Pioneering composer and eco-warrior Ryuichi Sakamoto dies age 71

This file photo taken on February 15, 2018 shows Japanese musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, jury member of the 68th edition of the Berlinale international film festival, reacting during a press conference in Berlin. AFPPIX: Pioneering composer and green activist Ryuichi Sakamoto, whose score for “The Last Emperor” scooped an Oscar and a Grammy, has died aged 71 after his second cancer diagnosis.

The hauntingly catchy track “Forbidden Colours” from the 1983 film, with vocals by David Sylvian, became a global hit for Sakamoto, who also collaborated with Thomas Dolby and punk legend Iggy Pop in the 80s. Despite his recent ill health -- he survived throat cancer in 2014 -- Sakamoto continued to win acclaim for his work, including the score for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s 2015 film “The Revenant”.His management team announced Sunday that he died on March 28th, and a funeral was held for close family only, at his request.

He studied composition and ethnomusicology at university -- earning him the affectionate nickname “The Professor” in Japan -- and started to perform in Tokyo’s burgeoning electronic scene of the 1970s. Groundbreaking US hip-hop artist Afrika Bambaataa sampled YMO in the 80s, and some of the Japanese group’s songs became international hits -- including “Behind the Mask”, which inspired cover versions by Michael Jackson and then Eric Clapton.After YMO disbanded in 1983, Sakamoto dedicated himself to his solo projects, exploring a plethora of musical styles from prog rock and ambient to rap, bossa nova and contemporary classical.

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