Cowboy Bebop: Future Blues

 (23 customer reviews)

Yoko Kanno delivers her final, exquisite contribution to was is Cowboy Bebop in the form of Future Blues. No music from the series comes through to the movie, but all the moods are still here. From the action jazz to the bluesy rock, and all the old players are here. In many ways I think the proverbial wheel was reinvented and improved for the movie, and in all the best ways.24 Hours OPEN is an interesting muzak meets massacre track with bad store music offset by gunfire and screams. I think the muzak track in playing during the opening scene in the convenience store.Pushing The Sky is a return to the classic Mai Yamane gender crossing rock from the original series soundtracks. This is the song playing as the final plans get put into action toward the climax of the film.Time To Know ~ Be Waltz is a throwback to the softer upbeat jazz tracks from the series. At a bit past the halfway point the song kicks into hip lyrics on top of the song. This was played when Ed and Ein go...Read more

Right. Great soundtrack, I highly recommend it. We seem to have a little issue as to different versions of this soundtrack. I'll break it down for you:
There are TWO OFFICIAL VICTOR RELEASES:VICL-60756 (Regular Version)
VIZL-54 (Special Edition with Cowgirl ED OST disc) The special edition with the Cowgirl ED OST disc is a FIRST EDITION pressing, and it has the following tracks on the bonus disk:01. Goodnight Julia (different version then on the 4CD box set)
02. Papa Plastic03. Telephone Shopping
04. Kabutoga ni kodai no sakana (The Horseshoe Crab, the Ancient Fish)
05. Slipper Sleaze
06. 23 HanashiNow, I don't know how you can make sure you get this copy. I bought this off Amazon, and only recieved the 1 CD version.There is also a version of this soundtrack published by the bootlegging company EverAnime which has 2 CDs, the first CD being the same as CD 1 in the official release, and the second CD having both the AskDNA mini-album...Read more

Holy toledo this album is absolutely amazing. All of Yoko Kanno's stuff for Cowboy Bebop, and most of her stuff in general, is mind-blowingly varied, creative, and engaging, but this is the jewel of the crown. It's the pinnacle of the Seatbelts as a music collective, and it features a deep and wonderous sampling of all the group is capable of. When playing this disc for friends, I feel a need to say, "And this is the same band" at every track, because they're all so different.

The album--which is the soundtrack to "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie"--opens with "24 hours open," a strange circus-esque carnival of chaos which is both amusing, disturbing and highly forgettable. But from there the album takes off. "Pushing the Sky" is aggressive, echoing anthem rock. "Time to Know" is a flute-tinged waltz with what appears to be Japanese rapping at the end. "Clutch" is some of the best freeform jazz I've ever heard. "Musawe" sounds like Arabian folk. "Yo Pumpkinhead!" is a big band...Read more