Old Composer REACTS to COWBOY BEBOP Tank by The Seatbelts

[@rpgeebzmusicarcade]

THANK YOU for letting me know that this was a project composed by Yōko Kanno I guess the next time I revisit the project I'll be doing "SPACE LION"? ☕www.venmo.com/AbbaGeebz or paypal.me/abbageebz 🙏

[@phobosic]

Yaaaay! 😁 Can't wait! 🔥

[@jambulance]

Space Lion is amazing, Elm is another interesting one, but if you want more hard bop jazz check out their song NY Rush, the entire soundtrack (released over a few different CDs) has a huge range of genres which is super refreshing

[@GiveMeCoffee]

Yoko Kanno is one of the best Japanese composers out there, every animation project she takes part in improves impressively. Macross Plus, Ghost in the Shell, Terror in Resonance (which seems a big inspiration for Kevin Penkin), Arjuna, Escaflowne the movie, ... I can't name enough soundtracks composed by her that made those series well known. She also works with so many talented singers. She did work on another jazz soundtrack, Kids on the Slope.

[@EvilMAiq]

COWBOY BEBOP SPOILER WARNING ... Just so you know sir, Space Lion is the song that plays after our hero dies in the final episode, so it has a lot of emotional baggage for fans of the show (myself included).

[@superdave3093]

@@EvilMAiq bro. Delete this man lol I’ve seen it but even though u said spoiler alert... geez 🙄

[@drautch]

That face at the opening, he turned into a little kid. That's how you know it was done right. One of the greatest animes and themes to ever grace us.

[@ZaphodHarkonnen]

As a fan of the show it was hilarious see his eyes just open as it kicks off. Meanwhile I'm sitting here knowing he's about to have an absolute treat. This is one of the few shows I'll watch where I won't skip the intro. It's just an absolute banger of a song done to sublime visuals. Another intro I won't skip is the Muppet Show. :P

[@jamesaditya5254]

I find this to be true for a lot of "composers/experts react to Tank!", the song just never fails to sweep you into its own world and it basically sold itself and the series for any new potential audience

[@davidsiatatgaming]

For context, Cowboy Bebop's entire vibe and plot revolve around a dystopian future where Earth was left in ruin and humanity moved to other planets in the solar system, and it's like the wild west all over again, the main characters are bounty hunters, and jazz is everywhere.

[@papastormcrow]

Dob 't forget the mafia/syndicate working behind the scenes for a good portion of the series...hence the conflict with Vicious, and his troubles with the old men...lol

[@Blaisem]

It's not dystopian.

[@CleverNeologism]

Is it just me, or does this track sound like everyone's having an absolute blast playing it? You can't fake that infectious energy.

[@MugenHeadNinja]

That's just how Jazz is, man. If you aren't feeling it then you aren't playing Jazz.

[@HenSt-gz7qj]

just as someone said (in a manga), "Jazz is all about the swing"

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Oh they are absolutely feeling it, those guys are well known for having a blast playing this stuff.

[@Liamo000em]

He's also having a blast listening to it!

[@matty6878]

you can see the actual band playing this live. one at their concert and one they did during lockdown and yes they had a blast each time.

[@maximilianocarrion1599]

In case nobody pointed it out already, the sax solo and the coda were recorded by the absolute MONSTER that is Masato Honda, a legend of the japanese jazz/fusion scene since the late '80s.

[@InDedede]

Neat little tidbit right here

[@Rheinguard]

Jesus Christ the musicality, what an absolute monster of a musician. Legend.

[@mcbill7352]

Masato honda is THE japanese jazz saxophonist

[@connormartin1322]

I've been hitting a lot of "musician reacts to" videos of my favorite anime, JUST to find little tidbits like this in the comments. Also the musical genealogy around 4:00 or so in the video has some great leads as well.

[@williamsanborn9195]

And he’s still rockin’ that alto sax to this day! 😆🤘

[@EduardoIsSmiling]

This track is from the anime "Cowboy Bebop", and i believe a band called "The Seatbelts" was formed to make the soundtrack of the anime. The anime had only 26 episodes and aired in 1998, and it's a absolute classic. All it's soundtrack is very very good

[@stratocactus]

Yoko Kanno is the composer behind this awesome soundtrack. She's an amazing composer.

[@jakethesneakergeek267]

Ask Dna by the seatbelts is another phenomenal listen

[@arcanask]

It only had 26 episodes but it was jam packed with music. It had six official soundtrack albums, one compilation album of all the best songs and a remix album.

[@TheJerbol]

It's in the video title lol

[@Cecilia-ky3uw]

The use of only is misleading, most anime have 12 eps nowadays

[@WolfHreda]

One funny thing about Yoko Kanno's work on this soundtrack is that, when she was asked to do it, she didn't really like jazz. And she still absolutely killed it.

[@mizauromerakoso]

I tho she liked jazz , she went to new Orleans to learn 🤔

[@HenSt-gz7qj]

she's not particularly fond of jazz but she didn't hate it. point is, she's pretty much clueless about jazz, that's why she went to learn and just like that, made one of the most iconic jazz anime music. XD

[@bradspitt3896]

​@@HenSt-gz7qj Metal influenced by metal sucks. Jazz influenced by jazz sucks. The best people can step outside of themselves.

[@CheekiTiki]

@@HenSt-gz7qj imho, she's an actual genuine genius. Her portfolio has more genre variety than any composer I know of.

[@dariohenriquez7773]

yoko kanno says and do whatever is marketable lol

[@Androyd09]

I'm still here! I would suggest Real Folk Blues, also by the seatbelts. Where as Tank! is the opening credits song, Real Folk Blues is the ending credits. It's quite melancholy.

[@pspublic13]

Excellent suggestions. I would add the intro and ending songs for the Cowboy Bebop film as well which are complementary to Tank and Real Folk Blues respectively.

[@joelcain8909]

Don't forget NY Rush!

[@melteddali8000]

So Good So Bad is a favorite for me from the OST

[@dragonmagoz]

lots of insane music in CB: my personal favorites are "Call Me Call Me" and "Rain" both with Steve Conte, both total bangers.

[@pspublic13]

@@dragonmagoz That reminds me of the Ghost in the Shell Standalone Complex anime and soundtrack, both of which deserve a reaction. Excellent music also by Yomo Kanno and some tracks by Steve Conte. As for Cowboy Bebop, my favorite track would have to be Space Lion by far. I feel it fits the main storyline extremely well.

[@Hollen36]

There's something legitimately charming about the way you look at a track. It doesn't feel like you're just doing all this for clout. You have an actual appreciation for the work you're hearing that goes beyond "I know I like it" and into "I know why I like it." Watching your stuff is always comparatively wholesome compared to other folks who do similar content. Keep at it.

[@rpgeebzmusicarcade]

Thank you very much, that was a very nice comment And now I have a big smile on my face😁

[@zombiesxaliens]

Full agree! This man musics :)

[@GBSpiral]

10000% this. I'm subscribing because watching his reactions is like listening to these for the first time again and that's an awesome experience to get to have. I'm honestly thankful hes doing what he does.

[@nighthawk0490]

Agreed. Watching someone who COULD appreciate this at a different level than I, and explain why... Thanks Geebz. I really love that you do this for all of us music curious nerds. Whoever is advising you on song choices too is definitely doing just spot on. Might I humbly suggest the minecraft Pigstep Arrangement from insaneintherainmusic? Featuring original composer, Lena Raine. I kind of adore that its just a continuous build from the 1 minute mark in through the end. Would love to hear your take.

[@ethanreed5815]

Yoko Kanno’s soundtracks are always amazing. Her work on the Ghost in the Shell series and Terror in Resonance are amazing. She is incredibly diverse.

[@donaldw3231]

The Vision of Escaflowne is one of my all-time favorite anime, due in no small part to her music.

[@Boundless2k10]

the terror in resonance ost stayed with me for a long time after the anime finished...

[@Geth-Who]

Turn A Gundam, too. There's bits of that soundtrack that just about hit Joe Hisaishi's levels of sheer beauty.

[@xoso599]

I liked the work on Macross Plus due to the clear tie ins between the music and the plot; as you get with Macross.

[@robertlinke2666]

@Behelit wasnt that Origa? Inner Universe and rise were both from Origa, right? SAC 1 and 2 OST

[@PenumbranWolf]

The director of this anime, Shinichirō Watanabe, has a very musical approach to his anime and the sound tracks are very integrated in the shows stylistically. His other works that demonstrate this well are Samurai Champloo and Space Dandy. They have radically different soundscapes but they really set the tone.

[@Raida7]

Samurai Champloo, yes!

[@JoshuaBLowery]

Kids on a Slope as well?

[@McDiezel079]

Yeah Watanabe is an absolute lover of music, especially western music. all of his productions have a musical motif

[@johnnychopsocky]

Yes please, more people need to be exposed to the work of Nujabes.

[@MugenHeadNinja]

@@johnnychopsocky Oh shit we need to get Geebz to listen to some Nujabes now!

[@Veruca73]

Cowboy bebop was a surprise hit for an anime at the time of it's release. Most anime of the time drew their source material from manga (serial comics). Cowboy bebop the anime was created before the manga came out. Usually companies tend to do an anime adaptation of a manga to draw attention to the manga to boost sales. That's why many never make it past a season or 2. They are produced to draw the watcher to finish the story by buying the books. Anywho just some neat information for you.

[@av-9813]

The animation story is decided not by the publishing company, but by the proposal from the animation production company. Inevitably popular manga works are submitted by a number of animation production companies, and the publishers and authors decide on them.

[@waytospergtherebro]

None of that is even remotely true.

[@dexorne9753]

@@waytospergtherebro i don't know the other dude makes a more compelling argument than you

[@renttreznor5035]

@@waytospergtherebro It is though

[@notreallydavek7237]

Surprise hit when it aired on adult swim. It didn't do very well in Japan at first because it was competing with trigun.

[@matthewhippie]

Yoko Kanno is a brilliant composer and wrote all the music for the show and every piece she wrote is pure gold

[@gustavooliveiramartins2650]

"You're never too old to learn". Great words to live by.

[@ceremus]

I believe Yoko Kanno traveled to America and specifically New Orleans for inspiration on this project. If I recall correctly, this was her first foray (professionally at least) into the jazz / funk / blues genre. A HELL of a first go if you ask me. I was introduced to her for her work on a show called Escaflowne, her work there is based on music designed for fantasy, folk music, and ethereal vibes. I'm also extremely fond of her work on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, a scifi cyberpunk series where she features both electronic music with symphony. Really an amazing talent. Anything she's worked on is worth a listen.

[@DeMause]

Cowboy BeBop has to be right up there as one of the most influential anime soundtracks. The anime itself is one of the all-time greats for sure.

[@juliaalexander5788]

I agree and would also even declare on the list of soundtracks from all forms of entertainment (movies, theater, etc)

[@MrDeathbyzombies]

A really cool thing about this show is that each episode is called 'Session #' and each episode has their one unique song that is like a signature for each episode. I adore this show's entire soundtrack. My favorite track is Too Good Too Bad, especially with that sax solo in it. It sounds so sexy

[@RH-hb6qh]

YESSSSSS Too Good Too Bad slaps so hard!

[@DaVeO52]

​@@RH-hb6qhEach session is also named after an actual song.

[@Agostoic]

Yoko Kanno is a hell of a composer, funny thing tho she wrote the OST for the series before the script was even finished so she almost set the tone for the series by herself. Edit: awesome to hear about that Lalo Schiffrin memoirs, cheers from Argentina 👋

[@ThisAlbino]

I'm pretty sure Watanabe's whole idea for Cowboy Bebop was always a series that felt like watching Jazz. There's no way he didn't already know what he wanted from Yoko Kanno. She just came in and killed it like usual.

[@blaarfengaar]

Additional fun fact: Yoko Kanno isn't even a jazz fan! Yet she was still able to make such an incredible jazz soundtrack anyway

[@Shreccz]

additional fun fact, shes a talentless hack that steals her music, this song included

[@blaarfengaar]

@@Shreccz source?

[@steffenjachnow8176]

> "Yoko Kanno is a hell of a composer" I would even dare to say she is one of the best composers out there if not of all time. A real shame she is kind of unknown in the west!

[@brynt.miller]

This track is just so unbelieavably fun. I had the opportunity to perform it in college and we had an absolute blast.

[@BurpleRX7]

Cowboy bebop is a institution for a lot of people and yes the soundtrack has you written all over it. My girlfriend sat here grinning from ear to ear watching you experience it for the first time

[@starfire09]

Small correction on a small comment you made, but the buzzing from the double bass comes from the way the player plays his pizzicato. There aren't frets for the string to rub against so the player is pulling the strings at an angle rather than parallel to the fingerboard, so that they are actually vibrating against the wood of the fingerboard. It's a technique really only possible on a double bass (and cello to an extent) which is super cool in jazz/swing music

[@rpgeebzmusicarcade]

Thank you fo that, well explained - at times as I'm "reacting" I get a bit overwhelmed and cross-up images in my head when I'm explaning. 👴 The older I get the better I was.

[@BearStreamsWild]

Always warms my heart seeing someone introduced to Cowboy Bebop for the first time. Kids on the Slope is another fantastic one from Yoko Kanno. Also, Trigun's opening is another fantastic instrumental from the late 90s.

[@superdave3093]

Trigun is fabulous. Such a great Anime too! 🥰

[@TahoeNevada]

Did she also do the soundtrack for FLCL?

[@BearStreamsWild]

@@TahoeNevada Negative. Yoko Kanno isn't credited w/ any of FLCL (OAV or Progressive). Though The Pillows did some amazing stuff for it. Blues Drive Monster is a favorite of mine.

[@BearStreamsWild]

@@superdave3093 Agreed. I'm personally not looking forward to Trigun Stampede though. The new animation look is different, but can't get behind how they've changed the feel of Vash and them cutting out Milly Thompson. But I'll always have the original so it's all good!

[@TahoeNevada]

@@BearStreamsWild Thanks. I was too lazy to Google.

[@Maltozombie]

I’ve listened to SO many different covers and live versions of this song and all are very very good, but none of them touch the final coda sax run in this original version, I’ve never heard it exactly duplicated. absolutely ICONIC.

[@enriqueroque3634]

This man is always so wholesome

[@CaptanF0rever]

This, kids, is what you can do with a real brass ensemble on a track. This track has so much dynamic energy to it. It says a lot of things, but the most important one is MOVE!

[@Arxane]

As others have mentioned, the composer behind this piece is Yoko Kanno, and Seatbelts is the backup band she formed for “Cowboy Bebop”. Ms. Kanno is considered one of the big name composers in the anime sphere, especially when she was very active in 90s and 00s. One word that beats describes her style is “eclectic” because she doesn’t stick to one genre. Jazz, blues, classical, experimental, even pop music…she does it all. You can’t go wrong with any of her work.

[@sergioadrianconti3725]

Saludos desde argentina maestro!!gracias por recordar al gran lalo !!!!

[@agarcn6704]

Something I want to tell you about the anime creator, Shinichirō Watanabe, is the music always comes first. After that he builds the show around the music. So cowboy bebob is built around Jazz/Blues in a Space Western feel. His other shows are the same like Samurai Champloo is built around hip-hop. One of my favorite shows that he worked on is called "Kids on the Slope". That show is incredible just because of how much work the animators did to have people playing the music to be as accurate as they could. You should check out the "Jam Session" clip from the show its great.

[@funpunch8902]

From tip to tail, this anime is just killer. They focused full attention on every element of this show... an actual masterpiece.

[@grundlefairy]

Youi knew Lalo personally?! That's so amazing. He's inspired so many with his Jazz and Latin sounds. He received an Honorary Oscar only a few years ago but it was long overdue

[@ictesting]

I triple-take'd and spewed coffee when he said that! How amazing to grow up with that guy! Theme music to my young life was mostly his music, especially the Enter The Dragon soundtrack. Definitely long overdue for that Oscar!

[@scooterjones303]

Humble guy casually brings up legend.

[@Ostermond]

@@ictesting God, same! I’m watching this late at night, just nearly asleep - but my eyes just went WIDE at that namedrop. GOD, that’s so cool!

[@Alesiopdv]

I had to scroll like 50 comments to see someone acknowldge this!! I double take when he just casually dropped that. Awesome indeed.

[@SR-fu7ty]

Yoko Kanno needs the credit here. She wrote and composed this piece. She is a BRILLIANT music writer. She has written music in several different genres, and she equally excels in each. She has composed music for many big name anime titles. I wholly suggest in looking into more of her music. A suggestion of another Japanese composer of note, I throw in the name of Susumu Hirasawa. He does some really cool, really unusual electronica-style music. He too has composed for some big name anime titles.

[@EduardoIsSmiling]

I love how open minded you are, love your channel!

[@osvaldogreco]

I am glad to not being the only one who get that Lalo Schifrin's touch in this one! I grew up with his music, and also being in love with this anime and soundtrack since the premiere, in 1998! Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina!

[@NothingTrue11]

One of the best animes of all time! Soundtrack by the seatbelts is equally excellent. Great choice!!

[@cmay7429]

Just wanna give a shout out to Shinichirō Watanabe, Cowboy Bebop's director. Although he doesn't write the scores, he has a fantastic way of synthesizing music with his story lines. Music is always a centerpiece. Samurai Champloo centers around hip hop, and Carole & Tuesday deals with the future of pop music (in the Cowboy Bebop universe, no less). Great director. Great animes.

[@pickthestickup]

I'm still here. The guitarist in this band is Tsuneo Imahori, who is also an accomplished composer, both for anime soundtracks and through his own projects. He used to play in this avant-jazz band called Tipographica.

[@sephuris5555]

Cowboy bebop is a classic series did amazing job of mixing aspects from scifi, Westerns, and detective noir.

[@captain_eaglefort]

Tank! is one of my favorite songs ever. It gets you hype in like ten notes, drops down a little (competitively) for a few seconds, and then sprints all the way to the end. Only a corpse wouldn’t feel something when listening to this song. Yoko Kanno, who wrote it, is amazing at what she does. And that sax solo was played by Masato Honda.

[@Logovanni]

Cowboy Bebop has been my favorite anime since 2001. I’ve watched the whole series more times than I can count. And I LOVE this song. It never gets old. The first time I hear it after a while gives me chills. Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts absolutely rock this song out of the park and give a perfect stage for the whole tone of the anime.

[@erictheded]

Well now you gotta do "Real Folk Blues" from the same show. Cowboy Bebop is LOADED with style. Jazz Funk brought to life.

[@bemusedbandersnatch2069]

I'd also recommend "Call Me, call me" except--to this day--every single time I listen to that song I start crying. So I'll recommend "Knock a little Harder" for a video instead.

[@neijiagongfu]

i'm still here, watching this reaction for the fourth time now and i'm still enjoying it 😎

[@pickthestickup]

The Seatbelts is a band created by the anime's composer Yoko Kanno. She's brilliant. But the band members are like a supergroup, each ultra accomplished in their own right

[@Arnold-l1k]

You should hear the version of this performed by the US Marines 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force Band along with the Japanese self-defense Force band in Okinawa Japan

[@Deshokasza]

One of my first and still favorite anime. It's themes are heavily around music too

[@scooterjones303]

Yeah this was the anime that taught me cartoons can tell a hell of a story and look good doing it.

[@sdeeter771]

The way Yoko Kanno conducted this she really hit that battle in Jazz. You can hear how each of the brass instruments are just battling each other while others are complementing them. That’s what I love about jazz. Each instrument are fighting each other while still having their moment to shine and still just work. I like to call it controlled chaos.

[@MrGreendayzed]

Seatbelts is a Japanese band led by composer and instrumentalist Yoko Kanno. Cowboy bebop is an anime from the 90's. I own all the albums for this series, there's 7 albums (cowboy bebop, vitamineless, no disk, blue, future blues, ask dna and cowgirl ed). They take music from all over the world and puts it in songs. There's middle east, french, japan, america.... all sung in their own language. Also all kinds of types of music. There's even a sweet metal track. This band is why i love jazz. Their song Adieu off of the 4th cowboy bebop album Blues means the world to me. There's two songs that share the same medley which space lion and good night Julia (that song i've heard probably 100,000 times). This music is closer to me then stuff on your main channel. THERE ARE SO MANY SONGS I KNOW YOU'D LOVE! Space Lion is a master piece. waltz to zizi is super chil. Fantaisie Sign is a french upbeat edm type song. Cats On Mars is a wacky japanese songs. The Egg and You is kinda charle brown vibes. WHAT PLANET IS THIS is a mover and a shaker. Odd ones is just jammin jazz. I could literally write pages about all of this.... i was here

[@Nintegageo]

LOVE this song

[@HellraiserMXgames]

IMO one of the main reasons Cowboy Bebop is one bonafide anime classic is the absolute BANGING soundtrack made by Yoko Kanno. There's just no weak track in it and they all match the theme and feel of every episode so nicely and seamlessly that you can't resist being pulled into this whole universe for the entire ride. Geebz if you've never watched anime this would be one of the best ways to start. Just never watch the Netflix live-action version.

[@Shadowgaming0823]

The entire soundtrack for this anime was amazing. The ending (real folk blues) was just as great.

[@HollowGolem]

I love the continued legacy of that jazz/funk/fusion explosion in Japan back in the 70's. It has so many tendrils that still stretch into more modern Japanese entertainment. Yoko Kanno is such a great talent. She can write songs in so many genres (everything from the bright pop of Macross Frontier to the jazzy, funky stuff for Cowboy Bebop to whatever the hell is going on in the Ghost in the Shell anime).

[@verymeanthoughts]

I didn't realize she did the music to two separate macross shows. Macross Plus and Frontier. what a legend

[@HollowGolem]

@@verymeanthoughts Oh, I had forgotten about Macross Plus. Which also had a good soundtrack.

[@lekoro1]

didn't she also do the other music in frontier as well? (the more classically inspired stuff, frontier 2059. prologue f, etc)

[@Merglet]

My first exposure to her was Macross Plus, which is mind-blowing (the movie version is my preferred version over the 4 part series, it has longer scenes, and songs!) Torch Song made me cry it was so good.

[@taj1466]

This just moves me like no other... OMG! DRIVING! AND RIVETING! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@williamclose6978]

I would love to hear a slow burn of tracks from this soundtrack. There is such an eclectic mix of styles and themes the seatbelts go through under the compositions of Yoko Kano, there is nothing that would disappoint. This is your wheelhouse Geebz. Thanks for giving it a listen.

[@rpgeebzmusicarcade]

HI WILLIAM!! Couldn't agree more!

[@dirk111]

@@rpgeebzmusicarcade When I was around ten years old, right at the turn of the century, I was introduced to Cowboy Bebop. I had been a fan of other anime, but this show changed how I viewed that art form. As well, the music was so eclectic, raw, and masterfully made that I went out and spent what little allowance I had on one of the OSTs from the local comic shop. To this day I know where that CD is in my collection, and I regularly throw the music on in the background while I work, clean, and so on. I would love to see more of the show’s soundtrack from you. This was a joy to see, both in your reaction and professional input.

[@TelMegiddo]

I second that, do the whole soundtrack.

[@VersusThem]

@@rpgeebzmusicarcade Yesssss please

[@rufusconnolly8489]

The entirety of the soundtrack for this show really is a masterpiece, in my opinion. The whole anime is just.. art, honestly. Beautiful and intricate.

[@bigtaliberto3092]

*Me sitting, patiently thinking...* "Wonder how hes gonna react to the very end brass?

[@ondrejvasak1054]

Cowboy Bebop is such a classic, every episode has soundtrack inspired by different style - like Jazz, Blues, Heavy metal and many more. Also only after you see it, you actually realize how much other media was inspired by it and how ahead of times it was.

[@magitek_knight]

Yoko Kanno's music is amazing. I'm blessed to have heard it

[@DaDoubleDee]

There's a LOT of good tracks from this show!! Goodnight Julia, Blue, Rain (both versions), The Singing Sea, Space Lion, Spokey Dokey, The Real Folk Blues, Digging My Potatoe - I think at this point I've listened to the soundtrack more times than I've seen the show lol

[@russellsheridan3957]

Real Folk Blues is really good. I would listen to 'Gotta Knock a Little Harder' on repeat for days.

[@DaDoubleDee]

@@russellsheridan3957 same here!!

[@volleyjacket]

One of my favorites from the movie is Yo Pumpkin Head. It has a very lively street/brass band sound.

[@BernatNacente]

Piano Black is great too

[@dragonmagoz]

The whole soundtrack is the gift that keeps on giving decades later: Elm, Call Me Call Me, Bad dog no biscuit, Don't bother none. The soundtrack is broken.

[@willhash164]

This song is so good it hurts. Shivers all the way down man.

[@rafanj824]

Watching CB now, and this song shocked me, it's so incredible, so much energy!!! It's a crime to skip the intro, and the ending song too, another very very good song!!! All the soundtrack is incredible.

[@nothanks3236]

The actual show opening song is a 90 second trimmed version of this that just blows your hair back. One of my favorite anime of all time. The show's creator went on to do a show called Samurai Champloo which also had incredible music by Nujabes, Fat Jon, and others more in the hip-hop genre.

[@5ilver42]

I always felt that the Japanese have a very interesting relationship with jazz and the blues, that I really just don't know how to describe.

[@SkyKingAzure]

Very true - one only has to listen to the 'city pop' genre to get introduced to their absolute infatuation with the style.

[@_nullzy]

its because it isnt part of their culture. it becomes a novelty (not being used as a pejorative). its like this whole resurgent hepcat culture where they get hyyyyper passionate about it from a fans perspective. infatuated? not terrible unlike westerners and anime

[@jmssun]

Like painters, they have been patiently accumulating different art styles over the past century, so they have some of the best varieties and collections of arts in their collection, and their creative vocabularies. No political agenda, just free expression

[@ruedelta]

It's from an observer standpoint for the most part. You get this same effect with Japanese country music - there are stylistic pulls, and a lot of interesting stuff happens there, but only in the fringes of these communities do you get experimentation along the same lines as back in the US, and very often they don't really get why things are done the way they are. For the most part, they just do their own thing and pull together their own meaning. Same thing with Japanese tabletop games and especially Japanese cyberpunk, the former morphing into Sword World, Dragon Quest, and that breed of fantasy that has next to nothing to do with old Tolkien, and the latter having little to do with the anti-japanese xenophobic protectionism that inspired cyberpunk as a genre in the first place (hence why all the evil forces are Japanese CEOs and their domestic enablers). The reason why they're interesting is because they're one of few places in the world that has been wealthy for enough time to have their own arts industry flourish for decades, while also not having its entire creative process be Western. It's a different take, sort of like how The Witcher can be interesting for what it doesn't do similar to the rest of fantasy gaming. Most other places in the world have been too poor to support artists.

[@hydroknight01]

If you wanna see that relationship from a Japanese perspective, go watch 'Kids On The Slope', or 'Sakamichi no Apollon' to use its Japanese title. It follows Kaoru Nishimi, an introverted high school student and classically-trained pianist, who discovers an abiding love for Jazz through his friendship with his classmate Sentarō Kawabuchi, a devil-may-care delinquent and talented drummer. Set in the summer of 1966, it's a collaboration by the same creative team behind Cowboy Bebop - Shinichirō Watanabe directing, and Yoko Kanno composing. Get on it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4XaaqePqJqVe7M

[@ArlanKels]

A lot of people who opt not to watch anime don't realize just how diverse the music, and overall style, anime can come in. From sweeping opera style grandiose works to beautiful jazz renditions, anime has it all. You're going to get 50 million suggestions for other stuff to check out. Have fun, anime fans love to share.

[@R3_dacted0]

The anime this song is from is a classic. It's a pretty hard boiled "space western." But what is interesting is that the concept behind it is having different forms of music be the theme for each episode. Not just via the episode's sound track, but thematically through the plot as well.

[@kell32141]

I’m always glad to see someone get blown away the first time listening that like I did. It’s like reliving the moment all over again and it’s beautiful.

[@daviddiazv17]

That is the main reason why I love watching reaction videos to music

[@evergarden8535]

OMG! YAS!!! "Cowboy Bebop" is one of my favorite anime of all times, and it's funny how the first thing you mentioned was nostalgia, because that seems to be the mood of this anime from start to end. I'd love it if you kept exploring this OST because, although it has a lot of jazzy/blues vibes, it can also be surprisingly eclectic. "Space Lion" is one of my fave themes, and I think it would be amazing to see a composer analyzing it. Thanks for your great work!

[@emperornuneo]

(I'm still here!) Thank you for reacting to Tank! Seeing you experience it for the very first time made me smile. Yoko Kanno is such a fabulous composer, she deserves so much more worldwide recognition.

[@brossjackson]

Yoko Kanno is the composer/mastermind here, and she’s absolutely brilliant. There’s a remarkable diversity of musical styles and genre-bending inventiveness n her music for Cowboy Bebop, and all of it absolutely slaps. This track is the opening title music for the series, and needless to say I never fast forward through the opening credits.

[@paulwinfrey6637]

I think my favorite part of this track, beyond the instrumental madness, is how perfectly it represents the show. It's got the nice steady throughline bass and drum groove, like a base concept of "space cowboy" upon which a series of precise and virtuosic 'characters'(solos) demonstrate their mastery and soul. It's so good.

[@Prototype-357]

Yoko Kanno is a legend in the Anime community for her great soudtracks, Cowboy bebop is considered to be one of the best animes of all time and it's opening is considered one of the best openings in all of anime, you can see why :D Kanno also worked on the soundtrack of the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, you may have heard of the Ghost in the Shell franchise, it was one of the inspirations for the Matrix and it had a live action movie adaptation with Scarlet Johansson a few years back but that was just one addition to a franchise that has been going on since 1990 (and not a very good addition in my opinion but whatever). I hope the less savory members of the anime community don't dampen your enjoyment of these awesome songs... but if they do Hey you still have the gaming community XD May I shamelessly plug in the soundtrack to one of my favorite games ever Hollow Knight? It's a little indie game made by three people, the composer's name is Christopher Larkin, I recommend the tracks called Hornet, Mantis Lords (it's a insect themed game) or Sealed Vessel, I think any of these is a good representation of Larkin's abilities but I honestly love the whole soundtrack.

[@yunan7692]

Of you ever need to wind down after a day of heavy metal and battle music, "Waltz for Zizi" also by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts is one of my favorite tracks from the Cowboy Bebop OST.

[@moneky]

Yoko Kanno is probably my favorite composer of all time, her ability to produce quality music regardless of genre is astounding. Put me on a desert island with nothing to listen to but her works and I would never be left wanting. I've really enjoyed your reactions on your other channel, so to see this come up in my recommends was such a joy. Cheers and aloha

[@jeovanneramos5066]

I was listening to this track on my car in traffic all loud and sometimes I get a HI 👋 from people who recognize it.

[@MrEddHard]

I love this piece so much. Its on my daily play list.

[@kazecloud2916]

Yoko Kanno is an amazing composer I love her work on The Vision of Escaflowne

[@hydroknight01]

Escaflowne is deeply underrated these days. Glad to see it still gets some love.

[@lemonbone]

Yes.

[@thetalantonx]

For me it's Inner Universe (ft Origa), from the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

[@Speedy2332]

Yeah, currently watching Escaflowne, great show so far

[@Merglet]

Such a good anime and SUCH A GOOD SOUNDTRACK

[@phobosic]

OMG! That made me so happy!! I love Cowboy Bebop (both anime & manga) and the soundtrack to that anime is excellent in it's entirety! I would be SO HAPPY if you react to 'Space lion" which is another song from Cowboy Bebop, composed by an amazing composer Yoko Kanno and performed by The Seatbelts too. It's quite long (over 7 min) but it is so worth checking. Sending much love to you from me - music and anime enthusiast from Poland ^^

[@gary.mp5]

oh, you should hear paris no gogo from higurashi, the songs from that visual novel are craaaaazy, Saludos desde argentina!

[@Swollen_Goat]

One of the most iconic anime intro songs from the old generation. Such an amazing piece of work too, the anime I mean, as it is unlike anything else.

[@Odincdaj522004]

Other people have said it, but The Real Folk Blues from Cowboy Bebop is something you HAVE to listen to, even if you don't make a video. TANK! is the opening theme, The Real Folk Blues is the ending theme. I literally started watching this show because I liked the themes -- I accidentally came across it when it was going off on Cartoon Network and The Real Folk Blues just absolutely grabbed my brain, so I decided to watch the next episode, and then TANK! blew my ears off, and I was hooked (probably helped I was a senior marching and jazz band trumpet nerd in high school at the time). Thank you for the video! We were all waiting for your reaction to that damned sax at the end, and it is *so wonderful* to watch someone else's joy at hearing something for the first time.

[@kide9747]

You should check out the rest of the soundtrack, I'm sure you'd like it. Seatbelts is a band formed by composer Yoko Kanno with members from all over the world.

[@user-bf7td1gn3t]

I'm still here! Love the content!

[@MaxiusTheGod]

Yoko Kanno does great work in general. But her work with The Seatbelts on all the albums made for Cowboy Bebop was absolutely fantastic.

[@ShadeScarecrow]

Love how much fun you had with this amazing song :D

[@lordcrispen]

Watching you light up to something that has brought me so much joy over the years...I know you said it made your day but holy shit watching you experience this made MY day. Thanks man!

[@MichaelFriedrich1967]

I could listen to the strings part at the end all day long! Fantastic song imho!

[@mandala_skies]

We all knew that you'd love this haha CB is a complete masterpiece

[@FortheLoveofMonsters]

So glad to see people praising the genius composer Yoko Kanno 🥰

[@hankfleming8809]

You can make an entire channel for Yoko and her composing.

[@jonathanhare1999]

Cowboy Bebop had great music throughout the series. Give "The Egg and I" a listen sometime!

[@StrangeCreed]

The joy on your face at the opening riffs is bloody infectious! Really, Yoko Kanno was an amazing composer and the Seatbelts produced some truly wonderful tracks.

[@simonsayz3925]

i mean it in the nicest way : your child like happyness is really contagious :)

[@Daniel-tg8cf]

Glad you enjoyed it! A great song and a great show (about space cowboys [bounty hunters])!

[@toshirodragon]

I said just before the music started "Oh you're going to LOVE this!" And boy was I right!

[@MaverickJackJohnson]

Tank's big band jazz beat is just so punchy with some gnarly buzz on the brass...so good. SOOOOOO Good.

[@JazzMaster01]

There is no manga for Cowboy Bebop. It's an anime only and it's sooo good! The soundtrack is phenominal

[@michaelrhudak]

I knew about Lalo Schifrin but never heard the Mannix music. Thanks for bringing that up! It's cool that he and your dad were contemporaries.

[@Newidhan]

This man is a vibe

[@james-michaelrobson287]

I'm glad you found this and enjoyed it. Every time i hear it, it's impossible to be in a bad mood. Gets me excited and bouncy with a dumb grin on my face. Still here

[@navi_6621]

This was one of those songs where you hear it down the hall and you come running to catch the show 🏃‍♀️ one of my favorite openings of all time

[@kovichcrow]

You really looked like you were just LOVING this lol. This is one of the most recognizable songs in all of anime and beyond, straight up ICONIC and awesome song

[@kalamander8563]

I absolutely LOVE seeing people react to this song. It's one of my favorite songs ever. Warms my heart

[@sur2823]

The Seatbelts are fantastic! Great to see your thoughts on them. Led and composed by Yoko Kanno, and the alto sax soloist in this is Masato Honda. I'd absolutely recommend The Real Folk Blues or Rush for other Seatbelts songs to look at