Artist
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto is an ost artist from Tokyo, Japan formed in 1977. 108 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
OST · Tokyo, Japan · Best ost albums
- 108
- Releases
- 1976–2026
- Active years
- 1977
- Formed
Artist
Ryuichi Sakamoto is an ost artist from Tokyo, Japan formed in 1977. 108 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
OST · Tokyo, Japan · Best ost albums
Most popular
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
1983
Playing the Piano
2009
1996
1996
Cendre
2007
Beauty
1989
Flumina
2011
Sweet Revenge
1994
Neo Geo
1987
Chasm
2004
Smoochy
1996
Ancient Future
2012
Out of Noise
2009
Elephantism
2002
Discord
1997
The Heart of Asia
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async - immersion 2023
2024
Opus
2024
12
2023
Travesía
2023
Snake Eyes (Music from the Motion Picture)
2023
Monster (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2023
![Opening for "Exception" / oxygen [from "Exception" Soundtrack] cover](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-images.dzcdn.net%2Fimages%2Fcover%2F1767f287e49a4f8158a7eedc0f25d43a%2F1000x1000-000000-80-0-0.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Opening for "Exception" / oxygen [from "Exception" Soundtrack]
2022
A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto - To the Moon and Back
2022
Exception (Soundtrack from the Netflix Anime Series)
2022
Suite for Krug in 2008
2022
Beckett (Music from the Netflix Film)
2021
Playing the Piano 12122020
2021
Minamata (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2021
GARDEN OF SHADOWS AND LIGHT
2021
The Staggering Girl (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2020
Royal Space Force The Wings of Honneamise
2020
Rage (Original Soundtrack Album)
2020
Live In London
2019
Proxima (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2019
B-2 Unit (2019 Remastering)
2019
Two (Live at Sydney Opera House)
2019
Glass
2018
Glenn Gould Gathering
2018
async
2017
async remodels
2017
The Fortress (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2017
Thousand Knives (2016 Re-Mastered)
2016
Tokyo Biyori
2016
Plankton
2016
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Music For Film
2016
The Revenant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2016
The Best of 'Playing the Orchestra 2014'
2015
Perpetual
2015
Nagasaki: Memories of my Son (Original Soundtrack Album)
2015
NHK大河ﾄﾞﾗﾏ｢八重の桜｣ ｵﾘｼﾞﾅﾙ･ｻｳﾝﾄﾞﾄﾗｯｸ ｺﾝﾌﾟﾘｰﾄ盤
2014
THREE
2013
Disappearance
2013
NHK大河ﾄﾞﾗﾏ｢八重の桜｣ｵﾘｼﾞﾅﾙ･ｻｳﾝﾄﾞﾄﾗｯｸ II
2013
NHK大河ﾄﾞﾗﾏ｢八重の桜｣- ｵﾘｼﾞﾅﾙ･ｻｳﾝﾄﾞﾄﾗｯｸ III
2013
NHK大河ﾄﾞﾗﾏ｢八重の桜｣ｵﾘｼﾞﾅﾙ･ｻｳﾝﾄﾞﾄﾗｯｸ I
2013
Summvs (Remaster)
2011
1996 (Re-Mastered)
2011
Thousand Knives
2009
Utp_ (Remaster)
2009
Ocean Fire
2007
Bricolages
2006
Tony Takitani
2005
Shining Boy & Little Randy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2005
Favorite Visions
2005
Insen (Remaster)
2005
/04
2004
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Ryuichi Sakamoto Chonological Collection 1978-1981 [Coumbia Years]
2004
Alexei and the Spring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2003
Derrida
2003
Comica
2002
Vrioon (Remaster)
2002
A Day in New York
2001
L.O.L. (Lack Of Love)
2000
Gohatto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2000
BTTB (20th Anniversary Edition)
1999
Cinemage
1999
BTTB
1999
Love is the Devil (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1998
Asian Games
1994
Heartbeat
1991
B-2 Unit
1988
The Last Emperor: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1987
Esperanto
1985
The End of Asia
1983
TOKYO JOE
1982
Left Handed Dream
1981
Summer Nerves
1979
Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto
1978
Disappointment–Hateruma
1976
Sakamoto: Andata
Single · 2026
The Unfinished
EP · 2025
Tong Poo
Single · 2024
Crystalline
EP · 2023
After Yang Main Theme (Solo)
Single · 2022
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - Electric Youth Remodel
Single · 2022
City Radieuse
Single · 2022
Thousand Knives - Thundercat Remodel
Single · 2022
Kizuna
Single · 2022
Barco
Single · 2022
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - Electric Youth Remodel / Thousand Knives - Thundercat Remodel
Single · 2022
@0 EP3
Single · 2021
End
Single · 2021
Minamata Piano Theme
Single · 2021
Monomom
Single · 2021
World Citizen
EP · 2017
Koko
Single · 2008
Revep
Single · 2006
Live at Sala Santa Cecilia
EP · 2005
Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese musician, activist, composer, record producer, writer, singer, pianist, and actor, based in Tokyo and New York. He began his career in 1978 as a member of the pioneering electronic music group Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), where he played keyboards and was an occasional vocalist. The band was an international success, with worldwide hits such as "Computer Game / Firecracker" (1978) and "Behind the Mask" (1978), the latter written and sung by Sakamoto. He concurrently began pursuing a solo career, debuting with the experimental electronic fusion album The Thousand Knives of Ryūichi Sakamoto (1978), and later released the pioneering album B-2 Unit (1980), which included the electro classic "Riot in Lagos". After YMO disbanded in 1983, he produced more solo records, including collaborations with various international artists, through to the 1990s. He began acting and composing for film with Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983), which he starred in and composed the score for; the song "Forbidden Colours" which he composed for it became a worldwide hit, and he won a BAFTA Award for the film's score. He later won an Academy Award and Grammy Award for scori…