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The license to use one piece of new music composed and produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto for your next film project.

Unique expression of the relationship between the music and the images.

Hara-Kiri (Ichimei) 'Small Hope' (04’30”)ġ2.Sakamoto will decide on a winner based on the following criteria: Snake Eyes 'Main Theme (long version)' (04’47”)ġ1. The Sheltering Sky 'Main Theme' (05’43”)Ĩ. This unique compilation album will be launched during the 43rd Film Fest Gent and the 16th World Soundtrack Awards on 19 October, where Sakamoto will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.ġ. The recordings include tracks from Merry Christmas, Mr. Ryuichi Sakamoto's legendary music was recorded at Flagey, performed by Brussels Philharmonic and conducted by Dirk Brossé. Out of the striking contrasts of musical styles and cultures, he created standout scores that will never stop to fascinate and enchant us.

Ever since, his work for leading Japanese (Oshima again for Gohatto) and international directors (Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor, in which he also played a part and for which he won an Academy Award for best Original Score, The Sheltering Sky and Little Buddha Brian De Palma’s Snake Eyesand Femme Fatale Pedro Almodovar’s High Heels Volker Schlöndorff’s The Handmaid’s Tale Oliver Stone’s produced television miniseries Wild Palms) revealed him as one of the most inventive film composers of our time.įor those films and many more Japanese titles that did not get released in the West, he conceived a unique approach of composing for the movies: a blend of splendid melodies, synthesizer work, traditional orchestral music, drum tracks, sound effects and unusual musical colors. Japanese Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto was already a celebrated rock-pop composer/pianist/singer in Japan when he conquered the international film scene in 1983 with his score for Nagisa Oshima’s Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence, a film in which he also starred alongside David Bowie. Film Fest Gent presents ' Music for Film: Ryuichi Sakamoto'.