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Ryuichi Sakamoto: 8 Essential Albums Read More » The post Ryuichi Sakamoto: 8 Essential Albums appeared first on SPIN. Just imagining the scope of his music strains the limits of thought, like ...
The Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952–2023) released over 20 solo studio albums, over 25 collaboration albums, 3 remix albums, more than 10 live albums, several compilation albums, over 40 EPs and singles, and about 50 soundtracks. Several of the albums exist in both Japanese and internationally released versions, sometimes containing ...
On June 14, 2018, a documentary about the life and work of Sakamoto, entitled Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, was released. [64] The film follows Sakamoto as he recovers from cancer and resumes creating music, protests nuclear power plants following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster, and creates field recordings in a variety of locales.
For the film's soundtrack, Sakamoto won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music as well as the 1984 Mainichi Film Award for Best Film Score. [5] David Sylvian contributed lyrics and vocals on "Forbidden Colours", a vocal version of the main theme, "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", both of which were released as singles. A special 30th ...
It features nine pieces composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, five by David Byrne, one from Cong Su, and a few incidental pieces of source music. The album won the Best Original Score award at the 1987 Academy Awards , [ 1 ] and won the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media award at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards in 1989.
The Sheltering Sky is the original soundtrack to the 1990 film The Sheltering Sky (based on a novel by Paul Bowles) starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich.The original score was composed primarily by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
The soundtrack featured seven songs that consisted of previous compositions from Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, although he created two piano pieces for the film. The film marked Sakamoto's final composition before his death on March 28, 2023. [1] The soundtrack was released posthumously on September 8 through Milan Records.
B-2 Unit is the second solo electronic music album by Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, released in 1980.The lead single "Riot in Lagos" was a highly influential cult hit, significant to the development of electro, hip hop and techno music, [8] [9] [10] and considered one of the most important tracks in the history of electronic dance music.