
It was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, who also starred in the film.

Lawrence is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released on in Japan and towards the end of August 1983 in the UK. In 2009, he was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the Ministry of Culture of France for his contributions to music.Merry Christmas Mr. On occasion, Sakamoto has also worked as a composer and a scenario writer on anime and video games. His most successful work as a film composer was The Last Emperor (1987), after which he continued earning accolades composing for films such as The Sheltering Sky (1990), Little Buddha (1993), and The Revenant (2015). Lawrence (1983) marked his debut as both an actor and a film-score composer its main theme was adapted into the single "Forbidden Colours" which became an international hit. Sakamoto composed music for the opening ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and his composition "Energy Flow" (1999) was the first instrumental number-one single in Japan's Oricon charts history.Īs a film-score composer, Sakamoto has won an Oscar, a BAFTA, a Grammy, and 2 Golden Globe Awards. He went on to produce more solo records, and collaborate with many international artists, David Sylvian, Carsten Nicolai, Youssou N'Dour, and Fennesz among them. It included the track "Riot in Lagos", which was significant in the development of electro and hip hop music. Two years later, he released the album B-2 Unit. He concurrently pursued a solo career, releasing the experimental electronic fusion album Thousand Knives in 1978.

His first major success came in 1978 as co-founder of YMO.

Sakamoto began his career while at university in the 1970s as a session musician, producer, and arranger.

I've found some information about Sakomoto, that says that he came from electro-pop and tells about his co-operation with David Bowie:
