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Geinoh Yamashirogumi is a musical collective led by Japanese artist and scientist Tsutomu Ohashi that employs people from all walks of life to recreate folk music from nations around the world and a synthesised blend of assorted traditional musical forms. They have recorded several albums but are known best for the soundtrack to Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 animated science-fiction film Akira. Ohashi, who sometimes goes by the name Shoji Yamashiro, is a composer, conductor and producer as well as a scientist. His technique with the collective involves synthesizers found sounds and traditional percussion instruments on a variety of classical, spiritual and rock music from various countries. Albums include Selections from Folk Music On Silkroad (1981) and Selections from African Folk Music (1982). A DVD of the making of Akira titled Akira Sound Clip came out in 1991 and compilation release Nyumon was released in 1994. One of their releases, AKIRA Remix (2024), revisits their groundbreaking work on the Akira soundtrack, refreshing it with new interpretations.
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