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.
Academy Awards
Best Original Score
British Academy Film Awards
Best Original Music
Known For
Monster
(2023)
Original Music Composer
The Revenant
(2015)
Original Music Composer
The Last Emperor
(1987)
Original Music Composer
Beckett
(2021)
Original Music Composer
Tokyo Decadence
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Femme Fatale
(2002)
Original Music Composer
Snake Eyes
(1998)
Original Music Composer
Little Buddha
(1993)
Original Music Composer
High Heels
(1991)
Original Music Composer
After Yang
(2022)
Main Title Theme Composer
Silk
(2007)
Original Music Composer
Proxima
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Royal Space Force - The Wings Of Honneamise
(1987)
Original Music Composer
Minamata
(2020)
Original Music Composer
Wuthering Heights
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Appleseed
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(1983)
Original Music Composer
YMO: Winter Live '81
(1983)
Music
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
(1983)
Music
It's All Right, My Friend
(1983)
Original Music Composer
All Star Video
(1985)
Music
On the Beach
(1985)
Music Arranger
Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto
(1985)
Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
(1986)
Original Music Composer
Adelic Penguins
(1986)
Original Music Composer
TV WAR
(1986)
Original Music Composer
The Last Emperor
(1987)
Original Music Composer
Royal Space Force - The Wings Of Honneamise
(1987)
Original Music Composer
The Sheltering Sky
(1990)
Original Music Composer
The Handmaid's Tale
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Infinite Escher
(1990)
Original Music Composer
High Heels
(1991)
Original Music Composer
Tokyo Decadence
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Wuthering Heights
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Little Buddha
(1993)
Original Music Composer
Rabbit Ears - Peachboy
(1993)
Original Music Composer
Wild Side
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
(1998)
Original Music Composer
Snake Eyes
(1998)
Original Music Composer
Taboo
(1999)
Music
Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART
(2000)
Sound
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
(2001)
Music
Femme Fatale
(2002)
Original Music Composer
Derrida
(2002)
Original Music Composer
Alexei and the Spring
(2002)
Original Music Composer
My Daughter
(2002)
Sound
Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET
(2002)
Original Music Composer
Life Is Journey
(2003)
Original Music Composer
The Blonds
(2003)
Music
Appleseed
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Tony Takitani
(2005)
Original Music Composer
Shining Boy and Little Randy
(2005)
Original Music Composer
Zarin
(2005)
Music
Silk
(2007)
Original Music Composer
Women Without Men
(2009)
Original Music Composer
Dhobi Ghat
(2010)
Original Music Composer
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Utau Live in Tokyo 2010 - A Project of Taeko Onuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto
(2011)
Music
Tripitaka Koreana Special ‘Dharma’
(2011)
Music
I Have To Buy New Shoes
(2012)
Original Music Composer and Music Supervisor
Nuclear Nation
(2012)
Theme Song Performance
Psychedelic Afternoon
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Nuclear Nation II
(2014)
Theme Song Performance
The Revenant
(2015)
Original Music Composer
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
(2015)
Original Music Composer
Rage
(2016)
Original Music Composer
The Ferryman
(2016)
Original Music Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
(2016)
Music
Star Sand
(2017)
Music
async - first light
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
(2017)
Original Music Composer
The Fortress
(2017)
Original Music Composer
Fullmoon
(2017)
Music
Haiku On A Plum Tree
(2017)
Music
Your Face
(2018)
Original Music Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
(2018)
Music
The Staggering Girl
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Paradise Next
(2019)
Original Music Composer
My Tyrano: Together, Forever
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Proxima
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Agniyogana
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Minamata
(2020)
Original Music Composer
Incomplete
(2020)
Original Music Composer
Adult Baby
(2020)
Musician
Beckett
(2021)
Original Music Composer
Love After Love
(2021)
Original Music Composer
Apausalypse
(2021)
Music
Moskau 1941 - Stimmen am Abgrund
(2021)
Music
After Yang
(2022)
Main Title Theme Composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
(2022)
Original Music Composer
Piano Cinéma
(2022)
Original Music Composer
Monster
(2023)
Original Music Composer
Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen
(2023)
Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
(2023)
Music
Acting
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981
(1981)
Self
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(1983)
Yonoi
YMO: Winter Live '81
(1983)
Self
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
(1983)
Self - Keyboards
The Oshima Gang
(1983)
Self
Preparations For A Journey
(1984)
Propaganda
(1984)
Self
Tokyo Melody: A Film about Ryuichi Sakamoto
(1985)
Self
All Star Video
(1985)
Self
Steel Cathedrals
(1985)
Self - Piano/strings
A Human Tube
(1985)
Bye Bye Kipling
(1986)
Self
Adelic Penguins
(1986)
TV WAR
(1986)
Self
The Last Emperor
(1987)
Amakasu
Brand New Day
(1987)
Self
NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～
(1987)
SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO
(1988)
Marisa Monte: Mais
(1991)
Ryuichi Sakamoto
YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime
(1992)
Self
YMO – Live At Budokan 1980
(1993)
self
TV-YMO
(1993)
Self
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
(1999)
Director (segment "Rain")
New Rose Hotel
(1999)
Hosaka Executive
Complete Hurrah
(1999)
Self
Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
(2003)
Self
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen Live
(2006)
Self
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
(2009)
Self
Burning Ice
(2010)
Self
Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK
(2012)
Self
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
(2015)
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
(2016)
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
(2017)
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
(2018)
Self
No Smoking
(2019)
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated
(2020)
OKINA: Dance of Life
(2020)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
(2022)
Himself
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
SUGA: Road to D-DAY
(2023)
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
(2023)
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
(2024)
Last Days 坂本龍一 最期の日々
(2024)
Directing
Writing