Geinoh Yamashiro Gumi is a Japanese musical collective founded on January 19th, 1974 by Tsutomu Ohashi, consisting of hundreds of people from all walks of life: Journalists, Doctors, Engineers, Students, Businessmen etc, and is ever growing.
Famous for creating the soundtrack for Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira, a movie adaptation of his famous manga series of the same name, soon to be further adapted into an anime series and a live action film. With influences from the world over, ever experimental, this is a compilation of the best of Geinoh Yamashiro Gumi.
Tracklist:
1. Prologue - Osore-Zan
2. Europe - Lyon, Moi Lyon (My Meadow of Flax)
3. Europe - Mtskemsury (Towering Rocks)
4. While I Was Spinning
5. Morinani, Life Does Not Always Go As One Hopes
6. Europe - Oh, Rada
7. Asia - Benediction: From The Service For The Guardian Buddha Surunguma
8. Asia - Hymn To Genghis Khan
9. Asia - Jehova, My Strength, I Love Thee
10. Asia - Choral Patter Of Kecak
11. Africa - Ahwach, Wedding Dance
12. Africa - Yo-Yo-Yele Yo-Yo-Le (removed due to copyright claim)
13. Africa - Children's Work Songs: Ehsho~Sari~Dama-e
14. Africa - Hunted Bird: Ulepa (removed due to copyright claim)
15. Japan - Children's Songs
16. Japan - Chorus: Song Of Cutting And Drying
17. Japan - Yamashiro Ballad: Willow Rain (removed due to copyright claim)
18. Japan - Chorus Suite: Little Eyes
19. Epilogue - Ecophony Rinne: Symphony Of The Cycle Of Birth And Death
