His catalogue even includes video game soundtracks, and mobile ringtones. Ryuichi has a vast range of musical endeavors from pioneering early electronic music in his ?rst group Yellow Magic Orchestra, to globally-inspired rock albums, classical compositions (including a massive opera), and over thirty ?lm scores. Ryuichi Sakamoto is a composer, musician, producer, actor, and environmental activist a true renaissance man. Young and old from all cultures and creeds have found inspiration in Ryuichi's music. Few, if any, have a comparably diverse résumé as well as fan base. Ryuichi Sakamoto is one of these rare gems. In 2019, he won Best Music at the 21st Taipei Film Awards for the movie “YOUR FACE” directed by TSAI Ming-liang.In the age of one-hit wonders and a constantly rotating cast of pop-stars there are but a few true artists that have both stood the test of time and continue to break new ground. Following scores for the movies “Nagasaki: Memories of My Son” and “The Revenant” in 2015, in 2017 SAKAMOTO released his first original album in eight years, “async,” which was also presented in the form of the “async” installation at WATARI-UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2014 he was invited to function as guest director at the Sapporo International Art Festival (SIAF). Highly concerned also about social issues, he has been involved in the forest conservation/reforestation project ”more trees,” the charity event “NO NUKES” promoting non-nuclear power, the ”School Music Revival” and “Tohoku Youth Orchestra” projects in support of the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and various other activities. ” made in 2007 with TAKATANI Shiro on commission by the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media.
Continuously pursuing innovation in sound, he has been creating a number of installation works such as “LIFE - fluid, invisible, inaudible. Numerous other movie soundtracks consolidated his international reputation also as a composer. Lawrence” won a BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, and his music for the movie “The Last Emperor” won an Academy Award for Best Original Score, and a Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television. SAKAMOTO’s score for the movie “Merry Christmas, Mr. He later moved his bases overseas but remained active in various fields centering around music even after the YMO had “spread out” (as the members put it, avoiding the expression “split up”). Made his debut as a solo artist with “Thousand Knives” in 1978, and joined the Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) in the same year.
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