Australia here. I saw Akira in the late '80's? Fantastic. I just loved his bike. I love that front full wheel hub look. So that was the reason I bought my '96 Honda Goldwing. It reminds me of Kaneda's bike with a big chrome full front disc brake cover. And the circle of fire lights.
Interesting. This version sounds less compressed than the album version I grew up with and much brighter. Based on the hard cuts and edits it sounds like it is the version taken directly from the film.
I'm sure it was just ripped from the movie. In the beginning, you hear the motor cycles, that's not on the original track. It also sounds, as if, it was sound-edited and stretched.