Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto passes away

Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto passes away: Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese musician whose remarkably eclectic career straddled pop, experimentalism and Oscar-winning film composition, has died aged 71.

Sakamoto had twice been diagnosed with cancer. In 2014, he took a year off from music as he recovered from throat cancer, describing the illness as “the most harsh, physically painful time in my life”.

April 2023 Current Affairs Quiz

He was a Japanese composer, record producer, and actor who pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO).

As a film-score composer, he won an Oscar, a BAFTA, a Grammy, and two Golden Globe Awards. He won an Academy Award with his score for the 1987 period epic “The Last Emperor”.