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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: Original Soundtrack is Ryuichi Sakamoto's score for Nagisa Oshima's 1983 film set in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War. Sakamoto, who also acted in the film, built the music around a recurring melodic theme presented through electronic, orches...
Why this score
Sakamoto piano theme is widely beloved and critically respected; album has strong art-film prestige.
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The Last Emperor: Original Soundtrack is the musical score for Bernardo Bertolucci's 1987 biographical epic about the life of Puyi, the last Emperor of China. The album features compositions by Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, and Chinese composer Cong Su. It b...
Why this score
Oscar-winning multinational score with Sakamoto prestige; acclaimed, though less popularly iconic than top classics.
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