Visitors to last year's exhibition of cels from the legendary 1988 anime film Akira got a special treat: a soundtrack of remixed music from the film accompanied their browsing. There was just one problem: you could only hear these remixes at the exhibition, and the vast majority of us were not in attendance. Well, good news for the vast majority of us: those tracks will be available this summer. Akira Remix collects 19 tracks across two discs, remixing the film soundtrack by music collective Geinoh Yamashirogumi. Writer and director Katsuhiro Otomo produced the collection himself, selecting three musical artists to put their unique spins on the iconic soundtrack. Legendary J-folk performer Makoto Kubota (of Makoto Kubota & the Sunset Gang) remixes the 13 tracks on Disc 1. The six tracks on Disc 2 are split evenly between Pizzicato Five founding member Yasuharu Konishi and composer Kuniaki Haishima (whose soundtracks include Monster and Macross Zero ). Pre-orders are...
- 6/29/2024
- by Kara Dennison
- Crunchyroll
Talk Like Singing, a groundbreaking production and the first-ever original Japanese musical to have its premiere in the U.S., celebrated its world premiere in New York City on November 13, 2009 at at New York University's Skirball Center. The show will run through November 22. The talented Koki Mitani has written and directs this comedic new material spoken in both Japanese and English. Musician, composer, DJ and founding member of Pizzicato Five, Yasuharu Konishi has created the music for this production. Japanese superstar Shingo Katori will make his international stage debut alongside cast members Jay Kabira, Keiko Horiuchi, and Shinya Niiro.
- 11/15/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Talk Like Singing, a groundbreaking production and the first-ever original Japanese musical to have its premiere in the U.S., celebrated its world premiere in New York City on November 13, 2009 at at New York University's Skirball Center. The show will run through November 22. The talented Koki Mitani has written and directs this comedic new material spoken in both Japanese and English. Musician, composer, DJ and founding member of Pizzicato Five, Yasuharu Konishi has created the music for this production. Japanese superstar Shingo Katori will make his international stage debut alongside cast members Jay Kabira, Keiko Horiuchi, and Shinya Niiro.
- 11/15/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Talk Like Singing, a groundbreaking production and the first-ever original Japanese musical to have its premiere in the U.S., will have its world premiere in New York City on November 13, 2009 at 8:00 P.M. at New York University's Skirball Center. The show will run through November 22. The talented Koki Mitani has written and directs this comedic new material spoken in both Japanese and English. Musician, composer, DJ and founding member of Pizzicato Five, Yasuharu Konishi has created the music for this production. Japanese superstar Shingo Katori will make his international stage debut alongside cast members Jay Kabira, Keiko Horiuchi, and Shinya Niiro.
- 9/21/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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