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The Seatbelts - Cowboy Bebop results

The participants sorted by deviation from final results:
MaxGalactica (28)
HBJDubs (34)
Johnbobb (40)
FoolFantastic (46)
Sheep007 (48)
Seanchan (50)
rwlh (54)
jcgamer107 (60)
Fluttershy_Pony (70)
Mega_Mana (74)

General Album Comments

Seanchan: Not sure I'll rank this week. 17 songs, mostly instrumental...

But it was generally enjoyable!

Sheep007: I love Bebop, I love this soundtrack as a soundtrack, I dont care for it so much as an album. A lot of other soundtracks work better in album form, and either feel more wildly varied (like, game soundtracks tend to cover wider tones) or like they have more cohesion without getting tiring. Rains vocalist was a jumpscare and a half the first listen, and the actionier songs didnt tend to sit so highly with me past the opening two. The 1-2 punch of Spokey Dokey and Bad Dog No Biscuits was rough following that, and I dont think they led well into the rest of the album. Most of the rest flows decently, given its not really intended to be a typical album. Still obviously so much great music here! I feel like I'm being very critical but it's unfortunately hindered by not being the best way I've experienced this soundtrack. Go watch Bebop (the anime version please) if you haven't already - one of the best animated shows of all time.

FoolFantastic: "Tank!" is pretty much the greatest theme song ever written (the other contender being the theme from Twin Peaks). Few shows make such perfect use of its music, but the team behind Cowboy Bebop knew exactly what they were getting with Yoko Kanno. She is not merely scoring scenes - in several of the best moments, it's more that the scenes are set to her music. As such, the songs have a leading quality where many soundtracks try to operate in the background. The wide range of genres make another strong selling point. This is one of the few OSTs that I would actually recommend as its own entity.

MaxGalactica: There are probably about 20 Kanno soundtracks that I have rated higher than this one (including Ragnarok Online II that we covered a couple of months ago), as it does have a few more filler tracks than I'd like. However the good tracks on here are really, really good and Space Lion is my overall favorite Kanno song which is saying a lot. There's a lot of variety genre-wise with the spaghetti western, big band jazz, blues, and other influences. If you enjoyed this soundtrack, definitely check out the second (Cowboy Bebop 2: No Disc) and third (Cowboy Bebop Blue) soundtracks as well as the Vitaminless EP. They're all quite varied and include more vocal songs if you felt those were missing from this soundtrack (The Real Folk Blues, Adieu, Call Me Call Me. Blue, Fantasie Sign, and Don't Bother None being highlights amongst them).

rwlh: I liked this a lot more on my first listen. There are some songs I really like here, particularly Space Lion, and there's a wide enough range of styles that I could see myself gravitating toward different songs on subsequent listens. That sax is pretty great.

Seanchan: Fine, I did do a ranking, just not to my usual level of effort, though I did do my normal 3 listens. The album starts off really well, outside of Spokey Dokey. Lots of big, jazzy, upbeat numbers. Then there's the rest of it. Nothing too bad, it's just an album that peaks early.

HBJDubs: Not my style of music typically, but Yoko Kanno just knows how to make good music out of anything. The top songs can definitely stand on their own without the context of the show.