Ryuichi Sakamoto

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1952-01-17

Deathday 2023-03-28 (71 years old)

Place of Birth Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As Ryûichi Sakamoto, Ryūichi Sakamoto, 류이치 사카모토, Yellow Magic Orchestra, YMO

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Biography

Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一, Sakamoto Ryūichi, January 17, 1952 - March 28, 2023) was a Japanese composer, record producer, and actor who had 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.

Known For

Sound

2024
Black Ox

as Music

2023
Monster

as Original Music Composer

2022
Piano Cinéma

as Original Music Composer

2022
After Yang

as Main Title Theme Composer

2022
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022

as Original Music Composer

2022
exception

as Music Arranger

2022
exception

as Music Producer

2022
exception

as Original Music Composer

2021
Apausalypse

as Music

2021
Beckett

as Original Music Composer

2021
Love After Love

as Original Music Composer

2020
Incomplete

as Original Music Composer

2020
Adult Baby

as Musician

2020
Minamata

as Original Music Composer

2019
The Staggering Girl

as Original Music Composer

2019
Paradise Next

as Original Music Composer

2019
My Tyrano: Together, Forever

as Original Music Composer

2019
Proxima

as Original Music Composer

2019
Agniyogana

as Original Music Composer

2018
Your Face

as Original Music Composer

2017
Star Sand

as Music

2017
async - first light

as Original Music Composer

2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

as Original Music Composer

2017
The Fortress

as Original Music Composer

2017
Fullmoon

as Music

2016
Rage

as Original Music Composer

2016
The Ferryman

as Original Music Composer

2015
The Revenant

as Original Music Composer

2015
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

as Original Music Composer

2014
Nuclear Nation II

as Theme Song Performance

2013
Psychedelic Afternoon

as Original Music Composer

2012
I Have To Buy New Shoes

as Original Music Composer

2012
Nuclear Nation

as Theme Song Performance

2012
I Have To Buy New Shoes

as Music Supervisor

2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

as Original Music Composer

2011
Black Mirror

as Original Music Composer

2010
Dhobi Ghat

as Original Music Composer

2009
Women Without Men

as Original Music Composer

2007
Silk

as Original Music Composer

2005
Zarin

as Music

2005
Tony Takitani

as Original Music Composer

2005
Shining Boy and Little Randy

as Original Music Composer

2004
Appleseed

as Original Music Composer

2003
The Blonds

as Music

2003
Life Is Journey

as Original Music Composer

2002
Femme Fatale

as Original Music Composer

2002
My Daughter

as Sound

2002
Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET

as Original Music Composer

2002
Derrida

as Original Music Composer

2002
Alexei and the Spring

as Original Music Composer

1999
Taboo

as Music

1998
Snake Eyes

as Original Music Composer

1996
Wild Side

as Original Music Composer

1993
Little Buddha

as Original Music Composer

1993
Rabbit Ears - Peachboy

as Original Music Composer

1993
Wild Palms

as Original Music Composer

1992
Tokyo Decadence

as Original Music Composer

1992
Wuthering Heights

as Original Music Composer

1991
High Heels

as Original Music Composer

1990
The Sheltering Sky

as Original Music Composer

1990
The Handmaid's Tale

as Original Music Composer

1990
Infinite Escher

as Original Music Composer

1987
The Last Emperor

as Original Music Composer

1987
1986
The Adventures of Milo and Otis

as Original Music Composer

1986
Adelic Penguins

as Original Music Composer

1986
TV WAR

as Original Music Composer

1985
1985
On the Beach

as Music Arranger

1985
1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

as Original Music Composer

1983
It's All Right, My Friend

as Original Music Composer

Actor

2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

as Self (archive footage)

2019
No Smoking

as Self

2010
Burning Ice

as Self

2007
1999
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

as Director (segment "Rain")

1999
1999
New Rose Hotel

as Hosaka Executive

1993
TV-YMO

as Self

1991
Marisa Monte: Mais

as Ryuichi Sakamoto

1989
NHK Special

as Self

1987
The Last Emperor

as Amakasu

1987
1986
TV WAR

as Self

1986
1985
Steel Cathedrals

as Self - Piano/strings

1985
1983
1983
1953
The Oscars

as Self (archive footage)

Director

2020
Incomplete

as Director

1985
All Star Video

as Director