A Study On The Characteristics Of Ryuichi Sakamoto's Music Creation In The Movie "The Last Emperor

The biographical film "The Last Emperor" directed by Italian Bernardo Bertolucci,its soundtrack is intersected by Chinese national instruments and Western instruments.The music and the content of the picture are closely intertwined,reflecting the grandeur and the cold features.The thesis focuses on the three theme music composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto for the movie.Firstly,the music is extracted from the movie,the music itself is analyzed,and secondly,how the movie music is combined with the movie screen is explored.From these two perspectives,the thesis attempts to explore Sakamoto Ryuichi’s music creation techniques and find new ideas for the author’s future creation.Since the main purpose of this article is to explore Sakamoto Ryuichi’s music creation techniques,it uses a longer space to analyze and explore the main body of music,namely melody,structure,harmony,and orchestration.On this basis,the author also tries to find new ways to add national characteristics tomusic.