Ryuichi Sakamoto
}}|Sakamoto Ryūichi|January 17, 1952 – March 28, 2023|lead=yes}} was a Japanese composer, pianist, record producer, and actor who pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto influenced and pioneered a number of electronic music genres.Sakamoto began his career as a session musician, producer, and arranger, while he was at university in the 1970s. His first major success came in 1978 as co-founder of YMO. He pursued a solo career at the same time, releasing the experimental electronic fusion album ''Thousand Knives'' in 1978, and the album ''B-2 Unit'' in 1980. B-2 Unit included the track "Riot in Lagos", which was a significant contribution to the development of electro and hip hop music. He went on to produce more solo records, and collaborate with many international artists, David Sylvian, Carsten Nicolai, Youssou N'Dour, and Fennesz among them. Sakamoto composed music for the opening ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and his composition "Energy Flow" (1999) was the first instrumental number-one single in Japan's Oricon charts history.
As a film score composer, Sakamoto won an Oscar, a BAFTA, a Grammy, and two Golden Globe Awards. ''Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence'' (1983) marked his debut as both an actor and a film-score composer; its main theme was adapted into the single "Forbidden Colours" which became an international hit. His most successful work as a film composer was ''The Last Emperor'' (1987), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, making him the first Japanese composer to win an Academy Award. after which he continued earning accolades composing for films such as ''The Sheltering Sky'' (1990), ''Little Buddha'' (1993), and ''The Revenant'' (2015). On occasion, Sakamoto also worked as a composer and a scenario writer on anime and video games. He was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the Ministry of Culture of France in 2009 for his contributions to music. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-2023
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Virgin Records : Manufactured and distributed by WEA through arrangement with Atlantic Records, 1987
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Virgin Records : Manufactured and distributed by WEA through arrangement with Atlantic Records, 1987
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by Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-2023
Culver City, CA : Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2022
Culver City, CA : Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2022
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by Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-2023
[Place of publication not identified] : Sony Classical, 2023
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by Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-2023
[Place of publication not identified] : Meister Music, 2023
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by Wagner, Bruce, Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-
Culver City, Calif. : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, 2005
Culver City, Calif. : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, 2005
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by Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-, Nicolai, Carsten, 1965-
Los Angeles, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2016
Los Angeles, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2016
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by Bell, Gabrielle, Hosono, Haruomi, 1947-, Takahashi, Yukihiro, Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-2023, Bell, Gabrielle, Hosono, Haruomi, 1947-, Takahashi, Yukihiro, Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-
[Place of publication not identified] : FilmRise, 2014
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by Adams, John, 1947-, Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-, Stevens, Sufjan, Moroder, Giorgio, Battiato, Franco
[United States] : Masterworks, 2017
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by Zazou, Hector, Poli, Patrizia, Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-, Hassel, Jon, Lanfranchi, Jean Pierre, Gattaceca, Patrizia, 1957-
[Place of publication not identified] : Decca Records, 2007
[Place of publication not identified] : Decca Records, 2007
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Tōkyō : Heibonsha, 2014
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[U.K.] : Anime Limited, 2015
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[Tokyo] : Shin-Nihon Eigasha, 2014
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Westport, Conn. : Rabbit Ears Productions, 1991
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