Official Score Book Ryuichi SAKAMOTO / 05 Reprint Edition

"Official Score Book Ryuichi SAKAMOTO / 05" is a reprint edition of an official music score collection which was published in 2005.
Original edition has been out of stock for a long time and many fans have expressed their expectations for its re-release. Therefore, not only the contents, but the design has reproduced as faithfully as possible to the original one. The source of this music collection, "Official Score Book Ryuichi SAKAMOTO /05 Revived Edition", is based on his self covered album, "/05" (released on 2005), that has focused on his piano performances. This music score collection contains total of 13 songs and here is the list of the 13 songs.

・"Tibetan Dance", arranged for piano.
・"A Flower is not a Flower", performed in piano solo that is written for erhu player, KENNY WEN.
・"Amore" Ryuichi SAKAMOTO said he arranged this song as meditative song.
・"Energy Flow", big hit commercial song.
・"Aqua", the song he says it is the most simplest song.
・"The Last Emperor", the theme song of the movie, "The Last Emperor" in piano arrangement.
・"Happyend", song from the album, "BGM" of YMO that is reorganized for 4 piano.
・"Thousand Knives", piano version from the 1st solo album.
・"Fountain", composed for installation work for a contemporary artist,Takeru OGAI.
・"The Sheltering Sky", theme song of the movie, "The Sheltering Sky"
・"Lost Theme", one of the theme song of "FEMME FATALE".
・"Shining Boy & Little Randy", theme song of the movie, "Shining Boy & Little Randy"
・"Reversing" in the international version album, "BTTB", this songs was printed as the bonustrack in each music score.

One of the major feature of this music score collection is that Ryuichi SAKAMOTO himself provides commentary on the songs and tips on how to perform them, and his long interview is also included.
The content is going deep into the aspects of music theory and it is making the score extremely valuable.
In addition, this original official score book is created deeply involved by Ryuichi SAKAMOTO himself with the selection of paper and design, and the art director is Hideki NAKAJAMA (NAKAJIMA DESIGN), who has worked on Ryuichi SAKAMOTO's album designs.
Choosing the paper with the color that is easy on the eyes, and when you look closely, you can see the special printing technique such as, "smudge" and "blur". The finish of this score is one that has been carefully crafted down to the smallest details.
This reprint edition retains these details, but also comes with FSC certification, with the aim of protecting forests. This is, of course, relate to the idea of Ryuichi SAKAMOTO, who founded the forest conservation organization "more trees". Therefore, please be aware that some parts, such as the papers maybe different from the original one.

Album, "/05" is not only the piano work collection, but the collection of piano arrangements with full of ambitious creativity. This collection of music score could be called another "/05", expressing the creativity in a visible form. We are hoping for many people will play and perform with this score.