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.
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| Released | June 4, 1996 | |||
| Studio | Right Track Studios, New York | |||
| Genre | Chamber music | |||
| Length | 52:19 | |||
| Label | Güt, For Life Milan | |||
| Producer | Ryuichi Sakamoto | |||
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Track listing
| 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" | 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 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 |
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[1]
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