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Some of the best anime music on a four disk set!

Shelly Anne Smith | 06/25/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Cowboy BeBop is one of the best anime titles out there, and one of my favorites. I was so happy when I first heard of this set! I know that this is a little pricey, but it's well worth your money. If you've never seen Cowboy BeBop, you still might like this collection, but you'd appreciate it more if you've seen it. This is four disks, and it has a 88 page book. The text is mainly in Japanese (some stuff in in English), but it has plenty of pictures!
Disk 1
2. Tank! (TV Edit) The name pretty much describes it.
4. Want It All Back - This is an alternate version of the original song on No Disk.
5. Sax Quartet - I love this song! It was played in Session 3.
7. Encore un verre - This is the vocal version of Black Coffee and was played in Session 4 (without words).
8. March for Koala - This played in Session 4.
10. Felt Tip Pen - Played in Sessions 1 and 8, and was also on O.S.T.1
11. The Egg and You - An alternate version of The Egg and I, also on No Disk. Played in Sessions 4, 17, and 23.
13. Pot City II - A shorter (and better) version of Pot City, and wasn't on the show.
15. NY RUSH - An alternate version of RUSH. Played on Seasons 3 and 19, also on Blue.
17. Fe - Played in Season 3.
18. PIANO BLACK - Played in Season 3 and 14, also on O.S.T.1.
20. Spokey Dokey - An alternate version of Spokey Dokey, played in Season 6.
21. Forever Broke - Played in Seasons 1, 8, 10, 21, and 26. Was also on No Disk.
23. Road to the West (with rhythm) - A shorter version of Road to the West.
25. Meteor - Plays in Session 6.
27. DIGGING MY POTATO - Longer version of DIGGING MY POTATO (I love this song!!)
29. Rain (demo ver.) - Plays in Session 5, also on Future Blues.
31. Green Bird - Plays on Season 5, also on No Disk.
Disk 2
2. Cats On Mars - Plays on Season 9, also on Vitaminless and No Disk.
3. Doggy Dog II - Plays on Season 7, alternate version of Doggy Dog.
4. Doggy Dog III - Plays on Season 7, alternate version of Doggy Dog (and my favorite version!).
6. Piano Bar I - Plays on Seasons 3, 5, 7, 15, and 21. Also on Vitaminless.
7. Give and Take - Plays in Season 17.
9. Cat Blues - Plays on Season 10, also on O.S.T.1.
11. The Singing Sea II - Alternate version of The Singing Sea.
13. ELM - Plays on Season 10, also on No Disk.
14. WALTZ for ZIZI - Plays on Seasons 5, 10, 15, 21, 24, and 25. Also on O.S.T.1.
17. Farewell Blues - Alternate Version of Farewell Blues.
19. Words That We Couldn't Say - Plays in Season 13, also on Blue.
21. Space Lion (orgel ver.) - Plays in Season 13.
22. Waste Land - Plays in Season 13.
24. Goodnight Julia - Plays on Seasons 12 and 13, also on Future Blues.
25. Space Lion - Plays on Season 13, also on O.S.T.1.
Disk 3
2. Go Go Cactus Man (guitar ver.) - Plays in Season 22.
4. Too Good Too Bad - Plays on Seasons 4 and 19, also on O.S.T.1.
6. Eyeball - Plays on Season 20.
8. Yuuenchi - Plays on Season 20 (the carnival song).
9. On the Run - Plays on Season 20.
11. 23Hanashi - Plays on Season 23.
13. Don't Bother None (long ver.) - Plays on Seasons 6 and 19.
15. WO QUI NON COIN - Shorter version of WO QUI NON COIN.
17. Call Me Call Me - Plays on Season 24, also on Blue.
19. Memory - Plays on Seasons 1, 25, and 26. Also on O.S.T.1.
20. Adieu (long ver.) - Longer version of Adieu.
22. SEE YOU SPACE COWBOYS NOT FINAL MIX MOUNTAIN ROOT - Plays on Season 26, the second to last song in the series.
24. Blue - Plays on Season 26, also on Blue. THE LAST SONG IN THE SERIES! :(
Disk 4
1. Tank! - Live
2. RUSH - Live
3. WHAT PLANET IS THIS - Live
4. Too good too bad - Live
5. Bad dog no biscuit - Live
6. Call me call me - Live
7. Mushroom hunting - Live
8. The real folk blues - Live
9. Piano solo - Live
10. Ask DNA - Plays on the Cowboy BeBop movie, also on Ask DNA.
11. SF GAME CENTER - Plays on the Cowboy BeBop movie.
12. ROUYA - Plays on the Cowboy BeBop movie.
13. OLD SCHOOL GAME - Plays on the Cowboy BeBop Movie.
14. Sasurai no Cowboy - Vocal Version of Tank! (with Ed singing!).
15. Miwaku no Horse Riding - Vocal version of Go Go Cactus Man.
16. Sasurai no Cowboy (Karaoke Version) - Same as Sasurai no Cowboy, but with no words.
(This is the same review I did for the imported version, but it's out of stock. I figured more people would come here to read reviews instead, so my review would be more helpful here. ^-^)"

Jazzy Noir Sci-Fi

James Rutkowski | Bridgeview, IL. United States | 03/31/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A true original in animation as well as sci-fi. A great deal of the effectiveness of Bebop is due to the tremendous jazz, pop and blues score of Yoko Kanno. All the best tracks from the previous soundtrack releases are here as well a lot of material that has never been available before. A must have for any Bebop fan. Well worth the price. Which leads me to mention a previous review here by Paul Tremonti. Be very careful where you purchase anime soundtracks. The sight he mentions is selling this box set for a suspiciously reduced price. the reason being is that it is a bootleg. The way to tell is look for the company name on the product. If it says Son May it is a Korean bootleg and the quality of the cd as well as the packaging will be inferior. This is true of all anime cd's. So be careful, and remember just because it may be cheaper doesn't mean it's better."

Great music, one of the best soundtrack album(s) ever

J. Holt | Seattle, WA USA | 12/25/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"There are two kind of soundtrack albums for me. First, more of a score thing -- James Bond, loungy stuff that all bleeds into one, Howard Shore's Lord of Rings stuff is like that too -- good -- kinda lets you melt into a mood.The second is best exemplified by Cowboy Bebop. This is a great, great ecletic collection of music inspired by all of the best music. Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts are INCREDIBLE -- you hear blues, jazz (jazzy jazz), rock (think: 80s rock), some Vangelis new agey stuff (not much here though thankfully). And, each song (there are a lot of songs on each CD, about 15 or so) are broken by VERY SHORT spoken dialog from the movies.Tarrantino's CDs do this too, but they aren't nearly as good. The dialog often takes up too much time and you get bored waiting for the 2 minute speech to end -- by that time, you're thinking "What am I listening to? Need to change the disc." NOT SO HERE. Each little pulse of Japanese snippet (really funny stuff too) is just enough to parse the flow to allow the musicians to swing into a new music style. You jump and bop into new moods with very little turbulence.Stuff that I thought I'd hate that I like -- there's a singer on this album that sounds like a cross between Richard Marx (the Devil) and Jon Bon Jovi -- nevertheless, those songs are good too. It's like a friend of mine said about Japan once, "Those guys are still doing 80s hair rock and we have to put up with all this alternative crap." He's so right -- and here, you get a sense of what 80s rock could have been if we didn't screw it up with Mtv and hair.The disc I got is the 4 disc set -- the last disc is a "live" album with some experimental re-takes of other score pieces. It's good, straight music. Makes you want to catch the Seatbelts live.Hey, maybe I'll get around to watching the animated series someday!"