So, it was natural to call Carsten to help. Since the beginning, Alejandro wanted to have a lot of layers of both acoustic and electronic sounds. How was Carsten Nicolai brought into the project? How did the creative process between the two of you differ from your previous collaborations? And how does Bryce Dessner fit into the picture? to watch the film and spent a lot time of talking with Alejandro about the music. The end of April this year, I had a phone call from his colleague about The Revenant.

when I had a North American tour in 2010.

Thank you! I met Alejandro over the phone when he was seeking to use my track “Bibo no Aozora” in his film Babel. We recently caught up with Sakamoto about his legacy and process, and to debut “The Revenant Main Theme.” The soundtrack is currently available for digital download, and a CD version will be available January 8, with a vinyl release via Milan Records scheduled for the spring. This month, adventurous moviegoers can hear his latest work, for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s wilderness epic The Revenant, a joint effort with frequent collaborator Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto) featuring Bryce Dessner (The National). In 1987 his contribution to Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor earned him an Academy Award for best original score. Lawrence, which also featured his debut as an actor. Five years later he scored his first film, Japanese provocateur Nagisa Oshima’s Merry Christmas Mr.

As a member of the experimental Japanese electronic trio Yellow Magic Orchestra-colloquially, “Y.M.O.”-his sonic personality was furthered in a rich solo career, beginning with 1978’s heady Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto. At 63, renaissance man Ryuichi Sakamoto’s creative verve has shown no signs of waning despite Sakamoto being diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer last year.

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