Person
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Sound · 1952–2023 · Tokyo, Japan
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
Black Mirror
Original Music Composer
The Revenant
Original Music Composer
Yae's Sakura
Theme Song Performance
Thirteen Talks
2016
NHK Special
Self
Monster
Original Music Composer
The Last Emperor
Amakasu
Today's Close-Up
1993
Tokyo Decadence
Original Music Composer
Babel
Songs
Filmography
- 2026A Flower of ForgetfulnessCompositor
- 2026ZiIn Memory Of
- 2025Ryuichi Sakamoto: DiariesSelf (archive footage)
- 2025Flames of a FlowerTheme Song Performance
- 2025Sons of the Neon NightOriginal Music Composer
- 2025FrammentiOriginal Music Composer
- 2025Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014Self
- 2024Black OxOriginal Music Composer
- 2024Kraftwerk - Fuji Rock Festival 2024Original Music Composer
- 2024Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His EraSelf
- 2024Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
- 2023Ryuichi Sakamoto | OpusSelf
- 2023SUGA: Road to D-DAYSelf
- 2023MonsterOriginal Music Composer
- 2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Stalingrad - Stimmen aus RuinenMusic
- 2022Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022Himself
- 2022exceptionMusic Producer
- 2022Piano CinémaOriginal Music Composer
- 2022After YangMain Title Theme Composer
- 2021Love After LoveOriginal Music Composer
- 2021Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am AbgrundMusic
- 2021BeckettOriginal Music Composer
- 2021Brilliant Trees Sessions
- 2021ApausalypseMusic
- 2021NHK MUSIC SPECIAL
- 2020IncompleteOriginal Music Composer
- 2020Ryuichi Sakamoto: Improvisation for Sonic Cure
- 2020OKINA: Dance of Life
- 2020Adult BabyMusician
- 2020Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated
- 2020MinamataOriginal Music Composer
- 2019ProximaOriginal Music Composer
- 2019No SmokingSelf
- 2019AgniyoganaOriginal Music Composer
- 2019My Tyrano: Together, ForeverOriginal Music Composer
- 2019Paradise NextOriginal Music Composer
- 2019The Staggering GirlOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Your FaceOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue ArmorySelf
- 2017A Gentle GlowMusic
- 2017Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODASelf
- 2017The FortressOriginal Music Composer
- 2017FullmoonMusic
- 2017Star SandMusic
- 2017Haiku On A Plum TreeMusic
- 2017async - first lightOriginal Music Composer
- 2016Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass HouseSelf
- 2016RageOriginal Music Composer
- 2016Thirteen Talks
- 2016The FerrymanOriginal Music Composer
- 2015The RevenantOriginal Music Composer
- 2015Nagasaki: Memories of My SonOriginal Music Composer
- 2015700 Days with Ryuichi SakamotoSelf
- 2014Nuclear Nation IITheme Song Performance
- 2013Psychedelic AfternoonOriginal Music Composer
- 2013Yae's SakuraTheme Song Performance
- 2012I Have to Buy New ShoesOriginal Music Composer
- 2012Future Past Perfect Pt. 02 (Cité Radieuse)Music
- 2012Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHKSelf
- 2012Nuclear NationTheme Song Performance
- 2011Black MirrorOriginal Music Composer
- 2011Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi SakamotoMusic
- 2011Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’Music
- 2011Hara-Kiri: Death of a SamuraiOriginal Music Composer
- 2010Dhobi GhatSongs
- 2010Burning IceSelf
- 2009POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestrahimself
- 2009Women Without MenOriginal Music Composer
- 2009Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued LyricistSelf
- 2008Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
- 2007SilkOriginal Music Composer
- 2007100年インタビューゲスト
- 2006BabelSongs
- 2006Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen LiveSelf
- 2005ZarinOriginal Music Composer
- 2005Shining Boy and Little RandyOriginal Music Composer
- 2004Tony TakitaniOriginal Music Composer
- 2004AppleseedMusic
- 2003The BlondsMusic
- 2003Life Is JourneyOriginal Music Composer
- 2003Femme Fatale: Dream Within a DreamSelf
- 2003VisualYMO:the Best
- 2002Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKETOriginal Music Composer
- 2002My DaughterSound
- 2002Femme FataleOriginal Music Composer
- 2002DerridaOriginal Music Composer
- 2002Alexei and the SpringOriginal Music Composer
- 2001To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left OutMusic
- 2000Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEARTSound
- 2000Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version
- 1999TabooOriginal Music Composer
- 1999Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99Director (segment "Rain")
- 1999Complete HurrahSelf
- 1999New Rose HotelHosaka Executive
- 1998Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconOriginal Music Composer
- 1998Snake EyesOriginal Music Composer
- 1998Jounetsu Tairiku
- 1996Wild SideOriginal Music Composer
- 1993TV-YMOSelf
- 1993Little BuddhaOriginal Music Composer
- 1993YMO – Live At Budokan 1980self
- 1993Technodon in Tokyo Dome
- 1993Wild PalmsOriginal Music Composer
- 1993Today's Close-Up
- 1992Wuthering HeightsOriginal Music Composer
- 1992Hurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra
- 1992Tokyo DecadenceOriginal Music Composer
- 1992YMO – Hi-Tech Video CrimeSelf
- 1991Marisa Monte: MaisSelf
- 1991High HeelsOriginal Music Composer
- 1991PeachboyOriginal Music Composer
- 1990The Sheltering SkyOriginal Music Composer
- 1990Infinite EscherOriginal Music Composer
- 1990The Handmaid's TaleOriginal Music Composer
- 1989NHK SpecialSelf
- 1988SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO
- 1987NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～
- 1987The Last EmperorAmakasu
- 1987Brand New DaySelf
- 1987Royal Space Force - The Wings of HonneamiseOriginal Music Composer
- 1986Bye Bye KiplingSelf
- 1986The Adventures of Milo and OtisOriginal Music Composer
- 1986Ryuichi Sakamoto – Media Bahn Live
- 1986Adelic Penguins
- 1986TV WARSelf
- 1985On the BeachMusic Arranger
- 1985Steel CathedralsSelf - Piano/strings
- 1985Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi SakamotoSelf
- 1985All Star VideoSelf
- 1985A Human Tube
- 1984Preparations For A Journey
- 1984A Y.M.O. Film: PropagandaSelf
- 1983The Oshima GangSelf
- 1983YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon BudokanSelf - Keyboards
- 1983Where the Toys Come FromMusic Arranger
- 1983Merry Christmas, Mr. LawrenceYonoi
- 1983YMO: Winter Live '81Self
- 1983It's All Right, My FriendOriginal Music Composer
- 1981Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981Self
- —Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevisSelf (archive footage)
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