| Artist: | Ryuichi Sakamoto |
| Studio: | 24 |
| Live: | 11 |
| Compilation: | 13 |
| Video: | 6 |
| Music Videos: | 8 |
| Tribute: | 1 |
| Ep: | 3 |
| Singles: | 40 |
| Soundtrack: | 49 |
The Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952–2023) released over 20 solo studio albums, over 25 collaboration albums, 3 remix albums, more than 10 live albums, several compilation albums, over 40 EPs and singles, and about 50 soundtracks. Several of the albums exist in both Japanese and internationally released versions, sometimes containing different track listings. Sakamoto has also released many video albums and music videos.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [1] [2] | AUS [3] | US Cla. [4] | |||||||||
| 1978 | Thousand Knives
| — | — | — | |||||||
| 1980 | B-2 Unit
| 19 | — | — | |||||||
| 1981 | Left-Handed Dream
| 20 | — | — | |||||||
| 1983 | Coda
| 38 | |||||||||
| 1984 | Ongaku Zukan
| 5 | — | — | |||||||
| 1985 | Esperanto (music for a dance performance)
| 9 | — | — | |||||||
| 1986 | Futurista
| 5 | — | — | |||||||
| 1987 | Neo Geo
| 8 | — | — | |||||||
| 1989 | Beauty
| 14 | — | — | |||||||
| 1991 | Heartbeat
| 6 | 94 | — | |||||||
| 1994 | Sweet Revenge
| 7 | — | — | |||||||
| 1995 | Smoochy
| 28 | — | — | |||||||
| 1996 | 1996
| — | — | — | |||||||
| 1998 | BTTB
| 26 | — | — | |||||||
| 2002 | Comica
| — | — | — | |||||||
| 2002 | Elephantism
| — | — | — | |||||||
| 2004 | Chasm
| 19 | — | — | |||||||
| 2004 | /04
| — | |||||||||
| 2005 | /05
| 28 | |||||||||
| 2009 | Out of Noise
| 16 | — | — | |||||||
| 2009 | Playing the Piano
| 41 | — | 10 | |||||||
| 2016 | Plankton (music for an installation)
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| 2017 | async
| — | — | 5 | |||||||
| 2023 | 12
| 4 | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP | |||
| 2006 | Bricolages
| 81 | |
| 2018 | async - Remodels
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| 2022 | To the Moon and Back
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| Year | Album details | |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Disappointment-Hateruma (with Tsuchitori Toshiyuki) | |
| 1978 | Paraiso (with Haruomi Hosono) | |
| 1979 | Summer Nerves (with Kakutougi Session) | |
| 1982 | The End of Asia (with Danceries) | |
| 1982 | The Arrangement (with Robin Scott) (originally released as an EP and later expanded into a full album with album-free singles) | |
| 1983 | Chanconette Tedesche (with Danceries) | |
| 1993 | Asian Games [live] (with Yōsuke Yamashita and Bill Laswell) | |
| 2001 | Casa [live] (with Morelenbaum²) | |
| 2001 | Morelenbaum²/Sakamoto "Live in Tokyo" [live] (with Morelenbaum²) | |
| 2002 | Vrioon (with Carsten Nicolai, as alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto) | |
| 2003 | A Day in New York (with Morelenbaum²) | |
| 2005 | Insen (with Carsten Nicolai, as alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto) | |
| 2007 | Cendre (with Fennesz) | |
| 2007 | Ocean Fire (with Christopher Willits, as Willits + Sakamoto) | |
| 2008 | utp_ [live] (with Alva Noto and Ensemble Modern) | |
| 2010 | UTAU (with Taeko Onuki) | |
| 2011 | Flumina (with Fennesz) | |
| 2011 | Summvs (with Carsten Nicolai, as alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto) | |
| 2012 | Ancient Future (with Christopher Willits, as Willits + Sakamoto) | |
| 2012 | Three (with Jaques Morelenbaum, Judy Kang) | |
| 2012 | Snow, Silence, Partially Sunny [live] (with Sachiko M) | |
| 2013 | Disappearance (with Taylor Deupree) | |
| 2015 | Perpetual (with Taylor Deupree and Illuha, as Taylor Deupree / Illuha / Ryuichi Sakamoto) | |
| 2018 | Glass [live] (with Alva Noto) | |
| 2018 | Glenn Gould Gathering [live] (with Alva Noto, Nilo, Fennesz, Francesco Tristano) | |
| 2019 | TWO: Live at Sydney Opera House [live] (with Alva Noto) | |
| 2019 | Live in London [live] (with Taylor Deupree) |
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | US Cla. | ||||||||||
| 1986 | Media Bahn Live
| — | — | ||||||||
| 1988 | Playing the Orchestra
| — | — | ||||||||
| 1997 | Discord
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| 1999 | Cinemage
| — | — | ||||||||
| 2000 | Audio Life
| — | — | ||||||||
| 2001 | In The Lobby: At G.E.H. in London
| — | — | ||||||||
| 2011 | playing the piano usa 2010 / Korea 2011 - ustream viewers selection
| — | — | ||||||||
| 2013 | Playing the Orchestra 2013
| — | — | ||||||||
| 2015 | The Best of 'Playing the Orchestra 2014
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| 2020 | Playing the Piano 12122020
| — | — | ||||||||
| 2021 | Garden Of Shadows And Light (with David Toop)
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||
| Year | Album | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Daijōbu, My Friend | ||
| 1983 | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | ||
| 1986 | The Adventures of Chatran: Original Soundtrack | ||
| 1987 | |||
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | ||
| 1989 | Fantasy of Light and Life | ||
| 1989 | [5] | ||
| 1990 | The Sheltering Sky | ||
| 1990 | The Handmaid's Tale | ||
| 1991 | Peachboy "Momotaro" | ||
| 1992 | High Heels | ||
| 1992 | Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights | ||
| 1992 | Tokyo Decadence | ||
| 1993 | Wild Palms | ||
| 1994 | Little Buddha | ||
| 1997 | The Other Side Of Love | Soundtrack for television series Stalker: Nigekirenu Ai | |
| 1998 | Snake Eyes | ||
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | Gohatto | ||
| 1999 | Cinemage | ||
| 1999 | Poppoya | Composed the main theme | |
| 2000 | Dreamcast video game for which Sakamoto was also the scenario writer | ||
| 2002 | Femme Fatale | ||
| 2002 | Century of Reform | ||
| 2002 | Derrida | Certain tracks from the film were released on the compilation album Minha Vida Como Un Filme (2002) | |
| 2002 | Alexei and the Spring | Certain tracks from the film were released on the compilation album Minha Vida Como Un Filme (2002) | |
| 2004 | Seven Samurai 20XX | PlayStation 2 video game | |
| 2005 | Shining Boy & Little Randy | ||
| 2005 | Tony Takitani | ||
| 2006 | Dawn of Mana | PlayStation 2 video game | |
| 2007 | Silk | ||
| 2008 | Indigo | Short film | |
| 2009 | Women Without Men | ||
| 2011 | Dhobi Ghat | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2012 | I Have to Buy New Shoes | With Kotringo | [6] |
| 2015 | Living With My Mother | Album released in 2016 under the alternative English title Nagasaki: Memories of My Son. | [7] |
| 2015 | The Revenant | With Alva Noto and additional music by Bryce Dessner | [8] |
| 2016 | Rage | ||
| 2017 | The Fortress | ||
| 2018 | Your Face | Taiwanese documentary | [9] |
| 2018 | |||
| 2019 | Black Mirror: Smithereens | TV show | |
| 2019 | Proxima | ||
| 2020 | The Staggering Girl | Short film | [10] |
| 2020 | Minamata | [11] | |
| 2020 | Love After Love | ||
| 2021 | Beckett | ||
| 2022 | After Yang | ||
| 2022 | Exception | TV show | |
| 2023 | Monster | 2 New Original Tracks | |
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | |||||||||||
| 1982 | Tokyo Joe (with Kazumi Watanabe)
| — | |||||||||
| 1983 | Favorite Visions
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| 1986 | Ryuichi Sakamoto Best Selection
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| 1989 | Gruppo Musicale
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| 1994 | Soundbytes
| — | |||||||||
| 1998 | The Very Best Of Güt Years 1994-1997
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| 2002 | Works I – CM
| — | |||||||||
| 2003 | Moto.tronic
| — | |||||||||
| 2012 | Complete Güt Box
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| 2015 | Year Book 2005–2014
| 46 | |||||||||
| 2016 | Year Book 1971-1979
| 77 | |||||||||
| 2017 | Year Book 1980-1984
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| 2018 | Year Book 1985-1989
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Music for Yohji Yamamoto: Collection, 1995
| [12] | |
| 2001 | Zero Landmine (as part of N.M.L. No More Landmines)
| [13] |
| Year | Single | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "Riot in Lagos" | B-2 Unit | |
| 1980 | "War Head" | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1981 | "Computer Obaachan" (with Syuko Sakai) | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1981 | "Front Line" | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1982 | "Ike Nai Rouge Magic" (with Kiyoshiro Imawano) | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1982 | "Bamboo Houses" (with David Sylvian) | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1982 | "The Arrangement" (with Robin Scott) | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1983 | "Life in Japan" | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1983 | "Forbidden Colours" (with David Sylvian) | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | |
| 1983 | "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | |
| 1985 | "Field Work" (with Thomas Dolby) | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1985 | "Steppin' into Asia" | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1986 | "G.T." | Futurista | |
| 1986 | "Neo-Plant" (with Koharu Kisaragi) | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1987 | "Risky" (with Iggy Pop) | Neo Geo | |
| 1987 | "The Last Emperor" (with David Byrne) | The Last Emperor | |
| 1987 | "Behind the Mask" | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1989 | "Undo #1" | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1990 | "We Love You" | Beauty | |
| 1990 | "You Do Me" (with Jill Jones) | Beauty (international version only) | |
| 1992 | "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)" (with David Sylvian) | Heartbeat | |
| 1994 | "Moving On" | Sweet Revenge | |
| 1994 | "Love & Hate" (with Holly Johnson) | Sweet Revenge | |
| 1994 | "Futari No Ha-Te (Sentimental)" (with Taeko Onuki) | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1997 | "The Other Side of Love" (featuring Sister M) | n/a | Non-album single |
| 1998 | "Prayer / Salvation" | n/a | Non-album remix single |
| 1998 | "Anger / Grief" | n/a | Non-album remix single |
| 1999 | "– ウラBTTB" | BTTB | |
| 2000 | "Lost Child" | n/a | Non-album single |
| 2001 | "O Grande Amor" (with Morelenbaum²) | Casa | |
| 2003 | "World Citizen" (with David Sylvian) | Chasm | |
| 2004 | "Undercooled" | Chasm | |
| 2005 | "Sala Santa Cecilia" (with Fennesz) | n/a | Non-album live EP |
| 2006 | "Revep" (with Alva Noto) | n/a | Non-album EP |
| 2008 | "Koko" | UTAI | |
| 2018 | "Ff2" | n/a | Non-album single |
| 2019 | "エナジー風呂 / Energy Flow" (with U-zhann) | n/a | Non-album single |
| 2021 | "Tong Poo for JUNYA WATANABE" | n/a | Non-album single |
| 2022 | "Ieta" | n/a | Non-album single |
| 2022 | "After Yang" | n/a | Non-album single |
| 2022 | "Freeflow" (with Alex Heffes) | n/a | Non-album single |
| 2022 | "Suite for Krug in 2008" | n/a | Non-album single |
| 2022 | "Thousand Knives Thundercat Remodel)" | To the Moon and Back |
| Year | Video details | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | TV War (with Radical TV)
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| 1986 | Adelic Penguins
| [14] | |
| 2006 | Insen Live (as alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto)
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| 2008 | LIFE - fluid, invisible, inaudible... (as Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani)
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| 2015 | Playing the Orchestra 2014
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| 2015 | Trio Tour 2012 Japan
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| Year | Title | Director(s) | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | "Bamboo Music" (with David Sylvian) | |||
| 1983 | "Forbidden Colours" (with David Sylvian) | |||
| 1985 | "Field Work" (with Thomas Dolby) | Thomas Dolby | [15] | |
| 1987 | "Risky" (feat. Iggy Pop) | Meiert Avis | [16] | |
| 1990 | "You Do Me" (feat. Jill Jones) | |||
| 1992 | "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)" (feat. David Sylvian and Ingrid Chavez) | Kevin Westenberg | [17] | |
| 2003 | "Trioon I" (as alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto) | Karl Kliem | [18] | |
| 2013 | "Psychedelic Afternoon" (with David Byrne) | Uruma Delvi | [19] | |
| 2016 | "The Revenant Main Theme (Alva Noto Edit)" | Alejandro González Iñárritu | [20] |
| Year | Song(s) | Album | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "Laserman" | Black Rain soundtrack | [21] | ||
| 1992 | "El Mar Mediterrani" | El Mar Mediterrani | Composition for 1992 Summer Olympics opening ceremony officially released on the 1997 mini-album of the same name | [22] | |
| 1998 | "Dreamcast Startup" | Startup sound for the Dreamcast video game console | [23] | ||
| 2003 | "Chinsagu No Hana" | Japanese Story soundtrack | An alternate mix by Elizabeth Drake originally from Beauty | [24] | |
| 2006 | "Bibo No Aozora", "Only Love Can Conquer Hate", "World Citizen (I Won't Be Disappointed)" | Babel soundtrack | Alternate mixes originally from 1996 and Chasm | [25] | |
| 2017 | "M.A.Y. in the Backyard", "Germination" | Call Me by Your Name soundtrack |
| Year | Album | Artist | Details | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Auroila | Lily | Arranger | ||
| Hi Tomoshi Goro | Maki Asakawa | Organ | |||
| Grey Skies | Taeko Onuki | Vibraphone, fender rhodes, marimba, organ, prepared piano, piano, Clavinet, tambourine, harpsichord, tubular bells, arp solina string ensemble, ARP Odyssey, arranger, string arrangements, arrangements | |||
| 1977 | Sunshower | Taeko Onuki | Keyboards, arrangements, musical director, composer | ||
| 1978 | Pacific | Haruomi Hosono | Keyboards, piano, percussion, glockenspiel | ||
| 1979 | Intimate | Keizo Inoue | Piano, synthesizer | ||
| Kylyn | Kazumi Watanabe | Co-producer, keyboards | |||
| 1980 | Romantique | Taeko Onuki | Arranger, conductor, mix engineer, keyboards | ||
| Gentlemen Take Polaroids | Japan | Co-writer ("Taking Islands in Africa") | |||
| Eating Pleasure | Sandii | Keyboards | |||
| 1981 | Tadaima | Akiko Yano | Producer | ||
| Aventure | Taeko Onuki | Arranger, Prophet 5, rhodes piano, piano, analog synthesizer, mixing engineer | |||
| Neuromantic | Yukihiro Takahashi | Keyboards | |||
| 1982 | What, Me Worry? | Yukihiro Takahashi | Keyboards | ||
| 1983 | Rose | Mari Iijima | Producer | ||
| 1984 | Brilliant Trees | David Sylvian | Guest piano/synthesizers on three tracks | ||
| 1985 | Copine | Taeko Onuki | Synthesizer, Rhodes, all instruments, mixing engineer, arranger | ||
| David Sylvian | Guest piano and strings on Steel Cathedrals | ||||
| Memory Theatre | Ayuo Takahashi | Guest musician | |||
| 1986 | Hope in a Darkened Heart | Virginia Astley | Producer | ||
| Venus Tanjō | Yukiko Okada | Co-writer ("Wonder Trip Lover", "Kuchibiru Network", "Nemurenu Yoru no AQUARIUS") | |||
| Album | Public Image Ltd | Synthesizer ("Rise", "Fishing", "Bags", "Ease") | |||
| 1987 | Secrets of the Beehive | David Sylvian | Arrangement, organ, synthesizer, piano | ||
| 1989 | Safety in Numbers | David van Tieghem | Keyboards | ||
| 1991 | Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses | Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses | Piano, backing vocals | ||
| Mais | Marisa Monte | Keyboards, piano | |||
| 1992 | Circuladô | Caetano Veloso | Sampler, Keyboards ("Neide Candolina"); Strings, Bass, Piano ("Lindeza") | ||
| Sahara Blue | Hector Zazou | Piano ("Ophelie", "Hapolot Kenym", "Harar et les Gallas") | |||
| 1993 | Dreamland | Aztec Camera | Co-producer | ||
| 1994 | Future Listening! | Towa Tei | Fender rhodes, strings, piano, arrangements | ||
| 1995 | The Geisha Girls Show | Geisha Girls | Producer | ||
| 1996 | O Corpo Sutil | Arto Lindsay | Guest musician | ||
| Red Hot + Rio | Red Hot Organization | Keyboards ("É Preciso Perdoar (You Must Forgive)") | |||
| 1998 | Noon Chill | Arto Lindsay | Prepared piano, keyboards, piano | ||
| 1999 | Dead Bees on a Cake | David Sylvian | Arrangement, piano, guitar, bansuri, insects | ||
| 2000 | Everything and Nothing | David Sylvian | Arrangement, piano | ||
| 2002 | Audio Sponge | Sketch Show | Keyboards, guitar [sample], clavinet | ||
| 2003 | Strong Currents | Hector Zazou | Piano | ||
| 2004 | Shine | Cyndi Lauper | Co-writer ("Eventually") | ||
| Astromantic | M-Flo | Guest musician ("I Wanna Be Down") | |||
| Cinema | Rodrigo Leão | Guest musician | |||
| 2005 | Snow Borne Sorrow | Nine Horses | Piano ("Atom and Cell", "Snow Borne Sorrow") | ||
| 2006 | Yellow Fever! | Senor Coconut | Guest musician | ||
| 2008 | Sound Unbound | DJ Spooky | Song “The Need to Be” with Daniel Bernard Roumain | ||
| Telecoteco | Paula Morelenbaum | Piano | |||
| 2009 | 影の無いヒト | Asa-Chang & Junray | Vocals | ||
| 2011 | Heligoland (Extended Edition) | Massive Attack | Co-remixer ("Fatalism") | ||
| Forgetfulness | Natalie Beridze TBA | Co-writer ("Blue Shadow") | |||
| 2018 | Love in the Time of Lexapro | Oneohtrix Point Never | Remix, production | ||
| 2019 | Adult Baby | Kazu | Objects, chimes, triangle, tape loops, synthesizer, piano, field recordings | ||
| 2021 | kiCK iiiii | Arca | Vocals ("Sanctuary") | ||
| 2023 | D-Day | Agust D | Piano ("Snooze") |