Check it out...whaddya get by fusing the turbulent era of ancient feudal Japan with a dose of hip-hoppin' vibe? None other than the infectiously cool and inventively sharp anime, 'Samurai Champloo' that features a fresh, downtempo soundtrack that grooves like no ones business and packs a stack of well-produced, chilled-out beats mixed in smooth house styling. With the code of the samurai and the independent attitude of hip-hop, 'Samurai Champloo Original Soundtrack' has all the funky, downtempo coolness you may ever need in an anime soundtrack. Features music by Fat Jon, Nujabes, Force of Nature, Tsutchie, and more, including the fly intro theme, 'Battlecry' and the outro theme 'Shiki no uta' (Song of the Seasons) by Jpop star MINMI.

TRACK LISTING
01  battlecry
02  ole
03  raw material
04  genome
05  dry
06  death with
07  vagrancy
08  sneak chamber
09  YOU feat. kazami
10  Tubed[drum please!!!]
11  Pretending To...
12  night out
13  tsurugi no mai
14  world without words
15  silver morning
16  624 part1
17  Shiki no uta (Song of the seasons)

STAFF

FILM STAFF
original plan: manglobe
executive producer: kobayashi, shinichiro / sasaki, shiro / mitsugi, sanae / goto, hideki
chief scriptwriter: obara, shinji
character designer & chief animation director: nakazawa, kazuto
emono designer: maeda, mahiro
art director: waki, takeshi
color stylist: suzuki, eri
photography: yamada, kazuhiro
editor: kakesu, shuichi
music: tsutchie / fat jon / nujabes / force of nature
music producer: ishikawa, yoshimoto
audio production: techno sound / border line
producer: hamano, takatoshi / kohchiyama, takashi / satomi, tetsuro
director: watanabe, shinichiro
produced by fuji television / manglobe / shimoigusa champloos

MUSIC STAFF
keyboards, piano, synthesizer, effects, bass: takano, isao / tsutchie [m03, 05, 9-11]
guitars: ishii, masayuki [from Tica, m05, 9]
guitars: kogure, shinya [m10]
bass: watanabe, hitoshi [m17]
guitar: fukuhara, masanobu [m17]
vocal: kazami [m9]
background vocal arrangement by lori fine [COLDFEET, m9]
keyboards, piano: matsumoto, keiji [m17]
tenor sax: takegami, yoshinari [m17]
programming: force of nature [m07, 08]
programming: tsutchie [m03, 05, 9-11]
additional programming: takano, isao [m03, 05, 9-11]
recorded and mixed by illicit tsuboi [m03, 05, 9-11]
recorded and mixed by FORCE OF NATURE at FORCE OF
NATURE laboratories [m06-08]
recorded and mixed by nujabes at park avenue studio
[m01, 02, 13-15, 17]
recorded and mixed by fat jon [m04, 12,16]
recorded by ishigaki, yoshitaka at burnish stone recording studios [m17]
recorded by Rinky Dink Studio Toritsudaigaku
[m03, 05, 9-11]
recorded at annen annex, Oakland [m01]
recorded at BS&T studio [m03, 05, 9-11]
mixed at Rinky Dink Studio Toritsudaigaku [m03, 05, 9-11]
mastered by takise, masayo at m’s disk mastering
[m03, 05, 07, 08, 9-11]
mastered by hashimoto, youei at aubrite mastering studio
[m01, 02, 04, 06, 12-17]
FORCE OF NATURE appears courtesy of Libyus Music
kazami appears courtesy of SME Records Inc.
tsutchie appears courtesy of cutting edge / AVEX INC
Producer: ishikawa, yoshimoto [victor entertainment, inc.]
[m01-17]
Production cooperative: takeuchi, masakazu [libyus music] [m01-17] / matsui, “808” toshishige [clockwise] [m03, 05, 07, 08, 9-11] / sato, takamitsu [weed] [m03, 05, 07, 08, 9-11]
Promoter: itoh, shosei [victor entertainment, inc,] [m01-17]
sugawara, yoshinori [victor entertainment, inc.][m01-17]
masuko, kei [victor entertainment, inc.][m06, 12-15]
Sales promoter: yamashita, kou [victor entertainment, inc.]
[m01-17] / sato, masakazu [victor entertainment, inc.][m01-17]
Art director: kanzaki, mugen [amaty, inc.] [m01-17]
Editorial coordinator: kobayashi, yasuko [victor entertainment, inc.] [m01-05, 07-11,16,17] / touya, asako [victor entertainment, inc.][m06, 12-15]

Thanks to horio, masachika / teramura, yukari / takaishi, yoji/yabuhara, masashi / Watusi[COLDFEET] / kinoshita, “george” takashi and hana-san / all of the crew at BS&T studio and Rinky Dink Studio Toritsudaigaku / all of our friends / hasegawa, jun / yabuhara,masashi / nagashima, eiji / hitomi, taishi / kamata, satoshi

US STAFF
Executive Producer: Henry Goto
[GENEON ENTERTAINMENT (USA) INC.]
Producer: Nobu Yamamoto
[GENEON ENTERTAINMENT (USA) INC.]
Associate Producer : Michiko Powers
[GENEON ENTERTAINMENT (USA) INC.]
Mastering: mediaHYPERIUM studios
English Packaging: KGI • Koyo Graphic

and © 2002 Victor Entertainment, Inc., Japan All Rights Reserved
© manglobe / Shimoigusa Champloos