Ryuichi Sakamoto, a Japanese musician who scored for Hollywood films corresponding to “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant,” has died. He was 71.

Japan’s recording firm Avex mentioned in a press release that Sakamoto died on March 28.

Sakamoto, who had suffered from most cancers lately, had additionally acted in movies, together with enjoying a Japanese soldier in “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.” He was a pioneer in electronics music of the late Nineteen Seventies, founding the Yellow Magic Orchestra with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi. He has been nominated a number of occasions for the Grammy Award, and gained for his work in “The Last Emperor.”

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