Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Last Emperor
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Artist: Ryuichi SakamotoPerformer: David Byrne
Performer: Joan Chen
Performer: Peter O'Toole
Performer: Ruocheng Ying
Performer: Victor Wong (III)
Performer: Dennis Dun
Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Performer: Maggie Han
Performer: Ric Young
Performer: Vivian Wu
Performer: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Performer: Jade Go
Performer: Fumihiko Ikeda
Performer: Richard Vuu
Performer: Tsou Tijger
Performer: Tao Wu
Performer: Guang Fan
Performer: Henry Kyi
Performer: Alvin Riley III
Performer: Lisa Lu
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1991-09-09
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- First Coronation
- Open The Door
- Where Is Armo?
- Picking Up Brides
- The Last Emperor (Theme Variation 1)
- Rain (I Want A Divorce)
- The Baby (Was Born Dead)
- The Last Emperor (Theme Variation II)
- The Last Emperoror (Theme)
- Main Title Theme (The Last Emperor) - David Byrne
- Picking A Bride - David Byrne
- Bed - David Byrne
- Wind, Rain And Water - David Byrne
- Paper Emperor - David Byrne
- Lunch - Cong Su
- Red Guard - The Red Guard Accordion Band
- The Emperor's Waltz - The Ball Orchestra Of Vienna
- The Red Guard Dance - The Girls Red Guard Dancers
Free Music Notes for The Last Emperor
Free Music Review: Masterly
Hit: 5 Stars
This is Ryuichi Sakamoto at his best. I must confess that I never play the David Byrne tracks. They're just not in the same league.
The Last Emperor Poster
The Last Emperor, director Bernardo Bertolucci's epic tale of Pu Yi, the exiled final potentate of China's 3,000-year old Qing dynasty, was the big winner at the 1988 Academy Awards, taking Oscars for (among others) Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Score. The composing trio of Sakamoto/Byrne/Su was an unusual one to be sure, but it's clearly Sakamoto who carries the day here. The avant-garde trained/former Yellow Magic Orchestra pop mastermind crafted a seamless fusion of grand Western themes, Asian shadings, and his own deliciously distinct timbrel sensibilities; an accessible if deceptively modern classicism. Not surprisingly given his Talking Heads roots, Byrne's efforts are more rhythmic and minimal, yet his consuming passion for world music thoroughly evidences itself as well. His lyric and lilting "Main Title Theme" (one of the film's unusual elements was its use of two main themes by separate composers) may offer a pleasant surprise to listeners overly familiar with his pop work. The composer Cong Su is represented by just one cut; but it's a gentle, ethereal spin on Chinese folk influences that fits well with his fellow composers' work. --Jerry McCulleyAlternative Rock Music CDs
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