

Read more 'Cowboy Bebop's' Alex Hassell and Elena Satine on Portraying Domestic Abuse She explained: "High-energy jazz tends to stick out and be a lot more deliberately present in a TV or film soundtrack than luscious, classical-style orchestral music, because it is straying away from the more 'establishment' European and Hollywood film scoring traditions." "It's a highly improvisational style and, when it comes to Cowboy Bebop, it perfectly echoes the erratic, free-wheeling and often unexpected adventures of the characters on screen." Why is the Cowboy Bebop score so stand-out?Īccording to Pentreath, "What makes Kanno's Cowboy Bebop soundtrack so iconic is the fact it's unafraid to lean into the very bebop that inspired the series so heavily."

Netflix What is bebop?Ĭlassical music expert Rosie Pentreath told Newsweek: "Bebop is a style of high-energy, modern jazz characterised by super fast, freeform passages of chromatic notes that culminate in short, punchy, two-tone phrases–hence the 'bebop'. John Cho as Spike Spiegel in Netflix's live-action remake of "Cowboy Bebop." Following a group of bounty hunters, the neo-noir show features a stunning score.
