Catálogo de la obra del artista Ryuichi Sakamoto

Abstract

This work is a catalogue of the musical production by the Japanese artist Ryuichi Sakamoto, based on the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) cataloguing rules. For this, I heard all of his music available on the internet. 62 albums and 693 tracks were classified in three different categories that divide the discography and musical production of Sakamoto. In addition, I investigated the extra-musical activities of the composer, as his participation in quite diverse projects like the visual arts or activism for environmental causes. The text is organized in two chapters. First one, containing biographical information about the artist, explains why make a catalogue of Ryuichi Sakamoto and shows other projects in which the artist has worked. The second chapter first describes the process of making the catalogue, then the Ryuichi Sakamoto catalogue is shown, finally observations and results extracted from the catalogue are discussed. The main objective of this work is to present the musical work of Ryuichi Sakamoto to who are interested and leave a support of his artistic production within the academic context of Colombia.