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Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Cinemage - Ryuichi Sakamoto on AllMusic - 2000 - Because this set features some of Sakamoto's most Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Cinemage - Ryuichi Sakamoto on AllMusic - 2000 - Because this set features some of Sakamoto's most.

• Ryuichi Sakamoto Cinemage Raritan Valley

Because this set features some of Sakamoto's most famous film scores, it doesn't delve into the ethereal and experimental nature of some of his more esoteric work. It's pretty conventional by comparison (it's actually billed as an album of pieces composed to accompany visual events), which might make it a good starting point for novices. The textured and atmospheric pieces here -- taken from such films as Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence and 'visual events' like the opening ceremonies of the 1992 summer Olympics -- lean toward the spiritual, preventing the album from ever grounding itself as a thematic whole.

Ryuichi Sakamoto Cinemage Raritan Valley

Ex-Talking HeadDavid Byrne and actor/composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (who co-starred in the film) each get a side of this beautiful score to Bernardo Bertolucci's Academy Award-winning film, and each took home Oscars and Grammys for their efforts.