Ryuichi Sakamoto’s solo works gathered on new Milan Records compilation ‘Travesía’

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Ryuichi Sakamoto have been gathered on a new Milan Records compilation, ‘Travesía’.The album — which is available to listen to now — has been curated by Oscar-winning Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu, with the album’s title translating to ‘journey’ in Spanish.Sakamoto collaborated with the acclaimed director alongside alva noto for the soundtrack of Iñárritu’s 2015 film The Revenant starring Leonardo DiCaprio.Originally intended to be a surprise project celebrating the Japanese composer’s 70th birthday, the new compilation is a result of nearly two years of planning and six months of Iñárritu listening to more than 1000 pieces.“When Jean Christophe Chamboredon from Milan Records, and Norika Sora, Ryuichi’s manager, invited me to this project, my first instinct was to resist,” Iñárritu said in a press statement. “Sakamoto’s musical universe is so vast that the responsibility to honor him by choosing only 20 stars from his complex galaxy would be practically impossible.

But after finding out that they were planning this as a surprise present for him, I had no other choice but to accept the challenge.”TRAVESÍA is out today!Available now both digitally and in vinyl:https://t.co/Vgbvn0lQAVOriginally conceived as a surprise project celebrating Sakamoto’s 70th birthday, the album is the result of nearly two years of planning and six months of meticulous curation by Iñárritu.

pic.twitter.com/g48LAzX3sx— ryuichi sakamoto (@ryuichisakamoto) May 5, 2023He continued: “Even now, I keep discovering new elements in Ryuichi’s pieces that I’ve listened to for decades.