Yoko Kanno's Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack


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Cowboy Bebop is one of the most beloved anime series of all time, and if you ask its fans why, you can expect to hear about its music. Composer Yoko Kanno created an eclectic blend of jazz, rock, lullabies, folk and funk (to list just a few) for Cowboy Bebop's many moods and environments. Cowboy Bebop's blend of science fiction, westerns and gangster films promised to be "the work which becomes a new genre itself," and only Kanno's score could deliver. In this volume of 33 1/3 Japan, musicologist Rose Bridges helps listeners make sense of the music of Cowboy Bebop. The book places it within the context of Bebop's influences and Kanno's larger body of work. It analyzes how the music tells Spike, Faye, Jet and the rest of the crew's stories. Cowboy Bebop and its music are like nothing else, and they deserve a guide to match. 33 1/3 Global, a series related to but independent from 33 1/3, takes the format of the original series of short, music-basedbooks and brings the focus to music throughout the world. With initial volumes focusing on Japanese and Brazilian music, the series will also include volumes on the popular music of Australia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and more.




Yoko Kanno's Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack


Book Description

Cowboy Bebop is one of the most beloved anime series of all time, and if you ask its fans why, you can expect to hear about its music. Composer Yoko Kanno created an eclectic blend of jazz, rock, lullabies, folk and funk (to list just a few) for Cowboy Bebop's many moods and environments. Cowboy Bebop's blend of science fiction, westerns and gangster films promised to be "the work which becomes a new genre itself," and only Kanno's score could deliver. In this volume of 33 1/3 Japan, musicologist Rose Bridges helps listeners make sense of the music of Cowboy Bebop. The book places it within the context of Bebop's influences and Kanno's larger body of work. It analyzes how the music tells Spike, Faye, Jet and the rest of the crew's stories. Cowboy Bebop and its music are like nothing else, and they deserve a guide to match. 33 1/3 Global, a series related to but independent from 33 1/3, takes the format of the original series of short, music-basedbooks and brings the focus to music throughout the world. With initial volumes focusing on Japanese and Brazilian music, the series will also include volumes on the popular music of Australia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and more.




Center Center


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“James Whiteside is an electrifying performer, an incredible athlete, and an artist, through and through. To know James is to love him; with Center Center, you are about to fall in love.” —Jennifer Garner “A frank examination and celebration of queerness.” —Good Morning America A daring, joyous, and inspiring memoir-in-essays from the American Ballet Theatre principal dancer-slash-drag queen-slash-pop star who's redefining what it means to be a man in ballet There's a mark on every stage around the world that signifies the center of its depth and width, called "center center." James Whiteside has dreamed of standing on that very mark as a principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre ever since he was a twelve-year-old blown away by watching the company's spring gala. The GLAMOUR. The VIRTUOSITY. The RIPPED MEN IN TIGHTS! In this absurd and absurdist collection of essays, Whiteside tells us the story of how he got to be a primo ballerino—stopping along the way to muse about the tragically fated childhood pets who taught him how to feel, reminisce on ill-advised partying at summer dance camps, and imagine fantastical run-ins with Jesus on Grindr. Also in these pages are tales of the two alter egos he created to subvert the strict classical rigor of ballet: JbDubs, an out-and-proud pop musician, and Ühu Betch, an over-the-top drag queen named after Yoohoo chocolate milk. Center Center is an exuberant behind-the-scenes tour of Whiteside’s triple life, both on- and offstage—a raunchy, curious, and unapologetic celebration of queerness, self-expression, friendship, sex, creativity, and pushing boundaries that will entertain you, shock you*, inspire you, embolden you . . . and maybe even make you cry. *THIS IS NOT A BOOK FOR CHILDREN.




COWBOY BEBOP ANIME GD #6


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Vol. 1 : Synopses of episodes 1-5 of the animated Japanese television program Cowboy Bebop ; vol. 2: synopses of episodes 6-11 ; vol. 3: synopses of episodes 12-15.




Kamikaze Girls


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Momoko is a Lolita stranded in the boondocks of rural Ibaraki prefecture, although she'd much rather be living in the Palace of Versailles. Ichigo is an impulsive member of a girls-only biker gang who firmly believes in honor, loyalty, and fist fighting. Together this unlikeliest of duos strikes out on a journey to find a legendary embroiderer who might just be able to make their dreams come true. Inspired by the cult-classic novel by the same name, this exclusive manga edition of Novala Takemoto's Kamikaze Girls contains several brand new stories, including a continuation of Momoko and Ichigo's misadventures that was approved by the author himself! -- VIZ Media




Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star


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Follows the crew of the spaceship Bebop--ex-gangster Spike Spiegel, ex-cop Jet Black, amnesiac Faye Valentine, genius child Ed, and the dog Ein--as their work as bounty hunters places them in the midst of a mafia battle.




Cowboy Bebop


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A la découverte des coulisses de la création de la série culte Cowboy Bebop ! Difficile d’expliquer encore aujourd’hui, vingt ans après sa première diffusion, ce qui a fait de Cowboy Bebop un classique de l’animation japonaise. Car au-delà des superlatifs régulièrement attribués à sa réalisation, sa musique ou son humour, c’est peut-être cet éloge du rien, cette aventure sans but qui a séduit les spectateurs japonais comme occidentaux, en plus d’amener avec une violence sans concession des sujets plus adultes, peu traités par le genre. Cet ouvrage constitue à la fois un hommage à l’œuvre de Shin’ichirô Watanabe et un guide détaillé de l’ensemble de la série, revenant sur sa création, son influence et décortiquant méticuleusement sa substance pour décrypter son tentaculaire jeu de références et de clins d’œil. Découvrez un ouvrage qui constitue à la fois un hommage à l’œuvre de Shin’ichirô Watanabe et un guide détaillé de l’ensemble de la série devenue un jeu de références, en revenant sur sa création, son influence et sa substance. EXTRAIT Cowboy Bebop va marquer la première expérience de Shin’ichirô Watanabe comme réalisateur solo, maître de son royaume créatif où rien ne lui est interdit. Ou presque, puisque la production de la série, comme Rome, ne s’est pas faite en un jour. À la fin des années 1990, Bandai, qui avait racheté Sunrise en 1994, a pris note de l’engouement autour de la renaissance annoncée d’une grande licence de la science-fiction : Star Wars. Et avec elle, évidemment, une flopée de produits dérivés allaient s’arracher avant même la sortie du premier épisode de la nouvelle trilogie. Dans des termes plus commerciaux : les jeunes (et les moins jeunes) redécouvrent un intérêt pour les vaisseaux spatiaux, et il y a donc une vague de billets potentielle sur laquelle surfer. On soumet alors à Watanabe une idée simple, à savoir « faire quelque chose avec des vaisseaux spatiaux », qu’il faut traduire par « on doit vendre des jouets ». Le réalisateur a bien compris le souhait de la maison mère, qui tend à faire porter aux animés le rôle d’usines à produits dérivés (ce que des employés de Sunrise ont craint au moment du rachat de leur studio), mais cela ne l’empêchera pas de faire les choses à sa manière. CE QU'EN PENSE LA CRITIQUE C’est fluide, aéré et dynamique, le livre en devient donc facile et agréable à lire. - Faustine Lillaz, Planète BD À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Titulaire d’une licence de japonais obtenue à Bordeaux‐III, Rémi Lopez fait ses premières armes comme auteur en 2004 sur Internet, en rédigeant des chroniques de bandes originales de jeu vidéo. Deux ans plus tard, il rejoint le magazine Gameplay RPG pour y officier à la même tâche, avant de suivre Christophe Brondy, alors rédacteur en chef, et toute son équipe, sur son nouveau projet : le mensuel Role Playing Game. Rémi a depuis signé l’ouvrage La Légende Final Fantasy VIII et le livre sur la musique OST. Original Sound Track aux éditions Pix’n Love en 2013.




Merlin's Musings


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A collection of columns from Script magazine's East Coast editor.




100 Animated Feature Films


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Twenty years ago, animated features were widely perceived as cartoons for children. Today, though, they encompass an astonishing range of films, styles and techniques. There is the powerful adult drama of Waltz with Bashir; the Gallic sophistication of Belleville Rendez-Vous; the eye-popping violence of Japan's Akira; and the stop-motion whimsy of Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Andrew Osmond provides an entertaining and illuminating guide to the endlessly diverse world of animated features, with entries on 100 of the most interesting and important animated films from around the world, from the 1920s to the present day. There are key studio brands such as Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks, but there are also recognised auteur directors such as America's Brad Bird (The Incredibles) and Japan's Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away). Technologies such as motion-capture, used in films such as Avatar, blur the distinctions between live-action and animation. Meanwhile, lone artists such as Nina Paley (Sita Sings the Blues) and Bill Plympton (Idiots and Angels) make entire films by themselves. Blending in-depth history and criticism, 100 Animated Feature Films balances the blockbusters with local success stories from Eastern Europe to Hong Kong. There are entries on Dreamworks' Shrek, Pixar's Toy Story, and Disney's The Jungle Book, but you will also find pieces on Germany's silhouette-based The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the oldest surviving animated feature; on the thirty year production of Richard Williams' legendary opus, The Thief and the Cobbler; and on the lost work of Argentina's Quirino Cristiani, who reputedly made the first animated feature in 1917.




Listening to Fellini


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"The editing of music in Fellini's first films represents an entirely new approach to cinematic sound. The sophistication and complexity of Fellini's soundtracks far surpasses the neorealist models that are often assumed to form the practical foundation of Fellini's earliest works, and an analysis of the editing of music in these films reveals extraordinary innovation in the pairing of music and visual image."--BOOK JACKET.