1996 (Ryuichi Sakamoto album)

1996 studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto

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1996

Studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Released

June 4, 1996 (1996-06-04)

Studio

Right Track (New York City)

Genre

Chamber music

Length

68:42

Label

Güt, For Life, Milan

Producer

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology

Smoochy
(1995)

1996
(1996)

Discord
(1997)

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"	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

Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996
Japanese DVD cover
Live album by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Released	August 19, 1996 (1996-08-19) to September 1, 1996 (1996-09-01)
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, 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. This concert was released on both DVD and Laserdisc.

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)"