Samurai Champloo - Masta [IMPORT] [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1.0
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• ASIN: B000BD133O
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #173,097 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Compiles tracks by Tsutchie and Force Of Nature from the soundtracks to "Samurai Champloo" directed by Shinirocho Watabane ("Cowboy Bebop," "Animatrix," and more).

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ultra-groove music , September 15, 2008

By	The Delite Rancher (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

"Masta" is one of four Samurai Champloo soundtracks. The album kicks things off with 'Vagrancy,' the funky organ tune that is featured so prominently on the Samurai Champloo DVD menus. Given the eclectic nature of the music, an exact genre or musical style is difficult to pin down. "Masta" is a combination of instrumental music that combines jazz, dance, ambient and hip-hop esthetics. Despite Force of Nature playing half the songs and Tsutchie doing the rest, there is a great diversity even within these two entities. For example, 'Loading Zone' is a tribute to 70s funk; 'Paranoid' is trance music under the house banner; 'The Long Way of the Drums' is a fantastic drum piece; 'New Dimension' could qualify as electronica; 'You' is Japanese R&B; As if torn out a page of Medeski Martin and Wood's playbook, 'Numbernine (Back In TYO)' is funky jazz. As if to make an eclectic exclamation mark, the mood ranges as wildly as the genres. The vibe alternates between relaxed, dark, funky, rockin' and tripped out. 'You' is the odd man out on this album. Being the one track with vocals, the R&B sensibility is a stain on otherwise chillin' album. It's hard to imagine that 'You' was one of two singles to be released from the Samurai Champloo series. Comparing "Masta" with the other four Japanese soundtracks, I'd put this in third place. I'd rank them all in the following order: 1) "Departure," 2) "Impression," 3) "Masta" and 4) "Playlist." All in all, "Masta" is colorful ride through urban groove.


Since Amazon doesn't list the tracks, they can be found below.

1) Force Of Nature - "Vagrancy" - 3:08
2) Force Of Nature - "Mist" - 3:44
3) Force Of Nature - "Judgment On" - 3:03
4) Force Of Nature - "Loading Zone" - 4:29
5) Force Of Nature - "Paranoid" - 3:21
6) Force Of Nature - "Silver Children" - 3:56
7) Force Of Nature - "The Long Way Of Drums" - 2:24
8) Force Of Nature - "Sneak Chamber" - 3:15
9) Force Of Nature - "New Dimension" - 3:15
10) Tsutchie - "Raw Material" - 4:52
11) Tsutchie - "Dry" - 4:20
12) Tsutchie - "Breeezin'" - 4:20
13) Tsutchie - "Tubed [Drum Please!!!]" - 4:31
14) Tsutchie - "Pretending To..." - 4:32
15) Tsutchie - "Seventythree (I Ask)" - 4:48
16) Tsutchie - "I Sighed" - 3:44
17) Tsutchie - "Sincerely" - 4:48
18) Tsutchie - "Numbernine (Back In TYO)" - 3:27
19) Tsutchie - "You" - 4:57

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Album!, September 21, 2005

By	TlingitSoldier (Olympia, WA) - See all my reviews

This is by far the best Samurai Champloo soundtrack. But like the others, not all the songs are new. There are 6 tracks that are from the original (Katana) album but at least they are some of the better ones. This one has more of a raw energy with only a few songs in between that slow the pace with very smooth transitions. I would rate it 5 stars had there been all new songs but because a good majority is recycled I had to knock it down one.