 2016: THE HYPERSONIC HIGH-RESOLUTION EDITION" RELEASED DIGITALLY IN JAPAN) WAS USED FOR THIS ALBUM. THE SEQUENCE OF MUSIC WAS CHANGED FROM ITS ORIGINAL LISTING FOR OPTIMAL PLAY ON THE VINYL FORMAT.