How to even describe the late Ryuichi Sakamoto to someone who might not have heard of him? Just imagining the scope of his music strains the limits of thought, like pondering the size of the universe.

TOKYO (AP) — Recorded and filmed as he was dying of cancer, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Opus” — the Japanese film composer's posthumous album and documentary of the same name — is clearly meant to be his ...

2 Madonna's CONFESSIONS II Pop-up Coming to Los Angeles On Sunday, June 30 at 5:00pm PT / 8:00pm ET, the Criterion Channel will host the online premiere of RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS (2023), Neo Sora's ...

Ryuchi Sakamoto, the iconic Japanese composer currently battling cancer, has released his 15th solo studio album, 12. Released on Tuesday, January 17 to celebrate his 71st birthday, the instrumental ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto has announced new album, titled 12, that will be out January 20 via Milan Records. The album, his first since 2017, was recorded over the last two-and-a-half years while battling ...

The estate of Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer and Yellow Magic Orchestra member who died in 2023, has announced the posthumous album Opus, a document of Sakamoto’s final ...

Composer and Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away in March 2023 at the age of 71. Before he died, he worked with filmmaker Neo Sora on Opus, a solo piano performance film ...

There are 20 selections, drawing from his music for films ranging from Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, through art-house classics The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, Little Buddha and The Revenant, as ...

Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has had a hugely influential career. The former member of Yellow Magic Orchestra has written music for everything from the Olympics and video games, to film scores ...

A new posthumous album has been announced from the late Japanese composer and pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto. The album is called "Opus". A few months before his death, Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto has announced his new solo album 12. It’s due out January 17 via Milan Records. 12 is the first non-soundtrack solo studio album from the Japanese composer since 2017’s Async.