RYUICHI SAKAMOTO

SOUNDTRACKS

5 April 1983 7"/12" [with David Sylvian:] Forbidden Colours

    Forbidden Colours/The Seed and the Sower (Victor, VIPX-1697)
April 1983 various artists soundtrack LP DAIJOBU MY FRIEND
1 May 1983 soundtrack LP (+CD) MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE
  1. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 4.34
  2. Batavia 1.18
  3. Germination 1.47
  4. A Hearty Breakfast 1.21
  5. Before the War 2.14
  6. The Seed and the Sower 5.00
  7. A Brief Encounter 2.23
  8. Ride, Ride, Ride (Cellier’s Brother’s Song) 1.03
  9. The Fight 1.29
  10. Father Christmas 2.00
  11. Dismissed 0.10
  12. Assembly 2.16
  13. Beyond Reason 2.01
  14. Sowing the Seed 1.53
  15. 23rd Psalm 2.00
  16. Last Regrets 2.40
  17. Ride, Ride, Ride (Reprise) 1.04
  18. The Seed 1.02
  19. Forbidden Colours 4.42
Recorded late 1982 - early 1983.

5 July 1986 soundtrack LP/CD THE ADVENTURES OF CHATRAN [KONEKO MONOGATARI]

  1. Opening Theme 4.30
  2. Asamoya no mori - Ohayou, Chatran 4.06
  3. Koneko monogatari (instrumental version) 2.36
  4. Self Portrait [from Ongaku Zukan] 4.43
  5. Sakana tsuri 2.26
  6. Natsu-kumo 3.15
  7. Watasuge no hara 3.54
  8. Kobuta tachi 4.37
  9. Mori no naka no Chatran 3.32
  10. Kitsune 0.32
  11. Tatakai 1.51
  12. Mori no otozure 3.21
  13. Koneko monogatari (vocal version) 3.37
A.k.a. Koneko monogatari, and in the US as Kitten Story.

Recorded in April 1986. (CD: Midi 35MD-1017/MDC7-1017)

20 Dec 1986 12"/CDM Image Sketch of Aile de Honnèamise

  1. Prototype A 4.15
  2. Prototype B 3.00
  3. Prototype C 4.28
  4. Prototype D 2.26
Recorded in Sep 1986.

5 March 1987 soundtrack LP/CD AILE DE HONNÈAMISE

  1. Main Theme 3.48 [version of Prototype A]
  2. Riikuni’s Theme 3.00 [version of Prototype B]
  3. National Defence Department 3.22
  4. Noise/Uproar/Nuisance 1.16
  5. Futility/Uselessness/Waste 2.00 [melody based on Prototype C]
  6. Song Melody "Anyamo" 2.24
  7. Dr. Gunoumu’s Funeral 0.56
  8. Holy - Sacred Riikuni 2.05
  9. Distant Thunder 1.41
  10. Shirotsugu’s Resolution - Determination 0.50
  11. The Last Steps - Phases 0.54
  12. War 3.09
  13. Getting up - Leaving the Sickbed 2.31
  14. Out to Space 4.53
  15. Fade 5.04
A 4-CD was released too: the last two CDs contains the complete sounds - not only the music.

In 1990 a set of three laser disks was released (BEAL-367), consisting of the original film plus 42 (!) music tracks, many of which are previously unreleased.

21 Jan 1988 soundtrack LP/CD THE LAST EMPEROR

  1. First Coronation
  2. Open the Door
  3. Where Is Armo?
  4. Picking up Brides
  5. The Last Emperor - Theme Variation 1
  6. Rain (I Want a Divorce)
  7. The Baby (Was Born Dead)
  8. The Last Emperor - Theme Variation 2
  9. The Last Emperor - Theme
Only tracks 1-9 by RS. Recorded early 1987.

1989 various artists soundtrack CD/LP BLACK RAIN

Same as LP version of 'Calling from Tokyo' but instrumental and slightly differently mixed (by Jason Corsaro & RS).

1 Jan 1991 soundtrack CD THE SHELTERING SKY

  1. The Sheltering Sky Theme
  2. Belly
  3. Port's Composition
  4. On the Bed (Dream)
  5. Loneliness
  6. On the Hill
  7. Kyoto
  8. Cemetery
  9. Dying
  10. Market
  11. Grand Hotel
  12. The Sheltering Sky (piano version)
The tracks above are tracks 2-13 of the CD. Recorded in 1990 after The Handmaid's Tale.

25 Jan 1991 soundtrack CD THE HANDMAID'S TALE

(Contains two long tracks, with un-indexed subtitles)

Recorded in 1990 after the Beauty tour.

25 May 1992 soundtrack CD MOMOTARO (PEACHBOY)

  1. The Ballad of Momotaro 8.12
  2. A Son Goes to Battle 2.18
  3. A Journey through the Woods 0.53
  4. The Valiant Phesant 0.47
  5. Strife within the Ranks 0.27
  6. The March to the Sea 0.44
  7. Flight of the Pheasant 0.57
  8. Mystical Journey 3.13
  9. Peachboy 26.38 (storytelling by Sigourney Weaver reading) (US CD: Kid Rhino, R2 70416)
17 July 1992 soundtrack CD HIGH HEELS

18 out of 20 tracks are by RS. Recorded in 1991. (VJCP-28124)

30 Sep 1992 soundtrack CD WUTHERING HEIGHTS

All tracks by RS. Recorded in Spring 1992. (TOCT-6691)

16 June 1993 soundtrack CD WILD PALMS

Tracks 1-13 by RS. (TOCP-7821)

later 1993 soundtrack CD LITTLE BUDDHA

  1. Main Theme 2.50
  2. Opening Titles 1.48
  3. The First Meeting 1.51
  4. Raga kirvani 1.29 [performed by featured soloist L. Subramanlam]
  5. Nepalese Caravan 3.01
  6. Victory 1.46
  7. Faraway Song 3.18
  8. Red Dust 4.39
  9. River Ashes 2.26
  10. Exodus 2.33
  11. Evan's Funeral 4.28
  12. The Middle Way 1.51
  13. Raga naiki kanhra/The Trial 5.25 [sung by Shruti Sadolikar]
  14. Enlightenment 4.29
  15. The Reincarnation 1.52
  16. Gompa - Heart Sutra 2.38
  17. Acceptance - End Credits 9.01 (FLCF-28240)
21 Feb 1997 TV soundtrack STALKER
  1. The Other Side of Love (Ryuichi Sakamoto featuring Sister M)
  2. The Other Side of Love (Instrumental for Soundtrack 1)
  3. Shadow 1
  4. Light 1
  5. Darkness 1
  6. Shadow 2
  7. The Other Side of Love (Instrumental for Soundtrack 2)
  8. Darkness 2
  9. Light 2
  10. Shadow 3
  11. Light 3
  12. Shadow 4
  13. Shadow 5
  14. The Other Side of Love (Instrumental for Soundtrack 3) (FLCF-3680)
28 July 1998 soundtrack CD SNAKE EYES

Reissued in Japan 29 Aug 2001 (CTCW-53010).

20 Oct 1998 soundtrack CD LOVE IS THE DEVIL

10 Dec 1999 soundtrack CD GOHATTO

    (21 tracks; Warner Japan WPC6-10063)
27 March 2002 soundtrack CD MINHA VIDA COMO UN FILME
    (Japanese CD: Warner Japan WPC6-10200)
'Minha vida como um filme' is Portugese for "My Life As a Film" in Portuguese. Contains two soundtracks: "Derrida" (a documentary on Jacques Derrida) and "Alexei and the Spring" (a Russian film which premiered in Japan in February 2002). The US 2-CD set apparently contains extra tracks on both CDs.

7 Nov 2002 soundtrack CD FEMME FATALE

    (WPC6-10232)
"Original soundtrack album to 'Femme Fatale' directed by Brian De Palma, starring Antonio Banderas.

13 July 2005 soundtrack CD SHINING BOY & LITTLE RANDY

    (WPCL-10201)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=WPCL-10201

22 Sep 2005 Japanese DVD (+ CD) TONY TAKITANI

    (DVD 22 Sep 2005: GNBD-1051; CD 12 Dec 2007: RZCM-45722)
Directed by Jun Ichikawa, based on a story by Haruki Murakami. According to David Ansen from Newsweek it was "accompanied by Ryuichi Sakamoto's achingly melancholy piano score". It was released internationally on DVD afterwards, and 2 years later on CD.
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=GNBD-1051
www.tonytakitani.com/e/index.html

12 Dec 2007 soundtrack CD SILK

    (RZCM-45721)

Copyright (c) 1997-02-19 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2007-10-13.

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