Geinoh Yamashirogumi

Geinoh Yamashirogumi is a Japanese music collective founded in 1974 by the scientist Tsutomu Ōhashi, who composes and conducts under the name Shoji Yamashiro. The group gathers hundreds of members from many different professions, singing and playing music drawn from traditions around the world. It is best known for the score of the 1988 animated film Akira. Early albums such as Osorezan / Do No Kenbai (1976) and Shonentachi Eno Chikyu Sanka (1979) drew on folk and vocal traditions from Japan and other countries.