Omg Cowboy Bebop has a fantastic soundtrack full of gems like this and you should definitely check it out! Yoko Kanno composed it, and she's absolutely brilliant!!!
Charles Cornell did a great breakdown of Tank. He says it’s a 12 hour blues type song. It’s not the time that is the feature of the song it’s how it’s played as you expect something then it surprises you with something else. There’s a bit of improv towards the end too. It’s a song that constantly surprises and challenges a traditionally trained band player as it doesn’t follow any set rules.
This was the song that got me not only into anime but also jazz. One year after this came out, I joined my high school jazz band. Had to pick up another instrument just to play in the band.
The genius of Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts is vast and breathtaking. You have to watch the one and only season of Cowboy Bebop to fully appreciate their work.
Cowboy Bebop has TONS of banging tracks on it's soundtracks. Some others I would suggest checking out: Rush (Uptemp track with a crazy into lick you will love) Gateway (Nice trumpet/tenor/bone trio piece) Too Good Too Bad (more of a New Orleans jazz feel with sousaphone and everything, great Bari solo too) Car 24 (A lighter full band piece with some very interesting textures like bass clarinet, flutes, vibraphone and some muted parts) Odd Ones (Another great small combo piece) Clutch (Crazy high tempo track) What Planet is This (basically a jazz fusion Tower of Power style tribute) And a lot more, not just in the jazz/funk column. There a lot of different genre's including country (for the cowboy theming), pop, power ballads, electronic and even some classical tracks. Just a great group of musicians all around. Also some other artists I'd check out based on what you've watched so far. Here are some suggestions, but anything by these guys would be amazing: Louis Cole - Overtime th-cam.com/video/GnEmD17kYsE/w-d-xo.html In a similar vein to Vulfpeck/Dirty Loops. Check out his band KNOWER as well. Amazing stuff. Fearless Flyers - Ace of Aces th-cam.com/video/72_zXigcOrA/w-d-xo.html Literally a side project with Cory Wong & Joe Dart from Vulfpeck. The just released their 4th album (IV) which is NUTS. Scary Pockets - The Middle th-cam.com/video/X88mSupg3Y4/w-d-xo.html Similar concept to Postmodern Jukebox, but in the Funk genre. They've got a lot of content.
The Cowboy Bebop OST is easily my top anime soundtrack of all time. Truly iconic and what I think should be required listening for both music and anime lovers
During the pandemic Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts released a really great video of them playing this song at home. It's on TH-cam, I highly recommend! This whole soundtrack is so good. The anime is one of my all time favorites. 😸❤
i just showed my six year old that performance this weekend. She LOVES 'daddys music" nothing like picking her up and having her ask for Skinny Puppy or Nightmares on Wax or Seatbelts ... ... she loves that we do crafty tune weekends where we do art or craft or project work and I spin records, talk to her about the music, artists, meanings, current events that influenced and all of that...
If you liked this, you should check out Kids on the Slope. It's extra special because they rotoscoped the musicians so the animation is exactly what they are playing.
Cowboy BeBop has an amazing soundtrack. Just absolutely top notch, one of the best in the world. I wouldn't really consider it typical of the genre. Not that other anime doesn't have good music, just that they don't usually sound like this. Cowboy BeBop has its own personality and vision of the world, and everything about the art and music conveys that and supports the story. Cowboy BeBop is all about the jazz. Edit: If you do ever decide to get into video game music, I'm just going to point out that there's a particular philosophy behind it that you have to make something that not only supports the story/setting, but you have to make something that people can listen to on a loop and they won't start to dislike it even after hours of hearing it. Whether you consider that a good thing or a bad thing, it's a special design challenge that only applies to video games so far as I know.
Fred Rogers would have absolutely loved that this was the soundtrack to an anime popular with young folks. He loved jazz and tried to share that love by hiring the phenomenal, Johnny Costa, to play quite sophisticated piano music on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. He didn’t believe in watering down things for children and I’m glad the Bebop studio didn’t either.
Yoko Kanno - nuffsed If anime has a Hans Zimmer, she is it. If you go theough her catalog, you'll find her range insane. My absolute favs are her work on Macross Plus (Sharon Apple anyone?) & Ghost in the Shell - Stand alone complex. But that's just scratching the surface. The amount of work she did for anime, movies, tv amd games etc. is mindblowing. I am wondering if she ever sleeps 😊
Yoko Kanno is legendary. A solid 30% of my music I listen to regularly is hers. There are anime I've watched only because she did the sound tracks for them. Looking at you El Cazador
Anime music is often legit stuff. And it's no coincidence that the music of Cowboy Beebop should put you in mind of the Beebop style. Japan has had a significant jazz scene for about as long as it could have. Even during WW2 hypernationalism the government couldn't supress it.
I don't know why, but this song reminds me of 50s or 60s detective shows. Konyawa Hurricane by Kinuko Omori has always been one of my favorite songs from anime.
Yoko Kanno + Seatbelts - "Tank!" (Full Performance) | Cowboy Bebop: Unlocked | Netflix Geeked ( youtube ) - this is the same TANK you " heard" BUT with Yoko Kanno directing - ( she wrote the music for each instrument ) - and you SEE them playing . Check out the videos on her !
The unmitigated glee at the end of the track is amazing. Keeping on the jazz theme, would love for you to react to the Umsquare Dance cover by Paddy Milner (Dave Brubeck's review of it was supposedly "I wouldn't change a note").
Very entertaining video, and glad to find your channel. If I had to recommend another anime with fantastic music, I'd recommend checking out "Groovy Duel" from Gundam Thunderbolt. In the series, free jazz plays a major role in a couple of the characters' stories and the soundtrack is fittingly insane with the free improv and absurd chops displayed by the musicians, particularly the percussionists.
I'm a big fan of music, but if you want to try some more anime specifically, I can suggest Nurarihyon no Mago's openings which changed every season, I think, but were all done by a Japanadian band Monkey Majik. I fell hard for their stuff when I realized the vocalists were learning Japanese and encorporating both languages in their songs.
As far as video game music goes I think "Life Will Change" or "Whims of Fate" from Persona 5 Royal would be great selections. It continues the jazz theme you found.
Fun Factoid - Yoko Kanno had never played or composed Jazz style music prior to making this song. To learn how to do the kind of music needed for Cowboy Bebop, she traveled the American South to listen to musicians playing. And then made this! (along with a bunch of other amazing tracks from the show)
If you are venturing in to funky music from anime series, you need to react to a song from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure called 'il vento d'oro' (also known as Giorno's Theme). Tank! and Giorno's Theme stand out as classics
If you'd like some video game suggestions I'd recommend "guilty gear - the midnight carnival" and "shadow of the colossus - counterattack." I'm not sure if you'd like more information, but the first is a fighting game boss theme, and the second is music for a specific encounter with a giant monster in a large open world.
Sounds like the soundtrack version. It's a bit longer than, and some parts sound a tad different from, the anime's opening sequence, which is fun to watch too: it's very dynamic, matching the ongoing instrumentals.
Anime has some seriously good music if you can sort through it. I would also recommend Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood for openings and closing. One Winged Angel from Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children, Archer (Not really Anime), I could recommend several others but not sure of your taste in content.
Oh, nothing special, I have it on my kitchen playlist. Work is done really quickly. Just a little annoying to buy new china every month because I’m stumbeling upon syncopation all the time.😅
Yoko Kanno is having a concert in New York in March 2025 with her Seatbelts band and others playing (most likely) this and others
The one-two punch of Tank! and The Real Folk Blues are some of the greatest openers and closers in television regardless of genre.
Omg Cowboy Bebop has a fantastic soundtrack full of gems like this and you should definitely check it out! Yoko Kanno composed it, and she's absolutely brilliant!!!
all what...six cds worth of amazing music
The alto saxophonist on this, Masato Honda, is absolutely unreal.
Charles Cornell did a great breakdown of Tank. He says it’s a 12 hour blues type song. It’s not the time that is the feature of the song it’s how it’s played as you expect something then it surprises you with something else. There’s a bit of improv towards the end too. It’s a song that constantly surprises and challenges a traditionally trained band player as it doesn’t follow any set rules.
This was the song that got me not only into anime but also jazz. One year after this came out, I joined my high school jazz band. Had to pick up another instrument just to play in the band.
The genius of Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts is vast and breathtaking. You have to watch the one and only season of Cowboy Bebop to fully appreciate their work.
Plus the movie - great movie, and great soundtrack.
The Netflix live action series doesn't exist. Yoko Kanno is a musical genius who can do it all.
The Netflix live action cannot hurt us.
please do more cowboy bebop, the diversity of the OST will blow you away. Yoko Kanno is a true genius!
That pitch bend the saxaphonist does at the end... unless they are just flat out overblowing, that is some masterful skill and control.
Cowboy Bebop has TONS of banging tracks on it's soundtracks.
Some others I would suggest checking out:
Rush (Uptemp track with a crazy into lick you will love)
Gateway (Nice trumpet/tenor/bone trio piece)
Too Good Too Bad (more of a New Orleans jazz feel with sousaphone and everything, great Bari solo too)
Car 24 (A lighter full band piece with some very interesting textures like bass clarinet, flutes, vibraphone and some muted parts)
Odd Ones (Another great small combo piece)
Clutch (Crazy high tempo track)
What Planet is This (basically a jazz fusion Tower of Power style tribute)
And a lot more, not just in the jazz/funk column. There a lot of different genre's including country (for the cowboy theming), pop, power ballads, electronic and even some classical tracks. Just a great group of musicians all around.
Also some other artists I'd check out based on what you've watched so far.
Here are some suggestions, but anything by these guys would be amazing:
Louis Cole - Overtime th-cam.com/video/GnEmD17kYsE/w-d-xo.html
In a similar vein to Vulfpeck/Dirty Loops. Check out his band KNOWER as well. Amazing stuff.
Fearless Flyers - Ace of Aces th-cam.com/video/72_zXigcOrA/w-d-xo.html
Literally a side project with Cory Wong & Joe Dart from Vulfpeck. The just released their 4th album (IV) which is NUTS.
Scary Pockets - The Middle th-cam.com/video/X88mSupg3Y4/w-d-xo.html
Similar concept to Postmodern Jukebox, but in the Funk genre. They've got a lot of content.
The Cowboy Bebop OST is easily my top anime soundtrack of all time. Truly iconic and what I think should be required listening for both music and anime lovers
There's a Hal Leonard published grade 5 jazz band version of this up on youtube with the audio and score.
Oh sign me up!
During the pandemic Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts released a really great video of them playing this song at home. It's on TH-cam, I highly recommend! This whole soundtrack is so good. The anime is one of my all time favorites. 😸❤
i just showed my six year old that performance this weekend. She LOVES 'daddys music" nothing like picking her up and having her ask for Skinny Puppy or Nightmares on Wax or Seatbelts ...
... she loves that we do crafty tune weekends where we do art or craft or project work and I spin records, talk to her about the music, artists, meanings, current events that influenced and all of that...
@@DadalorianCreates Your daughter has great taste in music! It's cool you have this artistic bond.
Some songs end in your head with a huge gong some end with a massive "Chaaa" this is a Chaaa song.
The score form Cowboy Bebop is one of the reasons it's the only anime I've ever called a masterpiece.
I particularly like the theme to Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
"Inner Universe", Sung by Origa (RIP) and composed by Yoko Kanno, the same lady who composed this song!
Inner Universe, Rise, and Run. Rabbit Junk (all from Ghost in the Shell) are great.
Heck yes! Please do more of this!
This song is so Iconic to us anime fans its TOO good! Thanks for the reaction glad you loved it. Also Happy Thanksgiving Shawka!
Same to you!
There is no Cowboy Bebop Netflix show. There is no Godfather Part 3. There is no Avatar sequel.
There is no movie in Ba Sing Se.
If you liked this, you should check out Kids on the Slope. It's extra special because they rotoscoped the musicians so the animation is exactly what they are playing.
Tank slaps so good! Highly recommend you check out “What planet is this” by the seatbelts as well
Cowboy BeBop has an amazing soundtrack. Just absolutely top notch, one of the best in the world.
I wouldn't really consider it typical of the genre. Not that other anime doesn't have good music, just that they don't usually sound like this. Cowboy BeBop has its own personality and vision of the world, and everything about the art and music conveys that and supports the story. Cowboy BeBop is all about the jazz.
Edit: If you do ever decide to get into video game music, I'm just going to point out that there's a particular philosophy behind it that you have to make something that not only supports the story/setting, but you have to make something that people can listen to on a loop and they won't start to dislike it even after hours of hearing it. Whether you consider that a good thing or a bad thing, it's a special design challenge that only applies to video games so far as I know.
Fred Rogers would have absolutely loved that this was the soundtrack to an anime popular with young folks.
He loved jazz and tried to share that love by hiring the phenomenal, Johnny Costa, to play quite sophisticated piano music on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
He didn’t believe in watering down things for children and I’m glad the Bebop studio didn’t either.
Yoko Kanno - nuffsed
If anime has a Hans Zimmer, she is it. If you go theough her catalog, you'll find her range insane. My absolute favs are her work on Macross Plus (Sharon Apple anyone?) & Ghost in the Shell - Stand alone complex. But that's just scratching the surface. The amount of work she did for anime, movies, tv amd games etc. is mindblowing. I am wondering if she ever sleeps 😊
i think people get surprised on how good some of the anime music is from sing to just music
Yoko Kanno is legendary. A solid 30% of my music I listen to regularly is hers. There are anime I've watched only because she did the sound tracks for them.
Looking at you El Cazador
Inner Universe from Ghost in the Shell: th-cam.com/video/EIVgSuuUTwQ/w-d-xo.html
Yoko Kanno is always messing with us, Escaflowne's score is mostly classical sounfing, Cowboy Bebop is all jazzy. I love her
Anime music is often legit stuff. And it's no coincidence that the music of Cowboy Beebop should put you in mind of the Beebop style. Japan has had a significant jazz scene for about as long as it could have. Even during WW2 hypernationalism the government couldn't supress it.
Cowboy Bebop changed my life, as a kid.
I don't know why, but this song reminds me of 50s or 60s detective shows. Konyawa Hurricane by Kinuko Omori has always been one of my favorite songs from anime.
Cowboy Bebop is considered Neo Noir, so yeah it makes sense
Yoko Kanno + Seatbelts - "Tank!" (Full Performance) | Cowboy Bebop: Unlocked | Netflix Geeked ( youtube ) - this is the same TANK you " heard" BUT with Yoko Kanno directing - ( she wrote the music for each instrument ) - and you SEE them playing . Check out the videos on her !
Next check out "Easy Breezy" by chelmico. Then either "Song of the Dead (ソングオブザデッド)" by KANA-BOON or"What's up, people?!" by Maximum the Hormone.
Got to do Space Lion from this same show. Decades old and it still gets me.
IMHO the greatest anime series ever AND only one season--- all blues and jazz... all amazing...
The soundtracks to Cowboy BeBop and FLCL are both absolutely amazing. You should just do a seriea going through both soundtracks.
The unmitigated glee at the end of the track is amazing.
Keeping on the jazz theme, would love for you to react to the Umsquare Dance cover by Paddy Milner (Dave Brubeck's review of it was supposedly "I wouldn't change a note").
Very entertaining video, and glad to find your channel. If I had to recommend another anime with fantastic music, I'd recommend checking out "Groovy Duel" from Gundam Thunderbolt. In the series, free jazz plays a major role in a couple of the characters' stories and the soundtrack is fittingly insane with the free improv and absurd chops displayed by the musicians, particularly the percussionists.
You'd really like Bad Dog, No Biscuit from this same group as a trombone player.
I'm a big fan of music, but if you want to try some more anime specifically, I can suggest Nurarihyon no Mago's openings which changed every season, I think, but were all done by a Japanadian band Monkey Majik. I fell hard for their stuff when I realized the vocalists were learning Japanese and encorporating both languages in their songs.
Now you have to do the outro, "Real Folk Blues."
Bada Bada Bada Badaaaa Daaaaaaaaaaaaa. Ba ba baga wom wommmm!!!! Those are the lyrics. In case anyone didn't know.
there's a couple fan created scores on musescore
As far as video game music goes I think "Life Will Change" or "Whims of Fate" from Persona 5 Royal would be great selections. It continues the jazz theme you found.
"It sounds like 50s bebop" Well, given that the name of the show is Cowboy Bebop...
Ghost in the Shell SAC "Inner Universe" Yoko Kanno feat. Origa
Fun Factoid - Yoko Kanno had never played or composed Jazz style music prior to making this song. To learn how to do the kind of music needed for Cowboy Bebop, she traveled the American South to listen to musicians playing.
And then made this! (along with a bunch of other amazing tracks from the show)
Massachussets institute of tech has the parts scores
If you are venturing in to funky music from anime series, you need to react to a song from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure called 'il vento d'oro' (also known as Giorno's Theme). Tank! and Giorno's Theme stand out as classics
Your facial expressions tell us you are enjoying the cowboy be-bop.
Request: Blowin' Smoke by Teddy Swims.
Thanks! I sub😢bed.
I will check it out!
Trigun has some great songs
If you'd like some video game suggestions I'd recommend "guilty gear - the midnight carnival" and "shadow of the colossus - counterattack." I'm not sure if you'd like more information, but the first is a fighting game boss theme, and the second is music for a specific encounter with a giant monster in a large open world.
Sounds like the soundtrack version. It's a bit longer than, and some parts sound a tad different from, the anime's opening sequence, which is fun to watch too: it's very dynamic, matching the ongoing instrumentals.
I would recommend the Sawano Suite from Attack on Titan next
Love the vid.
I think you'd enjoy Lawrence's cover of Sean Paul's "Get Busy"
Anime has some seriously good music if you can sort through it. I would also recommend Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood for openings and closing. One Winged Angel from Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children, Archer (Not really Anime), I could recommend several others but not sure of your taste in content.
ED to Bakemonogatari
Just ignore the live action and stick to the anime Teach! Just a heads-up brother! Oh and Please Check Out Real Folk Blues!!!
Oh, nothing special, I have it on my kitchen playlist. Work is done really quickly. Just a little annoying to buy new china every month because I’m stumbeling upon syncopation all the time.😅
Please react to two absolutely different songs by Diana Ankudinova no time to die and soundtrack of movie dune
They are on the list!
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more anime songs
Seeing someone geek out over this makes my heart warm. So many people overlook anime and never realize how many styles of amazing music some have.
Isn't it just 4/4?
It is. Eventually realized that 😂
Top-tier anime, goddess tier composer. Do not watch the Netflix live action. It’s garbage only watch the anime, preferably the English dub.
Sadly this is the only good anime theme