Third in this little regular post – you can jump back to September where the first post can be found, but this time around it’s a couple of older songs that I’ll quickly share:
“Shell” by Bana (Witch Hunter Robin, 2002)
Suits the tone of the series really well – and it’s got an interesting mix of early 2000s hard rock and power-ballad going on too.
“See you Space Cowboy” by Yoko Kanno/Seatbelts feating Mai Yamane (Cwoboy Bebop, 1998)
This is a perhaps an even more sombre version of the regular ending theme, and maybe hits harder due to where it appears in the series.
But I love this alternate version from the tweak on mood to the vibraphone and the way it still packs a bit of a punch even as it’s more restrained. If you like city-pop you might also recognise Mai Yamane’s distinctive voice from her solo career too.
Okay, next time in December… going for metal perhaps, we’ll see what I can come up with!
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