While it sounds like the tech leaves something to be desired, the execution and intent of the project as a whole seems a poignant farewell to one of the greats. Love the IKIRU homage.
... gentle fog that curls around everyone's ankles for the opening piece; a tree that draws itself on top of the piano a bit later. "It was never my intention to simply service people who knew they loved Ryuichi, but to try to expand the audience that would come to understand his work," says Eckert. Luckily, the artworks elevate the performance instead of detracting from it. While Sakamoto is playing the hit track "Energy Flow," for example, a window opens high above him, and snowflakes start floating through it. The snow effect references Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film IKIRU, where the main character--an elderly man who knows he will die soon--spends his final moments sitting on a park swing during a snowfall, singing a romantic ballad.
Picked up Sakamoto's final album, 12, on vinyl this week and it’s sublime.