Sakamoto founded the Yellow Magic Orchestra, which perfected a witty robotic pop that attracted legions of teenage fans in Japan and influenced the sound of everything from Nintendo video game scores to the techno genre and hip-hop.
In 2015, filmmaker Alejandro Iñárrito asked Mr. Sakamoto to write music for his survivalist filmstarring Leonardo DiCaprio as a frontiersman staving off vicious bears and the elements in the early 19th century.
told the Times of London. “I was very conscious of being different from other people; it felt natural to be different.” For his many solo albums, Mr. Sakamoto used the term “Neo Geo” to describe a musical melting pot with no geographical borders.
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