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Rest in peace, this man was truly a genius. His music was always on point, fitted the mood and was also working with another of my all-time stars, David Bowie. You'll be truly missed, sir.
R.I.P. Ryuichi Sakamoto!!! He is a true artist who made amazing composing score. He’s be leaving the world but will be always remembered as legend who made a huge impact in the world of music. What truly genius!!!
I speak Spanish .. I don't find many videos of Sakamoto, being that he is a great composer .. Thanks for making this video! Sakamoto should have more recognition in Argentina and around the world 💞
I had the distinct pleasure of watching Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA at the Sydney Film Festival. I went in knowing nothing about Sakamoto and came out absolutely elated and satisfied. It's a truly wonderful documentary that I recommend to everyone.
Sakamoto went into making his latest album Async with the idea of scoring a nonexistent Tarkovsky film. He uses a lot of everyday sounds on this album. Sakamoto must have enjoyed working on the score of the Revenant, as it was heavily inspired by Tarkovsky's film.
to this day I can't believe when I first came across Screen Prism I thought it was another Nicki Swift or Grunge-type channel. Quickly becoming one of my favourite sources of intelligent media analysis.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence and The Last Emperor are two of the greatest movie scores of all time, especially The Last Emperor (but oh man, that main theme of MCML!). Not to mention Yellow Magic Orchestra is one of the big pioneers of electronic music (alongside Kraftwerk and a couple others). He's no-joke one of the greatest modern composers and definitely one of the greatest living composers. Thanks for making such a great video about him ScreenPrism! :)
Hieronymus di Colonna I absolutely agree (I once dismissed MCML as "80s soundtrack weirdness" though, but I redeemed myself, the soundtrack is great all around, I expecially love the "Germination" and "Before the War" pieces) MCML has an iconic main theme, but The Last Emperor as a whole is so amazing
Beautifully done. I have been a fan of Sakamoto since "The Last Emperor" and have been a fan of music sound tracks since "Risky Business" specifically Tangerine Dream and the original "Blade Runner" & Vangelis.
I’m so glad Ryuichi Sakamoto won an Oscar for Best Original Score in 1987 for The Last Emperor, that film’s got one of the most beautiful and most amazing musical scores I’ve ever heard in any movie.
His work on Bertolucci's Oriental Trilogy is one of the pinnacles of modern film music. I had a new-found appreciation for it only last week. Sakamoto deserves every praise, he's a unique composer that's working in all three musical fields - academic, experimental and popular. And to some amazing results. His latest album, async, is nothing short of a masterpiece. Thanks for the analysis. Though I believe Call me by Your Name feels a bit odd in the list of films analyzed, as he didn't work on the movie, they've just selected some of his works along with the tracks of other artists. So it misses the crucial aspect of a composers conscious effort of scoring a scene, as the music was originally made for a different occasion
What a legend! Thanks for this video. Here's some more things you might want to know if you liked the video: What's amazing about Sakamoto is that he did not only achieve the greatest of impacts on film score. He also has an influence in the sound of Hiphop and EDM. I know, a crazy claim, But it's a true statement. You see, he was part of YMO, one of the greatest experimental music acts in the last century. YMO's music had such a unique new sound that will be sampled and mimicked starting from the inception of Hiphop and Electronic music and that continues even now in our very recent days. Forming many classic songs that helped in developing said genres in great ways. I really feel like he doesn't get the recognition that he deserves globally. p.s Sakamoto was not the only nor the biggest part of YMO, That would be Haroumi Hosono. the dude is a sensational figure. He also had a project that doesn't include Sakamoto which is a band called Happy End. They are as big as a rock band ever had an impact in Japan. Sakamoto and Hosono are musical legends that will be recalled in history in the same breath as the Beatles and Kanye. Such names!
That's interesting indeed! I have always paid attention to the music behind the scenes and actually listen to some movie soundtracks. Are you going to do a Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff videos as well?
Random, but related...R&B singer Trey Songz sampled Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Bibo No Aozora” from the film BABEL in his song “Can’t Be Friends”.... great use of a sample.
Lovely, I love the director's series (you know it's a...) and this is a great addition to Screenprism. I would love to see videos on: Hisaishi, Zimmer, Elfman, Goldenthal, Glass, Williams, Steiner, Korngold, Morricone, Herrman, Goldsmith, Horner, Badalamenti, Jóhannsson, Shore, etc. Great video as usual. Thanx, girls!!!!
Zimmer has to be one of the greatest composer. Dark knight music still gives goosebumps. Dunkirk must one of the most intense movie to give warlike atmosphere because of the music
I love listening to my favorite sci-fi/fantasy soundtracks and tv theme songs. Live365 had the best. Since the change I haven't found any others that can compare.😭
The video was amazing, but I have the feeling that the advertising aspect of it cannot be divorced from its contents. The video is partly advertising for Mubi, or at least that's how I perceive it. However, it really caught my attention and I'll be listening to Sakamoto's music.
Mario Murillo 🤑 they also gotta make money too hermano. Check the documentary and let us know your second point of view. I feel that as long as they are sharing good knowldge then everything else is just the chrry on top
He's a living legend!! p.s: I made an edit of Sakamoto's "andata" playing over the film Under The Skin. I don't like advertising like this, but I figured you would enjoy it for the love of his music and maybe the film!
He is the pioneer of elec music genre in Japan... but i love him more as a composer :') please dont compare him with any other composer because they are special on their own way... try watching at some his performance orchestra, he is a good maestro, good musician, good actor and good dancer too haha idk what he cant do...
Yep, you are right! I became a huge fan of Kanno over the last two years by watching a shit load of anime. There are many great composers out there, but the thing that differentiates Kanno is her versatility. I don't know anyone else who writes jazz, rock, electronic and orcherstral pieces with the same high quality. She truly can do anything! Besides the world of anime is choke full of great composers. Yuki Kajiura, Sawano Hiroyuki, Michiru Oshima, Jun Maeda, Joe Hisaishi, to just name a few of the greatest.
Sadly, most cinematic music nowadays were just composed junks that was'nt too satisfying for the viewers (except Disney and Marvel's music). But this Japanese guy has more talent of music ever since when Hollywood movies were great back then. Besides Sakamoto, there are most musical composers were talented and very composed very well.
