1996 (Ryuichi Sakamoto album)

1996
1996
Studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Released	June 4, 1996
Studio	Right Track Studios, New York
Genre	Chamber music
Length	68:42
Label	Güt, For Life, Milan
Producer	Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology

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[]

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"	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

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.

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]

References[]

^ "Ryuichi Sakamoto discografia". TokyoNoise.Net. Retrieved 2013-05-27.

[1] "Ryuichi Sakamoto discografia". TokyoNoise.Net. Retrieved 2013-05-27.

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