Captain Duckling Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Japanese Netflix original series The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House. The album features the show’s original music composed by Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop). The soundtrack will be released digitally in two different versions tomorrow, January 11. Click here to stream/download the regular version and click here for a version with thirteen additional tracks. The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House is written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda and stars Nana Mori, Natsuki Deguchi, Aju Makita, Kairi Jyo, Momoko Fukuchi, Kotoko, Wakayanagi, Kotona Minami and Lily Franky. The 9-part drama is based on the comic Maiko in Kyoto: From the Maiko House by Aiko Koyama and follows two inseparable friends who move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof.
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Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Cowboy Bebop’ to Be Released
The details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Cowboy Bebop have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Yoko Kanno who previously scored all episodes of the 90s anime series and the 2001 feature Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and performed by Seatbelts. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 19 by Sunrise Music Label and will be available to stream/download here. A vinyl edition is also in the works. Check out the opening credits sequence and a video featurette about the Kanno’s music from the show after the jump. Cowboy Bebop is developed by Andre Nemec & Jeff Pinkner based on the classic anime series of the same title created by Hajime Yatate and stars John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, Alex Hassell and Elena Satine.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 14, 2021)
Premiering today is the Paramount+ original series Mayor of Kingstown created by Taylor Sheridan & Hugh Dillon and starring Jeremy Renner, Dianne Wiest, Kyle Chandler, Taylor Handley, Dillon himself, Emma Laird and Tobi Bamtefa. The show’s original music is composed by Andrew Lockington (San Andreas, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Frontier, Rampage, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, City of Ember, The Space Between Us). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.
Also premiering today is the Showtime original series Yellowjackets created by Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson and starring Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Warren Kole, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Samantha Hanratty, Sophie Nélisse, Sophie Thatcher, Steven Krueger and Jasmin Savoy Brown. Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Bombshell, Tropic Thunder, Destroyer, Ghostbusters) has composed the original score for the pilot episode and Anna Waronker (Shrill, The Republic of Sarah, Call Me Kat) is scoring the later episodes. Click here for more information about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on Showtime.
Yoko Kanno to Score Netflix’s ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live Action Series
Netflix has confirmed today that Yoko Kanno will be scoring Netflix’s upcoming live action adaptation of the anime series Cowboy Bebop. The show is developed by Andre Nemec (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) & Jeff Pinkner (Alias, Fringe) based on Hajime Yatate’s anime series and stars John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, Alex Hassell and Elena Satine. The sci-fi drama follows a ragtag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts as they chase down the galaxy’s most dangerous criminals.