Music of Cowboy Bebop
| Cowboy Bebop | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Seatbelts | |
| Released | May 21, 1998 |
| Recorded | Victor Studio Z'd Studio Sound Valley Studio Van Gelder Studio Plus XXXstudio Soundtrack Studio |
| Genre | Bebop |
| Length | 53:25 |
| Label | Victor Entertainment |
| Producer | Yoko Kanno |
| Cowboy Bebop Vitaminless | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Seatbelts | |
| Released | June 3, 1998 |
| Length | 28:27 |
| Label | Victor Entertainment |
| Producer | Yoko Kanno |
| Cowboy Bebop No Disc | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Seatbelts | |
| Released | October 21, 1998 |
| Recorded | Victor Studio Z'd Studio Sound City Studios Van Gelder Studio Plus XXXstudio |
| Length | 50:23 |
| Label | Victor Entertainment |
| Producer | Yoko Kanno |
| Cowboy Bebop Blue | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Seatbelts | |
| Released | May 1, 1999 |
| Length | 71:18 |
| Label | Victor Entertainment |
| "Ask DNA" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Seatbelts | |
| Released | July 25, 2001 |
| Length | 18:37 |
| Label | Victor Entertainment |
| Future Blues | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Seatbelts | |
| Released | August 29, 2001 |
| Recorded | Victor Studio Soundcity Studio Crescente Soundtrack Studio Riversound Studio |
| Length | 71:11 |
| Label | Victor Entertainment |
| Producer | Yoko Kanno |
| Cowboy Bebop Tank! THE! BEST! | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Seatbelts | |
| Released | December 22, 2004 |
| Length | 51:59 |
| Label | Victor Entertainment |
| Producer | Yoko Kanno |
| Cowboy Bebop Remixes: Music for Freelance | |
|---|---|
| Remix album by Seatbelts | |
| Released | June 6, 1999 |
| Recorded | Various |
| Genre | Jazz, Electronic music |
| Length | 40:27 |
| Label | Victor Entertainment |
| Producer | Yoko Kanno |
| Cowgirl Ed | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Seatbelts | |
| Released | June 21, 2001 |
| Length | 18:30 |
| Label | Victor Entertainment |
| Producer | Yoko Kanno |
| Cowboy Bebop Boxed Set | |
|---|---|
| Box set by Seatbelts | |
| Released | June 21, 2002 |
The Cowboy Bebop anime series was accompanied by a number of soundtrack albums composed by Yoko Kanno and Seatbelts, a diverse band Kanno formed to create the music for the series, with a principal focus in jazz. The recordings were an international effort with many notable names attached, including that of recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. The soundtrack was released in the American market by Victor Entertainment, a subsidiary of JVC Kenwood.
"Tank!" is the series' opening song. The song, written by Yoko Kanno and performed by Seatbelts, has an extensive alto saxophone solo played by Masato Honda, as well as a fill part at the end. The song is a big band jazz piece in a Latin-infused hard bop style with a rhythm section that combines a double bass and bongo drums.
"Tank!" is primarily an instrumental piece, though it does feature some spoken male vocals (provided by long-time collaborator with Kanno, Tim Jensen) in the introductory portion of the song, thematically jazz in style. The vocal portion provides a lead-in to the instrumental portion, and its final lyrics, "I think it's time we blow this scene. Get everybody and the stuff together. Okay, three, two, one let's jam", signal the beginning bursts of the majority, purely instrumental end of the song.
It has been featured on the soundtracks to the series and was used on the preview for My Own Worst Enemy. Kevin Reynolds (figure skater) performed his solo routine for the 2016 Canadian National Figure Skating Championships to “Tank,” and did it dressed as Spike Spiegel.
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