Summary
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.
| 1996 | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 4, 1996 | |||
| Studio | Right Track (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Chamber music | |||
| Length | 68:42 | |||
| Label | Güt, For Life, Milan | |||
| Producer | Ryuichi Sakamoto | |||
| Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology | ||||
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Track listing edit
All songs composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
| No. | Title | Originally from | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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" | Ongaku Zukan / Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia, 1984 | 3:29 |
| 8. | "The Sheltering Sky" | The Sheltering Sky (soundtrack), 1990 | 4:33 |
| 9. | "A Tribute to N.J.P." | Ongaku Zukan, 1984 | 3:17 |
| 10. | "High Heels (Main Theme)" | High Heels (soundtrack), 1991 | 3:18 |
| 11. | "Aoneko no Torso" (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 |
The CD releases on the Milan label in the U.S. and Brazil have only tracks 1-12. The Milan CD release in the UK has only tracks 1-15.
Live concert edit
| Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 | |
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 Japanese DVD cover | |
| Live album by | |
| Released | August 19, 1996 to September 1, 1996 |
| Genre | Chamber music |
| Length | 1:54:04 |
| Label | Güt, For Life |
| Producer | Ryuichi Sakamoto |
A concert, called Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour, was organized in 1996. The setlist of this concert is different than the original album. This concert was played at 6 venues in Japan,[1] and the Bunkamura Orchard Hall concert was live streamed on August 28, 1996, on the Internet, and was one of the first concerts to be streamed.[2] This concert was released on both DVD and Laserdisc.[3]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bibo no Aozora" | |
| 2. | "Rain" | |
| 3. | "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrance" | |
| 4. | "The Sheltering Sky" | |
| 5. | "Aoneko no Torso" | |
| 6. | "Tango" | |
| 7. | "Improvisation (High Heels (Main Theme))" | |
| 8. | "Little Buddha" | |
| 9. | "The Wuthering Heights" | |
| 10. | "Asadoya Yunta" | |
| 11. | "M.A.Y. In The Backyard" | |
| 12. | "Thousand Knives" | |
| 13. | "1919" | |
| 14. | "A Flower Is Not A Flower" | |
| 15. | "The Last Emperor" | |
| 16. | "Tong Poo" | |
| 17. | "Parolibre" | |
| 18. | "Tango (Strings Version)" |
Personnel edit
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[4]
References edit
- ^ "Info page for the 1996 tour". www.sitesakamoto.com. Archived from the original on 1999-11-17. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ^ "08/28 Ryuichi Sakamoto Internet Live English". park.org. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ^ "Ryuichi Sakamoto - Trio World Tour 1996~Complete Version". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ^ "Ryuichi Sakamoto discografia". TokyoNoise.Net. Retrieved 2013-05-27.