Download or read book Yoko Kanno s Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack written by Rose Bridges and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Yoko Kanno s Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack written by Rose Bridges and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Center Center written by James Whiteside and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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.
Download or read book COWBOY BEBOP ANIME GD 6 written by Tokyopop and published by TokyoPop. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Cowboy Bebop written by Rémi Lopez and published by Third Editions. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Kamikaze Girls written by Novala Takemoto and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book Merlin s Musings written by Sally B. Merlin and published by . This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of columns from Script magazine's East Coast editor.
Download or read book Cowboy Bebop Shooting Star written by Cain Kuga and published by TokyoPop. This book was released on 2003-06-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Joe Hisaishi s Soundtrack for My Neighbor Totoro written by Kunio Hara and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Miyazaki Hayao's beloved animated film, My Neighbor Totoro (1988), expresses nostalgia for both an innocent past and a distant home, sentiments greatly enhanced by Joe Hisaishi's music"--
Download or read book Cowboy Bebop A Syndicate Story Red Planet Requiem written by Sean Cummings and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prequel novel to the upcoming Netflix series, Cowboy Bebop. Discover the origins of the classic rivalry between Spike and Vicious amongst the dark underbelly of Mars, 2161! The year is 2161. The Red Dragon Crime Syndicate is king, and for all those lucky enough to be members of this crime family, life is damn good. Well, not for everyone... For two entry-level gangsters in Tharsis City, Mars, life in the Syndicate isn’t quite all guns and glamour. That’s right. Long before they were mortal enemies, Spike Spiegel and Vicious were just two friends clawing their way up the crime ladder and trying to have a little fun while doing it. But when an opportunity to pull a job for their boss arises, it’s make or break time. Literally. All they have to do is deliver a suitcase. How hard could it be? You ready for some history tellin'...space cowboy?
Download or read book 100 Animated Feature Films written by Andrew Osmond and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Listening to Fellini written by M. Thomas Van Order and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Download or read book Why We Love The Matrix written by Kim Taylor-Foster and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscover all the reasons you love The Matrix with this unique guide to the cult 90s sci-fi classic, filled with trivia, essays, and behind the scenes looks at characters, production, and so much more. Whether you saw the movie in theaters in 1999 or watched it for the first time at home, there is no denying that The Matrix has had an immense impact on pop culture. A "must-see" of the science fiction genre and Why We Love The Matrix is the first and only guide that combines entertaining information about the history and making of the film with a celebratory look at all the different aspects that have helped solidify this as a beloved favorite of sci-fi fans. Offering entertaining essays about the key features that have helped the film become the classic it is today—like the origins of the plot and characters, film techniques, and the philosophy behind the story—plus quotes, sidebars, and eye-catching two-color illustrations throughout, Why We Love The Matrix is a great gift for both casual and more serious fans of the movie and, let's face it, Keanu Reeves.
Download or read book Soundtrack from Saturday Night Fever written by Clinton Walker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2024-08-08 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saturday Night Fever is simultaneously one of the biggest-selling albums of all time and one of the most reviled. How can a record create such a polarizing reaction? Australian writer Clinton Walker attempts to answer that question and finds that, among other things, a certain seemingly unlikely Australianness is part of the reason. Fever was a supernova for disco, for the Bee Gees, for the domineering Robert Stigwood, producer of the film and its true auteur, and for the entire record business. This book traces all the interdependent convolutions that fed into the film and its music – not least the Australian roots that Stigwood and Gibb brothers shared, which gave them an Otherness and almost gormless, shape-shifting self-determination – and it finds that sometimes great art can be made by a committee ... that sometimes, five songs are enough to change the world.
Download or read book Nice Little Stories written by Robert Shapiro and published by Light Technology Publishing. This book was released on with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Shapiro departs from his famed work as a channel to share his short little stories he’s written for his own pleasure and for the amusement of friends and family. The 48 stories are short, sweet, and filled with inspiring reminders of the beauty in nature and our lives. Experience the remarkable magic and surprising turns available to all who look.
Download or read book Easy Improvisation written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Instrumental). Easy Improvisation is a great way to learn the basics of improvising, on your own, with friends, or with the whole band! Musicians are given guidance to play along in parts, to play along with written-out solos, or to improvise on their own. The audio tracks include demonstration of the music on the page, or just the background rhythms and chords. 30 different styles are included: rock 'n' roll, hip-hop, jazz, EDM, country, Bossa Nova, calypso, cha-cha, reggae, and more. Use sample solos and other tips to start improvising today!
Download or read book Aqua s Aquarium written by C.C. McKee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2024-07-11 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I'm a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie world,” the ubiquitous refrain that dominated the airwaves in summer 1997. Aqua's single from their debut album Aquarium spread like wildfire, topping charts across the globe. With their erotically charged lyrics and dance beats, Aqua moved beyond their Danish Eurodance beginnings and achieved global renown in the late 1990s. In the US, however, they are an infamous “one hit wonder,” remembered for their highly publicized lawsuit with Mattel. Although Aqua's fame waned at the turn of the millennium, the 25th anniversary of their debut precipitated a resurgence in their popularity. This book unwraps a bubblegum dance classic to offer the first in-depth examination of what lies beneath Aqua's sticky-sweet veneer. It traces the history of Aquarium alongside interpretations of the album's singles informed by queer theory and covers by contemporary musicians commissioned for the book. Peeling back the layers of Aquarium reveals a confection rife with unexpected contradictions and possibilities; videos permeated by seemingly innocuous articulates of heteronormativity are held in tension with suggestions of queerness, fetishism, and adolescent lust when heard through the ironic lens of camp.