Editing Ryuichi Sakamoto (section)

==Production career==
Sakamoto's production credits represent a prolific career in this role. In 1977, he was the [[arranger]] and lead keyboardist for [[Taeko Ohnuki]]'s [[city pop]] album ''[[Sunshower (Taeko Ohnuki album)|Sunshower]]''.<ref> {{cite AV media notes|last=Kuniyoshi|first=Seiji|date=October 3, 2007|title=SUNSHOWER|others=Ohnuki Taeko|type=[[Compact Disc|CD]] reissue booklet|language=Japanese|publisher=PANAM ⁄ CROWN|id=CRCP-20409}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=October 30, 1983|title=MUSICIAN FILE Ōnuki Taeko Tettei kenkyū|script-title=ja:MUSICIAN FILE 大貫妙子徹底研究|trans-title=Musician File: Taeko Ohnuki Intensive Study|magazine=Myūjikku Sutedi|script-magazine=ja:ミュージック・ステディ|trans-magazine=Music Steady|type=monthly magazine|language=Japanese|publisher=ステディ出版 [Steady Publishing]|volume=3|issue=4|pages=68–95 (FILE Interview)}}</ref> In 1983, he produced [[Mari Iijima]]'s debut city pop album ''Rosé'', shortly before Yellow Magic Orchestra disbanded. This was the first album where Sakamoto used a [[Yamaha DX7]], making him one of the [[digital synthesizer]]'s first users in its year of release, before using it for his solo album ''Ongaku Zukan'' released the following year.<ref name="Yamaha"/>

Sakamoto worked with artists such as [[Thomas Dolby]]; [[Aztec Camera]], on the ''[[Dreamland (Aztec Camera album)|Dreamland]]'' (1993) album;<ref name="Giles">{{cite news|author1=Giles Smith|title=MUSIC / The Roddy and Ryuichi roadshow: When Roddy Frame wanted to make his new album with Ryuichi Sakamoto, he had to wait in line. Giles Smith reports|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/music--the-roddy-and-ryuichi-roadshow-when-roddy-frame-wanted-to-make-his-new-album-with-ryuichi-sakamoto-he-had-to-wait-in-line-giles-smith-reports-2321177.html|access-date=June 22, 2014|work=The Independent|date=May 6, 1993}}</ref> and [[Miki Imai (singer)|Imai Miki]], co-producing her 1994 album ''A Place In The Sun''. In 1996, Sakamoto produced "Mind Circus", the first single from actress [[Miki Nakatani]], leading to a collaboration period spanning 9 singles and 7 albums though 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mikinakatani.com/|title=Miki Nakatani – 中谷美紀オフィシャルサイト|last=Nakatani|first=Miki|website=www.mikinakatani.com|language=ja|access-date=January 8, 2019}}</ref>

[[Roddy Frame]], who worked with Sakamoto as a member of Aztec Camera, explained in a 1993 interview preceding the release of ''Dreamland'' that he had had to wait a lengthy period of time before he was able to work with Sakamoto, who wrote two soundtracks, a solo album and music for the [[1992 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona Olympics]], prior to working with Frame over four weeks in a New York studio. Frame said that he was impressed by the work of YMO and the ''Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence'' soundtrack, explaining: "That's where you realise that the atmosphere around his compositions is actually in the writing – it's got nothing to do with synthesisers." Frame's decision to ask Sakamoto was finalized after he saw his performance at the Japan Festival that was held in London, United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 10, 2013 |title=Roddy Frame Interview Safe in Sorrow, Spanish Horses, Belle of the Ball |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50oDFsCDVLM |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/50oDFsCDVLM |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |access-date=June 22, 2014 |website=mrjbroberts on YouTube |publisher=Google Inc |format=Video upload}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Of his experience recording with Sakamoto, Frame said:

{{blockquote|He's got this reputation as a boffin, a professor of music who sits in front of a computer screen. But he's more intuitive than that, and he's always trying to corrupt what he knows. Halfway through the day in the studio, he will stop and play some hip hop or some house for 10 minutes, and then go back to what he was doing. He's always trying to trip himself up like that, and to discover new things. Just before we worked together he'd been out in Borneo, I think, with a DAT machine, looking for new sounds.<ref name="Giles" />}}

In 1994, [[Japan Football Association]] asked Ryuichi Sakamoto to compose the instrumental song "Japanese Soccer Anthem".<ref name="JFA20060413">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jfa.jp/about_jfa/report/PDF/h20060413.pdf|title=財団法人日本サッカー協会 平成18年度第1回理事会 報告事項|page=6|publisher=日本サッカー協会|date=April 13, 2006|access-date=January 12, 2022}}</ref> The composition was played at the beginning of [[Japan Football Association]]-sponsored events.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sraban Neog |first=Anupal |date=2023-04-04 |title=How did Ryuichi Sakamoto die? Cause of death explored as Oscar-winning composer dies aged 71 |work=[[Sportskeeda]] |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-how-ryuichi-sakamoto-die-cause-death-explored-oscar-winning-composer-dies-aged-71}}</ref>

Sakamoto also produced [[video game music]]. In 1989, he composed music for one of the first [[CD-ROM]] games, ''[[Far East of Eden: Ziria]]'' for the [[PC Engine]]. In 1998, he composed the startup sound for [[Sega]]'s [[Dreamcast]] console. In the 2000s, he composed music for the Dreamcast game ''[[LOL: Lack of Love]]'' (2000) and the [[PlayStation 2]] games ''[[Seven Samurai 20XX]]'' (2004) and ''[[Dawn of Mana]]'' (2006).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ombler |first1=Mat |title=Video game music wouldn't be the same without Ryuichi Sakamoto |url=https://www.nme.com/features/video-game-music-wouldnt-be-the-same-without-ryuchi-sakamoto-3425196 |access-date=8 March 2025 |work=[[NME]] |date=4 April 2023}}</ref>