![]() ![]() To create the chart, I took more cues from what the rest of the band is playing rather than the drummer’s exact execution, to keep it from becoming too specific. For another perspective, here’s the band playing “Tank!” live in 2001 (I must warn you, the sax solo on this live version might melt your face off). The drummer on the soundtrack (Akira Sotoyama) toys with the bassline rhythm, playing a songo–type groove. You should recognize the pattern, which is invariably known as a tresillo. Meanwhile, the Latin comes through from the rhythm that drives the bassline: The primary flavors that jump out include the blues and some sort of “Latin” there are a lot of blues licks, and the main riff seems to take inspiration from 12–bar blues with a bit of trickery (Cm Fm G+ A+). Obviously “Tank!” is a big band piece, although I’m not sure what exact genre to call it. I also spelled the name of the show correctly this time around. It… wasn’t very good:Ī few years later I cleaned it up and made it look like a real drum chart. When I first got into the show, I whipped up a chart for the opening theme so I could play along on my drum set. Meanwhile, the band for Cowboy Bebop is a group called the Seatbelts, although it doesn’t look like they’ve done much outside of the show. In addition to solo work, Kanno has been composing for shows and movies since the early 90s - one of her credits includes Kids on the Slope, a miniseries that produced the greatest moment of drumming in entertainment history. “Tank!” (along with most of the show’s music) was composed by Yoko Kanno. The opening theme is a number called “Tank!” the opening uses a 90–second edit of the full number, which is about 3 ½ minutes long. I could gush over many parts of the show, but obviously, we’ll be focusing on the show’s undeniable kickass soundtrack today. I never got around to watching Cowboy Bebop until my freshman year in college. Even if you’ve never heard this tune before, you should probably conclude by the 15–second mark that it’s a lot of fun to play on pretty much any instrument. ![]()
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