I had the luck to get to work on Laurie Anderson's "Home Of The Brave" movie and it was the centerpiece of most songs we worked on, if not all. The Synclavier is indeed an awesome instrument. You can read a little more about the collective here if you'd like.Thanks for the heads up equinox - I have the "Production report" on VHS such a great feature Unfortunately the last (of 13) albums released under the Geinoh Yamashirogumi name was in 1990, but many of its members have continued with their professional scientific and academic careers while maintaining their music careers as well. The collective's members held the view that a life that ignored the professional pursuit of scientific and academic knowledge in favour of a music career alone was unbalanced. Interestingly none the collective's members worked strictly as musicians, comprising of professionals in various fields of science, law, anthropology and the like. While Tsutomu Ohashi, who is also known as Yamashiro Shoji, could be described as the "brains" behind the collective, many of the (more than 200) members of Geinoh Yamashirogumi have played varying degrees of producer, composer, arranger and of course performer. The soundtrack for Akira was created by a music collective called Geinoh Yamashirogumi, a group known for their use of traditional and experimental musical styles from around the world. The Akira soundtrack shares many similarities with an earlier album released by the same musicians, Ecophony Rinne. The singing was heavily influenced by European, Noh and Shomyo singing styles. The percussive elements were performed live, without the aid of any kind of electronic tracking or sequencing. An electric guitar was utilized on some tracks, and Indonesian, Japanese, Balinese and Tibetan percussive and gamelan instruments were used heavily through-out. The electronic instruments on the Akira soundtrack were exclusively the work of a Roland D-50 and Yamaha DX7-II, tuned to Sundanese, Pelog and natural minor scales. The Synclavier was not used anywhere on the soundtrack of Akira. According to the "Akira Production Report", a documentary on the making of Akira, the Synclavier was only used for the sound effects in the film.
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