Name: Wuthering Heights
Brand: Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

QRLP50

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Clear

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Discogs ID

[r29783062]

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Download code: No

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-02-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

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8436560849506

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Clear LPx2

Artist

Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Soundtracks

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Quartet

Ryuichi Sakamoto was a Japanese musician, composer, and actor born on January 17, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan. He studied at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music where he specialized in composition and electronic/ethnic music. Sakamoto began his career in the mid-1970s as a composer, arranger, and producer for popular rock, jazz, and classical artists in Japan. He gained fame as a member of the synth-rock band Yellow Magic Orchestra. Throughout his career, he collaborated with various artists including David Sylvian and appeared in films such as Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence alongside David Bowie.
Sakamoto's musical talent extended to film scores as well. He won an Academy Award for his score to the 1987 film The Last Emperor directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Additionally, he composed soundtracks for Pedro Almodovar's High Heels and Oliver Stone's Wild Palms. Sakamoto was married to Japanese pianist and singer Akiko Yano with whom he collaborated on some recordings.
Aside from his musical achievements, Ryuichi Sakamoto was also known for being critical of copyright law which he believed to be outdated in the information age. His legacy lives on through his daughter Miu Sakamoto who is also involved in the music industry under the alias Sister M.

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Quartet Records and Paramount Pictures present the premiere vinyl edition of Ryuichi Sakamoto's classic score for 1992 adaptation of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche, and directed by Peter Kosminsky.

Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952-2023) was one of the most personal and important voices of the world music scene for several decades: from rock to pop, new age, opera, concert music, electronic and film music, no genre was foreign to him, and he managed to stamp his own style on each of them. His acclaimed score for&nbsp;Wuthering Heights&nbsp;is written in the symphonic tradition of his scores for Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor&nbsp;(for which he won the Oscar for Best Original Score) and Little Buddha.

One of Sakomoto's most special and beloved scores,&nbsp;Wuthering Heights&nbsp;is haunting, beautiful, romantic and tragic. Specially mastered for vinyl by Chris Malone from original stereo master tapes and following the order of the original album produced by Sakamoto, the album is presented on 2xLP 180g clear transparent vinyl, in an elegant gatefold with images of the film.

Wuthering Heights

Music GB

Discover Wuthering Heights by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Quartet Records presents the premiere vinyl edition of this haunting and beautiful score. Label: Quartet. Formats: Vinyl.