
Sakamoto entered the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1970, earning a B.A.
5.3.2 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. 5.3.1 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
5.2.1 Academy Award for Best Original Score. In 2009, he was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the Ministry of Culture of France for his contributions to music. On occasion, Sakamoto has also worked as a composer and a scenario writer on anime and video games. His most successful work as a film composer was The Last Emperor (1987), after which he continued earning accolades composing for films such as The Sheltering Sky (1990), Little Buddha (1993), and The Revenant (2015). Lawrence (1983) marked his debut as both an actor and a film-score composer its main theme was adapted into the single " Forbidden Colours" which became an international hit. Īs a film-score composer, Sakamoto has won an Oscar, a BAFTA, a Grammy, and 2 Golden Globe Awards. Sakamoto composed music for the opening ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and his composition "Energy Flow" (1999) was the first instrumental number-one single in Japan's Oricon charts history. He went on to produce more solo records, and collaborate with many international artists, David Sylvian, Carsten Nicolai, Youssou N'Dour, and Fennesz among them. It included the track "Riot in Lagos", which was significant in the development of electro and hip hop music. Two years later, he released the album B-2 Unit. He concurrently pursued a solo career, releasing the experimental electronic fusion album Thousand Knives in 1978. His first major success came in 1978 as co-founder of YMO. Sakamoto began his career while at university in the 1970s as a session musician, producer, and arranger. With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto influenced and pioneered a number of electronic music genres. The Globe and Mail.Ryuichi Sakamoto ( 坂本 龍一, Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952) is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). ^ "Interviews with Four Mastering Engineers". ^ "Neon Indian: An Oral History of VEGA INTL. House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios. ^ "Heba Kadry: "You want to make sure you take the listener on a smooth ride from start to finish." ". ^ "Mastering engineer Heba Kadry on music and community". ^ "Heba Kadry on Mastering as a Creative Act". And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead The Lighthouse (2019 film) Original Soundtrack Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? How Strange Innocence - 20th Anniversary Edition The Dead Don't Die (2019 film) Original Soundtrack Shall We Go on Sinning So That Grace May Increase? Kadry worked as a staff engineer at SugarHill Recording Studios from 2005 to 2006. And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Nation of Language and The Hotelier. She is best known for her work with Bjork, Beach House, Slowdive, The Mars Volta, Neon Indian, Wooden Shjips, Lightning Bolt, White Hills, Alex G, Future Islands, Liturgy, !!!, White Lung. Heba Kadry is an Egyptian mastering engineer who currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.