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.
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
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.
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
Charts + 2023 chart performance for 1996 Chart (2023) Peakposition Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 86
+ Chart performance for 1996 (30th anniversary edition) Chart (2026) Peakposition Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon) 42
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