After a main theme that evokes Erik Satie's pure piano and melancholic harmonies, the Japanese composer (who is also an environmental activist) created a score that combined darkness and serenity in a single movement. ) sought to communicate in the soundtrack he wrote for Andrew Levitas's film. It is precisely this duality that Ryuichi Sakamoto ( Furyo, The Last Emperor, Stilettos. This subject allows Smith to show two opposing sides of human nature: the resilience of a population suffering from 'Minamata Disease', and the effects of the criminal behaviour of unscrupulous industrialists. He fell victim to a revenge attack and had to be urgently repatriated to the USA. The film Minamata recalls a period in the life of American photojournalist William Eugene Smith (played by an unrecognisable Johnny Depp): in the 1970s, armed with his Minolta camera, he witnessed the consequences of industrial pollution on the inhabitants of Minamata, a small coastal town in Japan. See More Your browser does not support the audio element. The album concludes with the bright voice of Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins, who is also one of the actors in the film ( One Single Voice). The production of this soundtrack is true to Sakamoto's style: his commitment to crafting ultra-sophisticated sonic textures, halfway between the acoustic and electronic, seems to grow with each of his projects (solo albums and soundtracks). This approach, of dancing on a razor's edge, can be found in sublime tracks such as Offer (whose strings swing between horror and sweetness) or Into Japan (where a fragile accordion collides with enigmatic strings).
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Previously unreleased archive footage of YMO’s 1979 Los Angeles concert and clips shot by Sakamoto during the making of The Last Emperor are also included in the trailer, giving viewers a brief but gripping introduction to the profound documentary that chronicles the fascinating creative journey of one of Japan’s most prolific and renowned artists.Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. He stands in his backyard in the rain, wanders through a forest, and even travels to the North Pole to collect various sounds, which are then folded into the music that he creates in his studio. We also see him talking openly about his unexpected diagnosis and struggle with cancer, and about his longing for a certain kind of sound. “I can’t pretend not to have seen it,” he says of the encounter that changed the direction of his music. Lawrence, on a restored grand piano that suffered damage in the massive tsunami of 2011.
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Sakamoto plays one of his best-known pieces, the theme of the movie Merry Christmas Mr.