1996 (Ryuichi Sakamoto album)
1996 is a 1996 album by Japanese composer and pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto. It contains a selection of Sakamoto's most popular compositions plus two new compositions, all arranged for a standard piano trio. The arrangement of "Bibo no Aozora" that appears on this album has appeared in several film and television projects; one notable example is the film Babel, whose soundtrack features both the 1996 version and the /04 version of the song.
Track listing
1. |
"A Day a Gorilla Gives a Banana" (ゴリラがバナナをくれる日 Gorira ga Banana wo Kureru Hi) | Previously unreleased |
1:40 |
2. |
"Rain" | The Last Emperor (soundtrack), 1987 |
3:38 |
3. |
"Bibo no Aozora" (美貌の青空, Beauty of a Blue Sky) | Smoochy, 1995 |
6:36 |
4. |
"The Last Emperor" | The Last Emperor (soundtrack), 1987 |
5:53 |
5. |
"1919" | Previously unreleased |
6:22 |
6. |
"Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (soundtrack), 1983 |
4:46 |
7. |
"M.A.Y. in The Backyard" | Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia, 1984 |
3:29 |
8. |
"The Sheltering Sky" | The Sheltering Sky (soundtrack), 1990 |
4:33 |
9. |
"A Tribute to N.J.P." | Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia, 1984 |
3:17 |
10. |
"High Heels (Main Theme)" | High Heels (soundtrack), 1991 |
3:18 |
11. |
"Aoneko no Toruso" (青猫のトルソ, Torso of a Blue Cat) | Smoochy, 1995 |
2:32 |
12. |
"The Wuthering Heights" | Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (soundtrack), 1992 |
5:20 |
13. |
"Parolibre" | Futurista, 1986 |
3:22 |
14. |
"Acceptance (End Credit) -Little Buddha-" | Little Buddha (soundtrack), 1994 |
7:30 |
15. |
"Before Long" | Neo Geo, 1991 |
3:02 |
16. |
"Bring them home" | Smoochy, 1995 |
3:24 |
Personnel
- Performers
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - piano
- Jaques Morelenbaum - cello
- Everton Nelson - violin (tracks 1, 3 - 7, 9 - 12 & 14)
- David Nadien - violin (tracks 2 & 8)
- Barry Finclair - violin (tracks 13 & 15)
- Technical
- Fernando Aponte - engineer, mixing
- Ted Jensen - mastering
- Joe Lizzi & Jason Goldstein - assistant engineers
- Hideki Nakajima - art direction, design
- Yoshinori Ochiai - design
- Kazunari Tajima - photography
- Clare de Graw & David Rubinson - production managers
Recorded at Right Track Studios, New York[1]
References
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| Studio albums | Solo |
- Thousand Knives (1978)
- B-2 Unit (1980)
- Left-Handed Dream (1981)
- Ongaku Zukan (1984)
- Esperanto (1985)
- Futurista (1986)
- Neo Geo (1987)
- Beauty (1989)
- Heartbeat (1991)
- Sweet Revenge (1994)
- Smoochy (1995)
- 1996 (1996)
- Discord (1997)
- BTTB (1999)
- Comica (2002)
- Elephantism (2002)
- Chasm (2004)
- Out of Noise (2009)
- Three (2012)
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| Compilations |
- Tokyo Joe (1978)
- Coda (1983)
- Soundbytes (1994)
- Works I – CM (2002)
- Moto.tronic (2003)
- /04 (2004)
- /05 (2005)
- Bricolages (2006)
- Year Book 2005–2014 (2015)
- Year Book 1971-1979 (2016)
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