Van Dyke Parks discographyStudio albums 7 Live albums 1 Compilation albums 3 Singles 11 Production 11
This article contains information related to recordings by American composer, arranger, producer, instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter Van Dyke Parks .
Year
Title
Album
1966
"Number Nine" / "Do What You Wanta"
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"Come to the Sunshine " / "Farther Along"
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1967
"Donovan's Colours, Pt. 1" / "Donovan's Colours, Pt. 2"
Song Cycle
1970
"The Eagle and Me" / "On The Rolling Sea When Jesus Speak to Me"
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1972
"Occapella" / "Ode to Tobago"
Discover America
2011
"Wall Street" / "Money Is King"
Songs Cycled
"Dreaming of Paris" / "Wedding in Madagaskar (Faranaina)"
2012
"Black Gold" / "Aquarium"
"Amazing Graces" / "Hold Back Time"
"The All Golden" / "Sassafrass"
"Missin' Mississippi" / "The Parting Hand"
Year
Title
Notes
1996
Idiosyncratic Path: Best Of Van Dyke Parks
CD sold during live performances.
2011
Arrangements: Volume 1
Released: 2011
Label: Bananastan
Contains rarities and collaborative work ranging from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s.
2013
Super Chief: Music For The Silver Screen
Various film scores made by Parks compiled under the theme of his 1955 ride on the Super Chief .
Besides multiple projects with Brian Wilson, he has worked with such notable performers as Phil Ochs , Tim Buckley , Haruomi Hosono , The Byrds , Loudon Wainwright III , Rufus Wainwright , Harry Nilsson , Randy Newman , The Chills , Ry Cooder , Joanna Newsom , Grizzly Bear , Inara George , Silverchair , Keith Moon , Frank Zappa , Ringo Starr , Delaney Bramlett , Vic Chesnutt , U2 , Cher , Sam Phillips , Frank Black , The Beau Brummels , The Manhattan Transfer , Medicine, Sixpence None the Richer , Carly Simon , Little Feat , T-Bone Burnett , Stan Ridgway ,[ 1] Toad the Wet Sprocket , Victoria Williams , Peter Case , Gordon Lightfoot , Fiona Apple , Sheryl Crow , Natalie Merchant , The Everly Brothers , Saint Etienne , The Thrills , Scissor Sisters , Laurie Anderson , Bonnie Raitt , Judy Collins , Susanna Hoffs , and Matthew Sweet .
Year
Title
Artist
Role
1966
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
Organ on "5D (Fifth Dimension) "
1966
Tim Buckley
Tim Buckley
Session musician (celeste, harpsichord, piano)
1967
Smiley Smile
The Beach Boys
Writing
1967
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
Harpsichord, keyboards
1968
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Producer
1970
Sit Down Young Stranger
Gordon Lightfoot
Harmonium on "Cobwebs and Dust"
1970
Greatest Hits
Phil Ochs
Producer, keyboards
1970
Ry Cooder (album)
Ry Cooder
Producer, piano
1971
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
Writing, vocals
1972
Into the Purple Valley
Ry Cooder
Keyboards
1973
Holland
The Beach Boys
Writing
1975
Duit on Mon Dei
Harry Nilsson
Piano, synthesizer
1985
Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill
Hal Willner
Featured performer
1987
Famous Blue Raincoat
Jennifer Warnes
Synthesizer, Accordion, Arranger
1995
Orange Crate Art
Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks
Primary artist
Ain't Had Enough Fun
Little Feat
Accordion
2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Various
The instrumental Big Rock Candy Mountain
2002
Diorama
Silverchair
Orchestral arrangements
2004
Smile
Brian Wilson
Writing
Enjoy Every Sandwich: Songs of Warren Zevon
Various
Featured performer
While the Music Lasts
Jesse Harris
Orchestral arrangements, featured performer
2006
Ys
Joanna Newsom
Orchestral arrangements
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys
Various
Featured performer
The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited
Hal Willner
Featured performer
2007
Young Modern
Silverchair
Orchestral arrangements
Tribute to Haruomi Hosono
Various
Featured performer
2008
An Invitation
Inara George with Van Dyke Parks
Featured performer
Replica Sun Machine
The Shortwave Set
Orchestral arrangements
2009
Echo
Mari Iijima
Session musician[ 2]
Cool Man Cool
Grant Geissman
Session musician
Walk With You
Ringo Starr
co-writer (with Richard Starkey)
2013
Clockwork
Sleeping at Last
Orchestral Arrangements
2019
¡Spangled!
Gaby Moreno & Van Dyke Parks
Songwriter, composer, and arranger
2022
"Emergency Calls Only" (with Daniel Johns )
FutureNever
as featured artist
Studio albums Live album Singles Film scores Related