Pioneering composer and eco-warrior Ryuichi Sakamoto dies age 71 ...Middle East

TOKYO: 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.Having shot to fame in the 1970s with the influential Japanese group Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sakamoto's electronic innovations helped lay the foundations for synth-pop, house music and hip-hop.But he was perhaps best known for his film soundtracks, including for the World War II drama “Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence”, in which he also acted opposite his friend David Bowie as a prisoner-of-war camp commandant.The hauntingly catchy track “Forbidden Colours” from the 1983 film, with vocals by David Sylvian, became a gl

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