Ryūichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto was a composer, producer, and artist born in Tokyo. Sakamoto's diverse résumé includes pioneering electronic works in the legendary techno group Yellow Magic Orchestra, producing pop albums and numerous classical compositions, two operas, and nearly 45 original film/TV scores. As a film-score composer, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music for Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), and his music for The Last Emperor (1987) won him world-acclaimed music awards including the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Golden Globe and Grammy awards.

His major film score credits include The Sheltering Sky (1990), High Heels (1991), Femme Fatale (2002), Tony Takitani (2004), The Revenant (2015), Rage (2016), The Fortress (2017), Your Face (2018), MINAMATA (2020), and After Yang (2021). On January 17th, 2023, his 71st birthday, Ryuichi released 12, his 15th solo album. The album is a collection of 12 songs selected from musical sketches recorded like a sound diary during his two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away in March 2023 at the age of 71. Monster was the last film for which he provided original score.

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