Yeah, when I rewatched Samurai Champloo in 2009 I started to really enjoy the soundtrack and I remember the 'Ryukyu Islands' and 'Sara and Fuu' one really caught my attention. I looked all over and even had an active account on the Swords and Sunfllowers forum, where Silent Edge made this list. Samurai Champloo Music Record: Departure by Nujabes / Fat Jon (CD, MICA. CHAMPLOO Music CD SOUNDTRACK Force of Nature Nujabes IMPRESSION.
Samurai Champloo Music A cool Champloo video set to a Love Elnino track at IMPORTANT NOTE: PLEASE, do not write to me asking for information on the songs for which no info is listed below. If I knew anything about them, trust me, it would be here; and when I do find out anything, it will be here. IMPORTANT NOTE #2: We're just an info site! None of the Champloo OSTs are available for download from AMALGAM. Samurai Champloo-the Original Soundtracks -and- SilentEdge's Soundtrack Guide to the Episodes ((c) 2005, SilentEdge and Paula O'Keefe, based on characters owned by Manglobe/Shimoigusa Champloos)Updated AUGUST 2013 The cool instrumental beats used as pervasive background music for Samurai Champloo have been collected on four original soundtrack (OST) CDs released in Japan, and one compilation CD for American release. They are excellent stuff and well worth owning, even if you've never been a fan of hip-hop before. Quick Cheat Sheet:-In addition to the thoroughly addictive beats, there are several 'songs with lyrics' scattered throughout Champloo, and they have been among the most popular tracks.
Should you be looking for one of those, they are: (1) Show opening theme: 'Battlecry', on Departure and Katana. (2) Usual show closing theme: 'Shiki No Uta' (Song of Four Seasons), on Departure and Katana. (3) Show closing theme from #12: 'Who's Theme' on Impression. (4) Mugen's 'drowning dream' sequence from #14: 'Obokuri-Ee Umi' (Obtain Bearing) by Ikue Asazaki, from her album 'Utabautayun'-not on an OST. (5) Ainu song from #17: 'Pekambe Uku' ('Wheat Harvesting Song') sung by Umeko Ando, from her album 'Ihunke'-not on an OST. (See more complete notes at Episode 17 below.) (6) Show closing theme from #17: 'YOU' (featuring Kazumi), on Masta.
(7) Tagging Battle song from #18: 'hiji zuru STYLE' (featuring Suiken & S-word), on Impression. (8) Sara's song in #20: 'Kuzunoha no Kowakare' (Kuzunoha's Child Separation), traditional Japanese song-not on an OST. (9) Show ending theme from #23: 'FLY Small Circle of Friends' on Playlist. (10) Show and series ending theme from #26: 'San Francisco' by Midicronica, from the album '#501'.
(Both English and Japanese lyrics for several of the above songs can be found at ) Special note on Episode 11: THE most asked question in Champloo fandom worldwide (I think it even tops 'exactly what did Jin and Fuu say in that talk by the riverside') is: 'what is the piece of music played while Jin and Shino make their escape to the river'? I have gotten many, many emails on this topic in the years that Amalgam has existed, BUT: We have finally answered this question!! Our friend and Champloo music expert SilentEdge on 13 Nov. 07 wrote: 'I'm proud to say that on the HydeOut Productions: 2nd Collection, track 6 entitled 'Counting Stars', is officially the mystery track on episode 11.
My work is done.' - hydeout productions is a project headed by Nujabes, co-creator of the Champloo OST album Departure.
Buy it thru Amazon Japan: -A million thanks to Silent for answering this persistent Champloo FAQ!) However, we still do not have any leads on the other mystery track in ep. 11, informally known as 'Jin in the Rain'. Maybe someday. DEPARTURE by nujabes and fat jon-track listing: IMPRESSION by nujabes, Force of Nature and fat jon-track listing: MASTA by tsuchie and Force of Nature-track listing: 1. Judgment on 4. Loading zone 5.
Silver children 7. The million way of drum 8. Sneak chamber 9. New dimension 10. Raw material 11.
Breeezin' 13. Tubeddrum please!!!
14. Pretending to 15.
Seventythree 16. Sincerely 18. Numbernineback in TYO 19. Kazami) PLAYLIST by tsuchie and fat jon-track listing: 1. Strike back 4. Let me know what U think 5.
Adapt myself 9. Stretch out 12. Reflective 14. Deeper than words 15. 2 messages 16. The updater 17.
FLY SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS KATANA, made for American release, is a compilation of tracks from the four Japanese OSTs: 1. Raw Material 4.
Death Wish 7. Sneak Chamber 9.
You / Kazami 10. Tubed (Drum Please!!!) 11. Pretending to. Night Out 13. Tsurugi No Mai 14.
World Without Words 15. Silver Morning 16. Shiki No Uta (Song of the Seasons) -feat. MINMI -Soundtrack Guide to the Episodes- My dedicated cohort SilentEdge, from Swords & Sunflowers forum, undertook the massive task of compiling a soundtrack listing for each episode of Champloo, noting where each track played can be found on CD. Silent was so kind as to let me use that listing here, and I am most grateful; arigatou gozaimasu. =) (Please note that the 'titles' in quote marks are just there as a way to identify the track played with the scene it's in; the actual track titles, following the ones in quotation, are the same as on the CD tracklistings above.) 1.
Tempestuous Temperaments 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Opening Execution' - Raw Material - Masta OST 3. 'Rewind History!' - NumberNine Back in TYO - Departure OST 4.
'Ryuujirou's Test' - Paranoid - Masta OST 5. 'Jin's Advice' - Dry - Masta OST 6. 'Mugen Attacks' - The Million Way of Drum 7. 'Daikan's Son, Mugen's Demands' - Paranoid - Masta OST 8. 'Jin vs Mugen' - Sneak Chamber - Masta OST 9.
'Torture Department' -??? 'Execution Day' - Loading Zone - Masta OST 11. 'The Daikan's Men Attack' - Silver Children - Masta OST 12. 'Heads or Tails?' - NumberNine Back in TYO - Departure OST 13.
'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 2. Redeye Reprisal 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2.
'Ryuujiou's talk with Oniwakamaru' - I sighed - Masta OST 3. 'Ogre-killing in exchange for Dango' - tuned - Playlist OST 4. 'Two Walking Kantou Policemen' - adapt myself - Playlist OST 5. 'Oniwakamaru's Kantou Killings' - I sighed - Masta OST 6. 'Oniwakamaru's Painful Memories' - I sighed - Masta OST 7. 'One Night Mushroom' -??? 'Fireflies and Dojos' - Vagrancy - Masta OST 9.
'Assassin and Jin Again' - Silver Children - Masta OST 10. 'Oniwakamaru's Last Words' - Ask - Departure OST 11. 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 3. Hellhounds for Hire part 1 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Fuu's Ranting' - stretch out - Playlist OST 3.
'Episode Title' - the updater - Playlist OST 4. 'We're the Nagatomi Clan!' 'Nagatomi Gambling Shop' -??? 'Crab Dojo' - Raw Material - Masta OST 7. 'Fuu Arrival in Town' - not quite seleah - Impression OST 8.
'Nishimatsu vs Mugen' - Kujaku - Departure OST 9. 'Sousuke's Ambitions' - Process - Playlist OST 10. 'Kawara's Bodyguard' - flip - Playlist OST 11. 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 4. Hellhounds for Hire part 2 1.
'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Storyline Recap' - flip - Playlist OST 3. 'Trouble at the Brothel' - Sneak Chamber - Masta OST 4.
'Fuu and Suzu's Converstation' - here and there - Impression OST 5. 'Nishimatsu and Kawara' -??? 'Kawara and Jin' - deeper than words - Playlist OST 7. 'Gambling between Clans' - New Dimension - Masta OST 8.
'Mugen Returns' - The Million Way of Drum - Masta OST 9. 'Nishimatsu's Atonement' - Mystline - Departure OST -footnote from Sahm Darius Fatemi: 'The sample for some of the piano in the background is off of a Gangstarr/Guru track 'In Memory Of.' And THEY sampled it from Paul Horn & Nexus, 'Here's That Rainy Day'. Anyone tracking the breaks will appreciate this gem of knowledge from a Hip Hop head.' 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 5.
Artistic Anarchy 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Van Gogh's Inspiration' - the updater - Playlist OST 3. 'The Saw Manzou' -??? 'Moronobu's Dreams' - let me know what U think - Playlist OST 5.
'Chasing the Green-Haired Punk' - NumberNine Back in TYO - Departure OST 6. 'Manzou Undercover' -???
OST (Hard to hear.) 7. 'The Game of Shougi' - Pretending to.
Masta OST 8. 'The Scam Revealed' - strike back - Playlist OST 9. 'Wooden Geta + Face = Hurt' - Breeezin' - Masta OST 10. 'Old Man's Promise' - Sincerely - Masta OST 11.
'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 6. Stranger Searching 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Journey Synopsis' - Exclusive to Anime Only 3. 'Preparations for the Contest' - tuned - Playlist OST 4. 'The Contest Begins!'
- TubedDrum Please!!! - Masta OST 5. 'Fall of the Contestants' - Vagrancy - Masta OST 6.
'Two More Left!' 'Discovery of a Foreigner' - Sounds like FLYSmall Circle of Friends, but isn't. 'Restaurant Rejuvenation' - not quite seleah - Impression OST 9. 'Restaurant Rampage' - no icon - Playlist OST 10.
'Theatrical Performance' - probably traditional piece - Exclusive to Anime Only 11. 'Revelations of an Outcast' - absolute - Playlist OST 12. 'Trouble at the Theater' - Numbernine Back in TYO - Masta OST 13. 'Departure at the Bridge' - Aruarian Dance - Departure OST 14.
'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons)- Departure OST 7. A Risky Racket 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2.
'Episode Title' - Loading Zone - Masta OST 3. 'Fuu Returns From The Hut' -??? 'Shinsuke's Hostage' - No Way Back - Departure OST 5.
'Shinsuke's Story' - How You Feel - Departure OST 6. 'Hostage Situation' - How You Feel - Departure OST 7. 'Fleeing from the Scene' - 624 part2 - Departure OST 8. 'Mourning for Shinsuke' - Mystline - Departure OST 9.
'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 8. The Art of Altercation 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Beatboxin' Buddy' - N/A - Nagamitsu's Assistant did the BGM! (-All of Shinpachi's numbers 2, 4, 6 and 8 are performed by Japanese beatboxer Afra, in his first anime role.) 3. 'Pawning for Money' -???
'Saganshougen Introduction' - N/A - Nagamitsu's Assistant at it again! 'A Lovely Lady' - SeventythreeI Ask - Masta OST 6. 'Bridge Battle' - N/A - Nagamitsu's Assistant.Again! 'Red Wine' - SeventythreeI Ask - Masta OST 8. 'Nagamitsu's Plans' - N/A - Nagamitsu's Assistant.Again! 'His Story' -??? 'Enshirou Defeated' - just forget - Impression OST 11.
'Earning Money' - not quite seleah - Impression OST 12. 'Nagamitsu Departs' - Pretending to. Masta OST 13. 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 9.
Beatbox Bandits 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Memories of a Stray Dog' - thank you - Playlist OST 3. 'Eyes of a Stray Dog' - yet? - Playlist OST 4.
'Ruthless Kinumasa' - Paranoid - Masta OST 5. 'Pursued by the Tengu' - Judgment On - Masta OST 6. 'Burning Fields of Marijuana' - Silver Children - Masta OST 7.
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'Mugen Returns.Not!' 'Do you Remember, Stray Dog?' - thank you - Playlist OST 9. 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 10. Lethal Lunacy 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Episode Title' - Loading Zone - Masta OST 3.
'Dojo Duties' -??? 'Tsujigiri Interrogations' - yet? - Playlist OST 5. 'The Man who Climbed the Highest Mountains' -???
'A Drifter in the Continent' - Stay - Departure OST 7. 'From Ukon to Shoryuu' - absolute - Playlist OST 8.
'Mugen's Training' -??? 'Beginning of a Duel' - 1st Samurai - Departure OST 10. 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 11.
Gamblers and Gallantry 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Kabuto Wrestling!' - TubedDrum Please!!! - Masta OST 3.
'Jin and a Woman.' 'Kabuto Wrestling.Again!' - TubedDrum Please!!! - Masta OST 5. 'Jin in the Rain' -???
OST (.no, we still don't have this one.) 6. 'Fuu's Anger' - deeper than words - Playlist OST 7. 'Brothel Escape' - Counting Stars, by Nujabes-not on an OST. See note above. 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 12. Disorder Diaries 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2.
'Episode Title' -??? 'Mugen's Restaurant Brawl' -???
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'Mugen vs Jin Recap' - Numbernine Back in TYO - Masta OST 5. strike back - Playlist OST 6. 'Fuu Captured' - offers - Playlist OST 8. 'Hishikawa Moronobu' - let me know what U think - Playlist OST 9. 'Moronobu's Fate' - SeventythreeI Ask - Masta OST 10.
'Eating Contest' - Kujaku - Departure OST 11. 'Traveling to Nagasaki' -??? 'Shinsuke's Hostage' - The Space Between Two World - Departure OST 13. 'Future Predictions' - The Million Way of Drum - Masta OST 14. 'Seductive Woman' - yet? - Playlist OST 15. 'Saganshougen Nagamichi' - N/A - His beatboxing assistant did the BGM!
'Japanese Sexuality History' - traditional tune 'Sakura': hear a version played on koto (thx Adam White!) 17. 'Manzou the Saw' - Vagrancy - Masta OST 18. 'Suspiciousness of People' -??? 'Will Mugen Come Back?' OST (Same as previous track) 20.
'Beatnik Generation' - the stroll - Impression OST 21. 'A Monk's Mercy' - TubedDrum Please!!! - Masta OST 22. 'Mugen's Desire to Beat Shoryuu' - Thus Spake Zarathustra ('2001: A Space Odyssey' Theme) - N/A 23.
'Fuu's Summation of the Journey' - thank you - Playlist OST 24. 'Ending' - Who's Theme - Impression OST 13. Misguided Miscreants Part 1 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Episode Title' - Loading Zone - Masta OST 3. 'Pirates Attack!'
- Reflective - Playlist OST 4. 'An Empty Village' - adapt myself - Playlist OST 5. 'Ryuukyuu Island' -???
'Mukuro's Plan' -??? 'Mugen Out to Sea' - Nightshift - Impression OST 8.
'Mukuro's Trap' - Death Wish - Impression OST 9. 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 14.
Misguided Miscreants Part 2 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2.
'Episode Recap' - Death Wish - Impression OST 3. 'Memories of Mugen' - Obokuri-Ee Umi (Obtain Bearing) - Ikue Asazaki, from the album 'Utabautayun' 4. 'Two Men, Gold, Secret Cave' -??? 'Deceit of Kohza' - How You Feel - Departure OST 6. 'Shiren's Death' - The Million Way of Drum - Impression OST 7.
'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 15. Bogus Booty 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2.
'Journey Recap' - tuned - Playlist OST 3. 'Episode Title' - Loading Zone - Masta OST 4. 'Arrival at Town' - yet? - Playlist OST 5. 'Momochi Ginsa's Dealings' -???
'Mugen vs Yatsuha' - TubedDrum Please!!! - Masta OST 7. 'Victim's Relief from Hot Metal' -??? OST August 2013 update: Eugene Peterson writes: ' '19. Unholy Union-2. 'Hut Searching' -??? OST'.sounds like a small cut from the same track used in ep.
Bogus Booty, 7. 'Victim's Relief from Hot Metal', the one that Andrew Strother tracked down to perhaps a version of Kismet - Amon Duul II (Pilooski Edit)'. Andrew Strother writes: 'inregards to an unknown track in episode 15 (bogus booty) track #7. 'Victim's Relief from Hot Metal' -??? I'm assuming the track you're referring to starts right after Mugen & Yatsuha jump down the elevator shaft, and the scene is of the counterfeiters working.
It's a dark track and it starts in the episode around 15:27 (I fell in love with this song when I heard it in a earlier episode and have been dedicated to figure out what it is. Through much research, the closest I could find (for it's not exactly the track, but an edit probably created by Nujabes or Tsutchie) is the track called: Kismet - Amon Duul II (Pilooski Edit) (If you start the song at 3:24, you'll hear the part that was used for the scene in Bogus Booty.
Well, it's the song, but it's slightly edited for Samurai Champloo. The sounds from the counterfeiters hammering the gold pieces, as well as a different cymbal (hi-hat) were used along side the Pilooski edit. If for some reason you come across the EXACT track that was used for Samurai Champloo, I would GREATLY appreciate it. I'm a Dj, and I find inspiration any and everywhere. It's awe inspiring that the dark ominous feel of this track combined with the smooth Middle eastern-esk guitar part really motivates those that don't normally dance to bob their heads uncontrollably.'
Cezary Jurkiewicz confirms it: 'I want to say that 100% there was a German band called Amon Duul II - track 'Kismet' which was sampled in the missing track. I tried to find who sampled and i think most possibly it is Cypress Hill in Prelude to come up.' 'Mugen's Skills' - New Dimension - Masta OST 9. 'Yatsuha's Future Goals' - Pretending to. Masta OST 10. 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 16.
Lullabies of the Lost - verse 1 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'A Burning Man' - a space in air in space in air interlude - Impression OST 3. 'Three Rapping Travelers' - stretch out - Playlist OST 4. 'The Man With the Crossbow' - world without words - Impression OST 5.
Appearance of Yukimaru - in position - Impression OST 6. 'Field of Sunflowers' - haikuinterlude - Impression OST 7. 'Fuu and Okuru by the River' - 'Susuriuka' and 'Uchaore Irekte' from Oki's album 'Tonkori' (not on an OST) 8.
'Okuru's Tale' -??? 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST Max Kowalski sends us this update: 'Upon looking for a download of Oki's 'Kamuy Kor Nupurpe' album, I found out some missing info on your site. The two songs that play while Fuu and Okuru are talking on the riverbank are 'Susuriuka' and 'Uchaore Irekte' from Oki's album 'Tonkori'.' Thank you Max! I have corrected the information for this and the following episode accordingly.
Lullabies of the Lost - verse 2 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2.
'Reprise' - set it off - Impression OST 3. 'Jin Alive' - adapt myself - Playlist OST 4. 'Lullabies of the Lost' - this is actually several tracks, all by native Ainu artists: -vocal: 'Pekambe Uku'('Wheat Harvesting Song') sung by Umeko Ando, from her album 'Ihunke' - tonkori solo: 'Susuriuka' (Willow Bridge) and 'Uchaore' (Communication) played by Oki, from the album 'Tonkori' (see note on ep 16. 'Unsettled Battles' - process - Playlist OST 6. 'Showdown With Officials' - Funkin - Departure OST 7. 'Okuru's End of the Beginning' - Sea of Cloud, from nujabes album 'modal soul'-not on an OST (thx Michael Catapano for finding this!) 8.
'Ending' - YOU (featuring Kazumi) - Masta OST 18. War of the Words 1. 'Second Season!' 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 3. 'A New Era of Style' - the stroll - Impression OST 4.
'Episode Title' -??? OST (Anime Sound Exclusive) 5. 'The Heavy Drinker' - Numbernine Back in TYO - Masta OST 6. 'Two Brothers, Same Faces' - Loading Zone - Masta OST 7. 'It's called Tagging' - strike back - Playlist OST 8. 'Niwa-Sensei's Fate' - kodama interlude - Impression OST 9.
'Tagging the City' - TubedDrum Please!!! - Masta OST 10. 'Tag-off at Hiroshima Castle' - hiji zuru STYLE (featuring Suiken & S-word) - Impression OST 11.
'The Future of Two Brothers' - the stroll - Impression OST 12. 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 19. Unholy Unionbr (-thanks to infinitumnihil for reporting these Tsutchie tracks.) 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2.
'Hut Searching' -??? 'Xavier The Third' - Pause 1 - Tsutchie 'This is a Recording' 4. 'At the Village Gates' -??? 'Cave Sermon' - 'Genome'- Departure OST. 'Weapon Dealings' - adapt myself - Playlist OST 7. 'Xavier's Collection' -???
'Yuri's History of the Sunflower Samurai' - Pause 2 - Tsutchie 'This is a Recording' 9. 'Marriage Before A Statue' - process - Playlist OST 10.
'Xavier's Lie Discovered' - Pause 3 - Tsutchie 'This is a Recording' 11. 'Ikitsuki Island' - thank you - Playlist OST 12.
'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 20. Elegy of Entrapment part 1 1.
'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Sara's Performance' - Kuzunoha no Kowakare ('Kuzunoha's Child Separation' or 'Kuzunoha's Farewell to Her Child') - (traditional folk song?) -The recording used in the series is sung by Tsukioka Yukiko, who studied the recordings of the 'last of the Goze', Haru Kobayashi (who was 105 years old when she died, in 2005) and Shizu Sugimoto, and even walked a pilgrimage of all 88 temples of Shikoku Island to understand the harsh life of these traveling performers.
I have not been able to find a source for her recordings. SC fan Rodrigo located, there are many links - possibly there are downloads on it. I also found! It also has her photo, and here it is 3. 'Conversation with a Goze' - Pretending to. Masta OST 4. 'Traveling with Sara' - Kuzunoha no Kowakare - Tsukioka Yukiko (not on an OST) 5.
'Intermission' - Kuzunoha no Kowakare -??? OST (Just the plucking of the Shamisen) 6.
'Fuu and Sara' -??? 'Sara asks a Favor' -???
OST (Same as track 6) 8. 'Fuu's Decision' - Mystline - Departure OST 9. 'Battle at the Bridge' - Nightshift - Impression OST 10. 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 21. Elegy of Entrapment - part 2 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OSt 2.
'Jin vs Sara Continued' - Ole - Departure OST 3. 'Johnny's Catch of the Day' - thank you - Playlist OST 4. 'Mugen vs Sara' - Kuzunoha no Kowakare (Kuzunoha's Child Separation)- Tsukioka Yukiko (not on an OST) 5. 'Mugen's Defeat' - I sighed - Masta OST 6. 'Sara's Death' - The Million Way of Drum - Impression OST 7. 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 22.
Cosmic Collisions 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST Note: I kind of doubt there was much to be heard here. If there ever was music, it was only during instances where it was meant to evoke fear or something, since the BGMs sounded like they came from a horror film.The theremin tracks are played by Yano Yuki. 23.
Baseball Blues 1. 'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'How to Avoid Paying Restaurant Bills' - Numbernine Back in TYO - Masta OST 3. 'The Game of Baseball' -??? 'Cartwright and Doubleday' - Stars and Stripes Forever Composed by John Philip Sousa, 1896; American patriotic march- N/A 5. 'American Ship at Bay' -??? OST (another march-style piece in the same vein as track 5: unidentified)- N/A 6.
'Training Day' - labyrinth statistic - Impression OST 7. 'Jin up to Bat' - Judgment On - Masta OST 8. 'Mugen up to Bat' - set it off - Impression OST 9. 'Fuu up to Bat' - Vagrancy - Masta OST 10. 'Hoji-San's Condition' - just forget - Impression OST 11.
'Dog up to Bat' -??? 'Manzou up to Bat' - Sincerely - Masta OST 13. 'Eye for an Eye' - Dry - Departure OST 14. 'Jin up to Bat Again' - flip - Playlist OST 15. 'A Ninja's Last Pitch' - Aruarian Dance - Departure OST 16. 'Pitch of Mugen' - 'Love Elnino' by Olive Oil (not on an OST) (Several people have supplied this info. Gabrielle Logan gives details: '.it appears either on Olive Oil's own album 'Elninos Restarting Lazy Work' or a 'various artists' set put out by the Libyus label, called 'Listening is Believing'.
One would be more likely to find the latter, since Olive Oil's was limited release and harder to find than a needle in a haystack.' ) The Champloo Roman Album confirms that it was on the 'Listening is Believing' album that Watanabe heard 'Love Elnino'.
17. 'Ending'- FLY Small Circle of Friends - Playlist OST 24. Evanescent Encounter part 1 1.
'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Tales Around a Campfire' - thank you - Playlist OST 3. 'Jin's Story' - kodama interlude - Impression OST 4. 'Fuu's Tale' -??? 'Jin and Fuu' -???
'Restaurant Resourcefulness' - Pretending to. Masta OST 7. 'Three Men, Restaurant' - I Sighed - Masta OST 8. 'Fuu's Departure' - silver morning - Impression OST 9.
'Kariya Appears' -??? 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 25. Evanescent Encounter part 2 1.
'Opening' - Battlecry - Departure OST 2. 'Fuu's Episode Recap' - Process - Playlist OST 3. 'Mugen & Jin vs Kariya' - Reflective - Playlist OST 4. 'Field of Sunflowers' - Mist - Masta OST 5. 'Mugen's Departure' - 624 part 1 - Departure OST 6. 'Jin's Flashback' - in position - Impression OST 7. 'Mugen's Victory, Jin's Dilemma' - Chambers - Departure OST 8.
'Sunflower Soliloquy' - haiku interlude - Impression OST 9. 'Mugen's Exchange' - Your Purpose - fat jon, from the album 'Afterthought' 10. 'Ending' - Shiki No Uta (Song of Four Seasons) - Departure OST 26.
Evanescent Encounter part 3 1. 'Mugen vs Eyepatch' -??? OST (Sounds like Dead Season, but it isn't) 2.
'Fuu's Memory of her Father' -??? OST (Piano playing in the background) 3. 'Kariya Arrives' - I Sighed - Masta OST 4. 'Mugen vs Eyepatch, Again' - I Sighed - Masta OST 5.
'Kasumi Seizou's Last Words' - I Sighed - Masta OST 6. 'Ruined Church, Angry Swordsman' - Death Wish - Impression OST 7. 'Insane Swordsman' - Death Wish - Impression OST 8. 'Jin vs Kariya, Round Two!' - Same Ol' Thing - Force of Nature, from the album 'II' 9.
'The Aftermath' - 2 Messages - Playlist OST 10. 'Final Ending' - San Francisco - Midicronica, from the album '#501' -Go back to.
Original run May 19, 2004 – March 19, 2005 Episodes 26 Samurai Champloo (: サムライチャンプルー,: Samurai Chanpurū), stylized as SAMURAI CHAMPLOO, is a Japanese series developed. It featured a production team led by director, character designer and mechanical designer. Samurai Champloo was Watanabe's first directorial effort for an anime after the critically acclaimed.
It was first broadcast in Japan on on May 20, 2004 and ran for twenty-six episodes until its conclusion on March 19, 2005. Samurai Champloo is set in an alternate version of (1603 to 1868) Japan with an, predominantly, setting. It follows, an impudent and freedom-loving vagrant;, a composed and stoic; and, a brave girl who asks them to accompany her in her quest across Japan to find the ' who smells of sunflowers'.
Samurai Champloo has many similarities to 's other work. Both series are critically acclaimed, focus on mixing genres, follow an episodic narrative design, and utilize contemporary music. Samurai Champloo was dubbed in the and licensed by for releases in North America. Began licensing the series after Geneon ceased production of its titles. It was also licensed for English releases in the United Kingdom by, and in Australia and New Zealand. Contents. Plot A young woman named Fuu is working as a in a tea shop when she is abused by a band of.
She is saved by a mysterious rogue named Mugen and a young named Jin. Mugen attacks Jin after he proves to be a worthy opponent. The pair begin fighting one another and inadvertently cause the death of, the 's son. For this crime, they are to be executed. With help from Fuu, they are able to escape execution. In return, Fuu asks them to travel with her to find 'the samurai who smells of '. Setting and style Samurai Champloo employs a of historical backdrops with modern styles and references.
The show relies on factual events of Edo-era Japan, such as the ('Unholy Union'; 'Evanescent Encounter, Part I'); in an era in which an edict restricted Japanese foreign relations ('Stranger Searching'); paintings ('Artistic Anarchy'); and fictionalized versions of real-life Edo personalities like and ('Elegy of Entrapment, Verse 2'). The content and accuracy of the historical content is often distorted via. Historical context and Western influence Samurai Champloo contains many scenes and episodes relating to historical occurrences in Japan's Edo period.
In episode 5 ('Artistic Anarchy'), Fuu is kidnapped by the famous ukiyo-e painter, a figure prominent in the Edo period's art scene. Episode 23 ('Baseball Blues') pits the main characters in a baseball game against and a team of American baseball players trying to declare war on Japan. As for Western influences, the opening of the show as well as many of the soundtracks are influenced. In episode 5, is referenced at the end in relation to Hishikawa Moronobu's ukiyo-e paintings. A hip hop singer challenges the main characters in episode 8 ('The Art of Altercation') and uses break dance throughout. In episode 18 ('War of the Words'), tagging, a culturally Western art form, is performed by characters as an artistic expression and form of writing. The ending of the episode has Mugen writing his name on the roof of, the palace of the in Edo Japan.
Characters. Main article:.: A spirited 15-year-old girl, Fuu asks Mugen and Jin to help her find a sparsely described man she calls 'the samurai who smells of sunflowers'.
Her father left her and her mother for an unknown reason. Without her father around to support them, Fuu and her mother led a difficult life until her mother died of illness. After a not-so-successful stint as a teahouse waitress/dancer she saves Mugen and Jin from execution and recruits them as her bodyguards.
A named 'Momo' (short for momonga, 'flying squirrel') accompanies her, inhabiting her and frequently leaping out to her rescue. Her name, Fuu, is the character for 'wind'. In the title cards, her totem is Sunflowers.: Jin is a 20-year-old reserved who carries himself in the conventionally stoic manner of a samurai of the Tokugawa era. Using his waist-strung daishō, he fights in the traditional style of a samurai trained in a prominent, sanctioned. He is pursued by several members of his dojo as he had killed their master in self-defense.
He wears glasses, an available but uncommon accessory in Edo-era Japan. Spectacles, called 'Dutch glass merchandise' (' Oranda gyoku shinajina' in Japanese) at the time, were imported from the Netherlands early in the Tokugawa period and became more widely available as the 17th century progressed. His pair of glasses is purely ornamental, as Mugen later found out after getting a chance to peer through them. Although pictured in advertisements as smoking a, he was never depicted with one in the series. In the title cards his totem is a koi fish. He is named after one of the seven virtues of the samurai in, ' Jin' (Benevolence).: A brash from the penal colony of the, Mugen is a 19-year-old wanderer with a wildly unconventional fighting style. Rude, lewd, vulgar, conceited, temperamental and psychotic, he is something of an antihero.
He is fond of fighting and has a tendency to pick fights for petty reasons. It is implied in a few episodes that he is also a womanizer, with his libido sometimes getting the better of him. He wears metal-soled and carries an exotic sai-handled sword on his back. In Japanese, the word mugen means 'infinite' (literally, 'without limit' or 'limitless'). He was a former pirate. In the title cards, his totem is the rooster. Apart from this trio, other characters tend to appear only once or twice throughout the series.
Episodes. Main article: The episodes of the series Samurai Champloo were produced by and written and directed.
The first episode premiered in Japan on on May 20, 2004 where it ran for 26 episodes until its conclusion on March 19, 2005. Production Samurai Champloo is considered to be an example of the popular film and television genre. Trademarks include the Edo setting, a focus on samurai or other swordsman characters, and lots of thrilling, dramatic fights. Chanbara was used in the early days of Japanese cinema (when government political censorship ran high) as a way of expressing veiled social critiques.
The word champloo comes from the word (as in, the Okinawan stir-fry dish containing ). Chanpurū, alone, simply means 'to mix' or 'to hash'. Director:. Chief Writer: Shinji Obara.
Character Design:. Chief Animator:. Weapon Design:. Opening Director:.
Opening Animation:. Art Director: Takeshi Waki. Color Design:. Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada. Editing: Shuichi Kakesu. Dubbing Director:. Music: Tsutchie, Force of Nature.
Producer: Takatoshi Hamano, Takashi Kochiyama, Tetsuro Satomi. Animation Production: Media Samurai Champloo premiered in Japan on May 20, 2004 on, and concluded on March 19, 2005, spanning a total of 26 episodes. It was also aired in Japan on. Main article: licensed the show for distribution in North America almost a year prior to the show's airing in Japan. An English of the series premiered in the United States on the anime block on May 14, 2005. The version aired was edited and had foul language replaced with sound effects, in addition to cutting out blood and nudity. The final first run of the episodes concluded on March 18, 2006.
Samurai Champloo debuted in Canada on December 24, 2006, on the digital station. The series has also aired in the United Kingdom, France, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and Germany. Has distributed Samurai Champloo for since they ceased in-house distribution of their titles in 2007.
Geneon, in association with Funimation, re-released the entire 26-episode anime series in a box set in June 2009 and on in November 2009. As of November 26, 2010, Funimation has fully licensed the series and once again released the series under the Classics line on May 24, 2011.
The anime series made its return to US television on starting March 21, 2011. The series returned to Adult Swim on January 2, 2016, this time part of the revived block, replacing. The episodes use six pieces of theme music. 'Battlecry', performed by and, is the opening theme for all twenty six episodes. '四季ノ唄 ( Shiki no Uta, Song of Four Seasons)' by and is the primary ending theme, except for four episodes. Episode 12 uses Minmi's 'Who's Theme' as its ending, episode 17 uses 'You' by Kazami, 23 uses 'Fly' by Tsutchie, and the final episode uses the song 'San Francisco'. This section needs expansion.
You can help. ( January 2009) A Samurai Champloo debuted in on January 26, 2004 and ended on September 26, 2004. Licensed the manga in an English-language release in North America and lit for an English release in Australia and New Zealand. It is also licensed for a Portuguese-language and Spanish-language release in and by Panini. There are 2 volumes in this series. Soundtracks Music used in the series was released across four CD., was released on June 23, 2004. Produced by 's longtime friend DJ and the Japanese duo Force of Naturethe album features 18 instrumental tracks and one mid-tempo ballad sung by songstress Kazami.
was released on the same date, containing 17 tracks, with two being vocal pieces performed by artist and singer. The album was produced by Japanese DJ/producer and American MC/producer. Two additional soundtracks followed on September 22, 2004:. contained an additional 18 tracks, all created by Tsutchie, with only one being a vocal piece: a remix of the first album's song 'Fly', performed by Azuma Riki of the hip hop group Small Circle of Friends., features 23 tracks from Force of Nature, Nujabes and Fat Jon.
Rap artists Suiken and S-word, members of Tokyo rap group Nitro Microphone Underground, provide guest vocals and Minmi performs the final song on the album. Two separate soundtracks were released in 2004 by only in North America. They bare most of the same tracks as the Japanese albums. Video game.
Main article: developed a for the based on the series entitled; however, the manufacturer has stated that the game has no relation to the events depicted in the show. The soundtrack was composed by and Jun Fukuda, while it was written. It was released on February 23, 2006 in Japan and on April 11, 2006 in the United States. It received mixed reviews. The game is notable for giving Mugen's distinctive sword a name, 'Typhoon Swell'; it was never called by this name in the anime or manga series. Reception Samurai Champloo received critical acclaim, with many critics and scholars praising the unique blend of genres and influence of music within the series.
The ambient soundtrack recorded by artists, Force of Nature, Tsutchie and the late received very high critical acclaim, with ranking it among the Top Ten Anime Themes and Soundtracks of All Time. Samurai Champloo was listed at #10, with Cowboy Bebop taking the #1 spot.
A scholastic essay was penned by writer Jiwon Ahn about the series and its relationship to western culture, as well as various television and film genres. The essay was published in the textbook How to Watch Television, and is currently used at the. In her essay, Ahn refers to the series as 'a rich text to examine within the analytical framework of auteurism and genre theory.'
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