Japanese musician and movie composer Ryuichi Sakamoto died throughout a battle with most cancers on March 28, in keeping with recording firm Avex.
Sakamoto was initially recognized with throat most cancers in 2014, and revealed in 2022 that he had terminal most cancers. His most cancers prognosis that was disclosed in 2022 got here one 12 months after saying that he suffered from rectal most cancers.
He was thought-about a pioneer of electronics music within the late Seventies, and based Yellow Magic Orchestra with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi.
Within the assertion from Avex, a spokesperson mentioned that Sakamoto labored on music when he was feeling effectively regardless of being in poor health.
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Maestro Ryuichi Sakamoto poses throughout a photograph name for the movie “CODA” on the 74th Venice Movie Competition in Venice, Italy, Sept. 3, 2017. Japan’s recording firm Avex says Sakamoto, a musician who scored for Hollywood motion pictures akin to “The Final Emperor” and “The Revenant,” has died. He was 71. He died March 28, in keeping with the assertion launched Sunday, April 2, 2023. (AP Photograph/Domenico Stinellis, File)
FILE – Maestro Ryuichi Sakamoto performs at Rome’s Auditorium, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Japan’s recording firm Avex says Sakamoto, a musician who scored for Hollywood motion pictures akin to “The Final Emperor” and “The Revenant,” has died. He was 71. He died March 28, in keeping with the assertion launched Sunday, April 2, 2023. (AP Photograph/Domenico Stinellis)
“To his ultimate days, he lived with music,” the assertion reads.
Sakamoto launched a full-length album in January titled “12,” and he mentioned composing music had a “small therapeutic impact on my broken physique and soul,” an announcement made together with the album’s launch states.
The famed musician’s work for the 1987 film “The Final Emperor” received an Oscar and Grammy. He additionally starred within the film “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence,” which received a BAFTA Award for Finest Movie Music.
He was born in 1952 in Tokyo, Japan, and commenced learning music on the age of 10, being influenced by the Beatles and Debussy.
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FILE – Maestro Ryuichi Sakamoto performs at Rome’s Auditorium, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Japan’s recording firm Avex says Sakamoto, a musician who scored for Hollywood motion pictures akin to “The Final Emperor” and “The Revenant,” has died. He was 71. He died March 28, in keeping with the assertion launched Sunday, April 2, 2023. (AP Photograph/Domenico Stinellis)
Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, speaks on the ‘Nissan Leaf The New Proprietor’s Assembly’ in Tokyo on March 18 2012. Japan’s recording firm Avex says Sakamoto, a musician who scored for Hollywood motion pictures akin to “The Final Emperor” and “The Revenant,” has died. He was 71. He died March 28, in keeping with the assertion launched Sunday, April 2, 2023. (AP Photograph/Itsuo Inouye)
The assertion from Avex expressed gratitude to the medical group which handled him each within the U.S. and Japan, additionally thanking his followers worldwide.
“Ars longa, vita brevis,” the assertion learn, referencing phrases Sakamoto cherished, referring to the longevity of artwork, irrespective of the shortness of human life.
Along with his legacy as a musician and movie composer, he was additionally a pacifist and spoke towards nuclear energy after the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdowns in 2011, which had been brought on by an earthquake and tsunami.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto holds the trophy after he received the Academy composition award for “The Final Emperor” in Tokyo, Japan, April, 1988. Japan’s recording firm Avex says Sakamoto, a musician who scored for Hollywood motion pictures akin to “The Final Emperor” and “The Revenant,” has died. He was 71. He died March 28, in keeping with the assertion launched Sunday, April 2, 2023. (Kyodo Information through AP)
Ryuichi Sakamoto speaks in an interview in Tokyo, Japan, March, 2017. Japan’s recording firm Avex says Sakamoto, a musician who scored for Hollywood motion pictures akin to “The Final Emperor” and “The Revenant,” has died. He was 71. He died March 28, in keeping with the assertion launched Sunday, April 2, 2023. (Kyodo Information through AP)
Funeral companies for Sakamoto had been held with shut family and friends, the assertion from Avex learn.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
