Ryuichi Sakamoto

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.

Sound 91

2020s

2025
Sons of the Neon Night
Original Music Composer
56
2024
Black Ox
Original Music Composer
2023
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
Music
Monster
Original Music Composer
82
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Main Title Theme Composer
75
Stalingrad - Voices from the Ruins
Music
2022
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
Original Music Composer
exception
Music Arranger, Music Producer, Original Music Composer
66
Piano Cinéma
Original Music Composer
After Yang
Main Title Theme Composer
73
2021
Love After Love
Original Music Composer
Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund
Music
Beckett
Original Music Composer
55
Apausalypse
Music
2020
Incomplete
Original Music Composer
Adult Baby
Musician
Minamata
Original Music Composer
69

2010s

2019
Proxima
Original Music Composer
69
Agniyogana
Original Music Composer
My Tyrano: Together, Forever
Original Music Composer
Paradise Next
Original Music Composer
The Staggering Girl
Original Music Composer
2018
Your Face
Original Music Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
Music
2017
A Gentle Glow
Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Original Music Composer
81
The Fortress
Original Music Composer
67
Fullmoon
Music
Star Sand
Music
Haiku On A Plum Tree
Music
async - first light
Original Music Composer
2016
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
Music
Rage
Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
70
The Ferryman
Original Music Composer
2015
The Revenant
Original Music Composer
78
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
Original Music Composer
65
2014
Nuclear Nation II
Theme Song Performance
2013
Psychedelic Afternoon
Original Music Composer
Yae's Sakura
Theme Song Performance
71
2012
I Have to Buy New Shoes
Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor
Future Past Perfect Pt. 02 (Cité Radieuse)
Music
Light Up Nippon
Original Music Composer
Nuclear Nation
Theme Song Performance
2011
Black Mirror
Original Music Composer
86
Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto
Music
Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’
Music
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Original Music Composer
74
2010
Dhobi Ghat
Songs

2000s

2009
Women Without Men
Original Music Composer
2008
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
Original Music Composer
2007
Silk
Original Music Composer
2006
Babel
Songs
71
2005
Zarin
Original Music Composer
Shining Boy & Little Randy
Original Music Composer
2004
Tony Takitani
Original Music Composer
76
Appleseed
Music
54
2003
The Blonds
Music
Life Is Journey
Original Music Composer
2002
Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET
Original Music Composer
My Daughter
Sound
Femme Fatale
Original Music Composer
59
Derrida
Original Music Composer
Alexei and the Spring
Original Music Composer
2001
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
Music
2000
Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART
Sound