Gamelan Magic Orchestra member Ryuichi Sakamoto also used gamelan elements for his soundtrack to the 1983 British-Japanese film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence", which won him the 1983 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. Many listeners were introduced to the sounds of gamelan by the popular 1988 Japanese anime film "Akira". Gamelan elements are used in this film to punctuate several exciting fight scenes, as well as to symbolize the emerging psychic powers of the tragic hero, Tetsuo. The gamelan in the film's score was performed by the members of the Japanese musical collective Geinoh Yamashirogumi, using their "semar pegulingan" and "jegog"
Indonesian art "[[gambuh]]" and "[[topeng]]", Javanese "[[wayang wong]], [[ketoprak]]" and "[[ludruk]]"; Betawi "[[lenong]]"; Sundanese "[[sandiwara]]"; also colonial "[[toneel]]". [[File:Wayang Kulit - Museum Wayang 02.jpg|thumb|right|Indonesian Javanese "[[wayang kulit]]" shadow puppet.]] "Wayang" refer to a theatrical performance with puppets or human dancers. When the term is used to refer to kinds of puppet theatre, sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as "wayang." Performances of [[Shadow play|shadow puppet]] theatre is known as "wayang kulit", are accompanied by a "[[gamelan]]" orchestra in [[Java (island)|Java]], and by "[[Gamelan gender wayang|gender wayang]]" in [[Bali]]. It has been developed into a complete and refined artform, especially in Java