A host of artists, including Dev Hynes and Oscar-winner Hildur Guðnadóttir, will share their love of Ryuichi Sakamoto on new tribute album To the Moon and Back.
The album, out December 2, is launching with a reworking of the Japanese composer's "Thousand Knives" by Thundercat. Check it out below. "Thousand Knives" first appeared on Sakamoto's 1978 album of the same name.
Other contributors on To the Moon and Back include the Cinematic Orchestra, Alva Noto, David Sylvian, and more. Read Next: Ryuichi Sakamoto and Illia Bondarenko share track from Ukraine fundraiser album Earlier this year Sakamoto arranged the music for Juna Watanabe's spring/summer collection as well as contributing music to an album released to raise funds for Ukraine.
He has also provided the music for the new Netflix anime series Exception, with the full score due for release on October 14, via Milan Records.
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