Enduringly brilliant music composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto has been named as Asian Filmmaker of the year by the Busan International Film Festival.
He won an Oscar for best original score, with Bernardo Bertolucci ‘s “The Last Emperor” in 1986.He will receive his prize in October during the festival’s opening ceremony.
There he will also provide perform and provide the score.The festival hailed Sakamoto for his “sheer amount of time, effort, and passion.” It described him as “deeply admired and loved by the public as an artist who remains a prominent musician in the history of world cinema.”Over a career spanning 40 years, Sakamoto has ranged from pioneering electronic music through to rock, opera and classical tones.
His first music for film was for Nagisa Oshima’s “Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence” in 1983.
He picked up Golden Globe and BAFTA awards for “The Sheltering Sky” in 1990 and repeated the feat “Little Buddha
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