The Last Emperor (album)

The Last Emperor is the soundtrack album for the movie of the same name. It features nine songs composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, five by David Byrne, one from Cong Su, and a few incidental pieces of source music. The album won the Best Original Score award at the 1987 Academy Awards.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"First Coronation"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	1:46
2.	"Open the Door"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	2:54
3.	"Where Is Armo?"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	2:26
4.	"Picking Up Brides"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	2:39
5.	"The Last Emperor – Theme Variation 1"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	2:19
6.	"Rain (I Want a Divorce)"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	1:49
7.	"The Baby (Was Born Dead)"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	0:55
8.	"The Last Emperor – Theme Variation 2"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	4:28
9.	"The Last Emperor – Theme"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	5:54
10.	"Main Title Theme (The Last Emperor)"	David Byrne	4:01
11.	"Picking a Bride"	David Byrne	2:00
12.	"Bed"	David Byrne	5:00
13.	"Wind, Rain, and Water"	David Byrne	2:18
14.	"Paper Emperor"	David Byrne	1:49
15.	"Lunch"	Cong Su	4:54
16.	"Red Guard"	The Red Guard Accordion Band	1:20
17.	"The Emperor's Waltz"	The Ball Orchestra of Vienna	3:06
18.	"The Red Guard Dance"	The Girls Red Guard Dancers	0:39

Personnel

Production

Ryuichi Sakamoto – composer, producer, performer
David Byrne – composer, producer, performer, arranger, mixer
Cong Su – composer, performer
Gavyn Wright – conductor
Aki Ikuta – associate producer
Hans Zimmer – associate producer, programmer
Hiro Sugawara – programmer
Kayo Itose – production secretary
Ray Williams – music supervisor
Kōji Ueno – arranger
Lau Hong Quan – arranger
Yuji Nomi – arranger

Technical

Hayden Bendall – engineer
Mike Jarratt – engineer
Shinichi Tanaka – engineer
Clive Martin – engineer
Ian Sylvester – engineer
Michio Nakagoshi – engineer
Shigeru Takise – engineer
Greg Calbi – mastering
Glen Rosenstein – mixer
Steve Nye – mixer
Mark Roule – mixer

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	152

References

↑ "The 60th Academy Awards - 1988". Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
↑ "Ryuichi Sakamoto - Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 28, 2016.

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Studio albums

Solo	Thousand Knives (1978) B-2 Unit (1980) Left-Handed Dream (1981) Ongaku Zukan (1984) Esperanto (1985) Futurista (1986) Neo Geo (1987) Beauty (1989) Heartbeat (1991) Sweet Revenge (1994) Smoochy (1995) 1996 (1996) Discord (1997) BTTB (1999) Comica (2002) Elephantism (2002) Chasm (2004) Out of Noise (2009) Three (2012)

Collaborations	Disappointment-Hateruma (1975) Summer Nerves (1979) The End of Asia (1982) The Arrangement (1982) Casa (2001) Vrioon (2002) A Day in New York (2003) Insen (2005) Ocean Fire (2007) Cendre (2007) utp_ (2008) Summvs (2011) Flumina (2011) Ancient Future (2012) Perpetual (2015)

Extended plays

Music for Yohji Yamamoto: Collection, 1995 (1997)
Zero Landmine (2001)
World Citizen (2003)
Sala Santa Cecilia (2005)
Revep (2006)

Live albums

Media Bahn Live (1986)
Playing the Orchestra (1988)
Asian Games (1993)
Cinemage (1999)
Audio Life (2000)
In The Lobby: At G.E.H. in London (2001)
Playing the Piano (2009)

Compilations

Tokyo Joe (1978)
Coda (1983)
Soundbytes (1994)
Works I – CM (2002)
Moto.tronic (2003)
/04 (2004)
/05 (2005)
Bricolages (2006)
Year Book 2005–2014 (2015)
Year Book 1971-1979 (2016)

Soundtracks

Songs

Filmography

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
The Last Emperor (1987)
"Rain" (1993)
New Rose Hotel (1998)
Neo the Office Chuckler (2004)
Freeter, Ie wo Kau (2010)
Hungry! (2012)
Rich Man, Poor Woman (2012)

Related artists

David Byrne

Studio albums	My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981, with Brian Eno) Rei Momo (1989) Uh-Oh (1992) David Byrne (1994) Feelings (1997) Look into the Eyeball (2001) Grown Backwards (2004) Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (2008, with Brian Eno) Love This Giant (2012, with St. Vincent) Brass Tactics (2013, with St. Vincent)

Live albums	David Byrne Live at Union Chapel Live from Austin, Texas Everything That Happens Will Happen on This Tour – David Byrne on Tour: Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Live at Carnegie Hall

Soundtracks	The Catherine Wheel Music for "The Knee Plays" Sounds from True Stories The Last Emperor The Forest The Visible Man In Spite of Wishing and Wanting Lead Us Not into Temptation The Knee Plays Big Love: Hymnal Here Lies Love (with Fatboy Slim) This Must Be the Place

Singles	"The Jezebel Spirit" "The Forestry" "Like Humans Do" "Strange Overtones" "One Fine Day" "Toe Jam"

Related articles	Discography Todo Mundo Talking Heads Ride, Rise, Roar Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour Luaka Bop Playing the Building How Music Works

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