His last two major scores, for Obsession and
Taxi Driver, give the films so much formal, emotional, and thematic shape that the usual rule of music
serving as accompaniment often seems reversed, and the images, dialogue, and sound effects seem to accompany the scores.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is billed
as the sendoff for yakuza - excon - turned - orphanage - caretaker - turned -
taxi -
driver Kazuma Kiryu, who has
served as the central protagonist since the first game.