Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto first entered the public ear in the late 1970s, as a member of the seminal electro-synth band Yellow Magic Orchestra. Although short-lived, the band and its quirky approach to dance music influenced a generation of synth-poppers and techno artists. Sakamoto released a few experimental albums while still with YMO, but his solo career began in earnest with the acclaimed all-synth soundtrack to the 1982 film MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE, which established him as a composer of some valence. His atmospheric film scores (THE SHELTERING SKY, THE LAST EMPEROR) and adventuresome collaborations with jazz, pop, and world musicians have contributed to his continued reputation as a visionary artist.

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• (2005)  Thousand Knives Of
• (2003)  Little Buddha
• (1999)  Cinemage
• (1999)  BTTB

• Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
• Energy Flow
• Forbidden Colours
• The Last Emperor
• Aqua

• Kitaro
• David Sylvian
• Hans Zimmer
• Danny Elfman
• Bill Laswell
• Jean-Michel Jarre
• Jon Hassell
• Mike Oldfield
• James Newton Howard
• Art Of Noise
• Anne Dudley
• Public Image Ltd.
• The Residents
• Harold Budd
• Japan
• Puffy Ami Yumi
• Massive Attack
• Aphex Twin
• Moby
• Hi-Standard

• Saucemaster
• HelgaPataki
• garirakkyo
• Hortense
• yuk
• TTS
• cybitz
• Phil0001
• aGi
• JIK
• niknik
• OPIATA
• Desman3000
• eHOLIC
• Avinash
• cpcgm
• naomix
• wkpn
• lenore
• iori
• xight
• SWICKER
• tinawe
• memen
• SpMt
• ahiro
• yamayou
• damospace
• beebumblebee
• salarsander
• yuranosuke
• nao0622
• kommunity
• samuraickt
• kammoline
• Onoff
• ksb
• zorax
• DOG44
• kazumi
• unyo
• YoshihiroHayashi