The Last Emperor

1987 soundtrack album by Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne & Cong Su
MusicAlbum album Q5365610
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The Last Emperor

Summary

The Last Emperor is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Last Emperor's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Last Emperor's genre is stage and screen[4].
  • The Last Emperor followed Neo Geo[5].
  • The Last Emperor was followed by Rei Momo[6].
  • Among the performers on The Last Emperor was Ryuichi Sakamoto[7].
  • The Last Emperor's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[8].
  • The Last Emperor was released on 1987[9].
  • The Last Emperor's form of creative work is recorded as soundtrack album[10].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Release type: Album[11]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[12]

  • First release date: 1987-09-01[13]

  • Genre(s): ambient, chinese classical, cinematic classical, classical, modern classical, new age[14]

  • Community tags: academy award winner, ambient, chinese classical, chinese classical music, cinematic classical, classical, film score, modern classical, new age, orchestral music, soundtrack, stage & screen[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6410bf6a-e54d-3f0d-b37c-25579b6ed11a[16]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Last Emperor was Ryuichi Sakamoto[7].

Publication

The Last Emperor was released on 1987[9]. Its genre is stage and screen[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Last Emperor followed Neo Geo[5]. It was followed by Rei Momo[6].

Why It Matters

The Last Emperor ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [11] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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