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" — "Come to the Sunshine " / "Farther Along" — 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" — 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 acts 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 , Daniel Johns , 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