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Film and Television
14 tracks
- Nami no Bon (television score)
6 tracks
- Black Rain (film score)
1 track
- Ran (film score)
4 tracks
- Face of Another (film score)
1 track
- Glowing Autumn (film score)
1 track
- José Torres (film score)
1 track
- Nami no Bon (television score)
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Piano Works
45 tracks
- For Away
3 tracks
- Lento in 2 Movements
2 tracks
- Les Yeux Clos
5 tracks
- Litany: in Memory of Michael Vyner
6 tracks
- Piano Distance
2 tracks
- Piano Pieces for Children
6 tracks
- Rain Tree Sketch No.1
5 tracks
- Rain Tree Sketch No.2 (In Memory of Olivier Messiaen)
6 tracks
- Romance
1 track
- Uninterrupted Rest
9 tracks
- For Away
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Orchestral Works
90 tracks
- Concertos and Similar Works
38 tracks
- A String around Autumn, for viola and orchestra
2 tracks
- Aki ('Autumn'), for biwa, shakuhachi, and orchestra
1 track
- Ceremonial (An Autumn Ode)
2 tracks
- Eucalypts 1, for flute, oboe, harp, and strings
1 track
- Fantasma/Cantos 2, for trombone and orchestra
1 track
- From Me Flows What You Call Time, for 5 percussionists and orchestra
1 track
- I Hear the Water Dreaming, for flute and orchestra
2 tracks
- Nostalghia, for violin and strings
2 tracks
- November Steps, for shakuhachi, biwa, and orchestra
2 tracks
- Orion and Pleiades, for cello and orchestra
3 tracks
- Quatrain, for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and orchestra
1 track
- Quotation of Dream: Say Sea, Take Me!, for 2 pianos and orchestra
1 track
- Riverrun, for piano and orchestra
1 track
- Toward the Sea No.1, for alto flute and guitar
15 tracks
- Toward the Sea No.2, for alto flute, harp and strings
1 track
- Asterism, for piano and orchestra
2 tracks
- A String around Autumn, for viola and orchestra
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Other Orchestral Works
52 tracks
- A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden
4 tracks
- A Way a Lone II, for string orchestra
1 track
- Archipelago S., for 21 players
2 tracks
- Cassiopeia
1 track
- Dream/Window
1 track
- Dreamtime
2 tracks
- Family Tree (Musical Verses for Young People)
12 tracks
- How Slow the Wind
2 tracks
- My Way of Life (In Memory of Michael Vyner)
8 tracks
- Rain Coming
1 track
- Requiem, for string orchestra
8 tracks
- Solitude Sonore
1 track
- Spirit Garden
1 track
- Star Isle
1 track
- Tree Line, for chamber orchestra
2 tracks
- Twill by Twilight
2 tracks
- Green For Orchestra (November Steps II)
2 tracks
- A Bernstein Birthday Bouquet, for orchestra
1 track
- A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden
- Concertos and Similar Works
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Chamber Works
193 tracks
- Chamber Works for Ethnic Instruments
7 tracks
- Distance, for oboe and sho ad lib
3 tracks
- Eclipse, for shakuhachi and biwa
1 track
- In an Autumn Garden, for gagaku ensemble
1 track
- Tabi (Voyage), for 3 biwa
1 track
- Rain-Tree, for 3 percussionists
1 track
- Distance, for oboe and sho ad lib
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Other Chamber Works
186 tracks
- A Bird Came Down the Walk, for viola and piano
2 tracks
- A piece for guitar, 'For the 60th birthday of Sylvano Bussotti'
3 tracks
- A Way A Lone, for string quartet
2 tracks
- Air, for solo flute
8 tracks
- All in Twilight, 4 pieces for guitar
24 tracks
- And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind, for flute, viola, and harp
4 tracks
- Between Tides, for violin, cello, and piano, SJ1091
1 track
- Bryce, for flute, 2 harps, and 2 percussionists
1 track
- Distance de fée, for violin and piano, SJ1050
4 tracks
- Elegy (Hika), for violin and piano
4 tracks
- Equinox, for guitar
5 tracks
- Eucalypts 2, for flute, oboe, and harp
1 track
- Folios, for guitar
18 tracks
- Garden Rain, for 10 brass instruments
1 track
- In the Woods, 3 pieces for guitar
14 tracks
- Itinerant, for flute
3 tracks
- Landscape, for string quartet
1 track
- Le son calligraphié, for string octet
3 tracks
- Mori no naka de (In the Woods), for guitar
6 tracks
- Paths, for solo trumpet
2 tracks
- Rain Spell, for flute, clarinet, harp, piano, and vibraphone
1 track
- Rain-Tree, for 3 percussionists
2 tracks
- Ring, for flute, terzguitar, and lute
5 tracks
- Rocking Mirror Daybreak, for 2 violins
4 tracks
- Sacrifice, for alto flute, lute, vibraphone, and cymbals
3 tracks
- Seasons, for percussion ensemble
1 track
- Signals from Heaven, 2 antiphonal fantasies for brass ensemble
2 tracks
- 12 Songs for Guitar (Transcriptions)
28 tracks
- Stanza 2, for harp and tape
1 track
- The Last Waltz
1 track
- Toward the Sea I, for alto flute and guitar
3 tracks
- Toward the Sea III, for alto flute and harp
15 tracks
- Transcription: Erik Satie: Le Fils des étoiles Preludes, for flute and harp
1 track
- Valeria, for 2 piccolos, violin, cello, guitar, and electric organ
1 track
- Voice, for solo flute
5 tracks
- The Dorian Horizon, for 17 Strings
2 tracks
- Quatrain II
2 tracks
- Water Ways
1 track
- Waves
1 track
- A Bird Came Down the Walk, for viola and piano
- Chamber Works for Ethnic Instruments
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Vocal Works
20 tracks
- Solo Songs
20 tracks
- A Marvelous Kid ('Subarashii Akujo'; Theme Song for the Film 'Subarashii Akujo')
1 track
- A Song of Circles and Triangles ('Maru to Sankaku no Uta')
1 track
- All Alone ('Potsunen')
1 track
- All that the Man Left Behind When He Died ('Shinda otoko no nokoshita mono wa')
1 track
- I Just Sing ('Utau dake')
1 track
- In a Small Room ('Chiisana Heya de')
1 track
- In the Month of March ('Sangatsu no uta'; Theme Song for the Film 'Saigo no Shinpan')
1 track
- La Neige ('Yuki'; theme song for the film 'Shiro to kuro')
1 track
- Sayonara
1 track
- Small Sky ('Chiisana Sora')
1 track
- Stanza I, for female voice, piano, guitar, harp, and vibraphone
1 track
- Take off for the Clouds ('Kumo ni mukatte tatsu'; for the TV Drama 'Kumo ni mukatte tatsu')
1 track
- The Encounter ('Meguriai'; Theme Song for the Film 'Meguriai')
1 track
- The Game of Love ('Koi no kakurembo')
1 track
- To the Island ('Shima e')
1 track
- Unseen Child ('Mienai Kodomo')
1 track
- Waltz ('Warutsu'; Theme Song for the Film 'Tanin no kao')
1 track
- Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear? ('Ashita ha hare kana, kumori kana')
1 track
- Wings ('Tsubasa')
1 track
- Yesterday's Spot ('Sakujitsu no shimi')
1 track
- A Marvelous Kid ('Subarashii Akujo'; Theme Song for the Film 'Subarashii Akujo')
- Solo Songs
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Miscellaneous
1 track
Below are works by T.Takemitsu that every music lover should explore: