Ryuichi Sakamoto has shared two new songs that he made for the new Netflix anime series Exception. Take a listen to “Opening for ‘Exception’” and “Oxygen” (an extended reprisal of the opening theme) ...

A complete guide to the music in After the Hunt, featuring the full tracklist and insights into how Guadagnino uses sound to ...

A Japanese musician has released his first album in six years — a collection of compositions recorded during his battle with cancer. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 26, 2023.) ...

On March 28, 2023, the strains of Ryuichi Sakamoto's life faded into eternity. Among the great musicians of his generation, the Japanese pianist and Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer brought depth ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Visible Cloaks, Air‘s Nicolas Godin, Chassol, Lafawnduh, Lucrecia Dalt, Laurie Spiegel and more have contributed tracks to a very short album titled PRSNT. How short? All 12 tracks ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto died on March 28, having been diagnosed with colon cancer in 2021 and throat cancer in 2014. When his management initially announced the news of his death, the team wrote that the ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese composer, producer, and actor who died last Tuesday, was a musician of sophisticated talent. For many, the way he intermingled cacophony with dense synth, and his ...

On the 28th of last month, news of the passing of musician Ryuichi Sakamoto was announced. He left a significant mark in film music with works such as "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" and "The Last ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto, the influential electronic music composer and member of the Yellow Magic Orchestra who won an Oscar for the score for “The Last Emperor” and composed the haunting score for “Merry ...

2025’s first big anime release is right around the corner, as Sakamoto Days drops on Netflix in January of next year. The new anime is based on the eponymous manga by Yuto Suzuki and follows a retired ...