The Genius Design of Cowboy Bebop's Titles

The roots and legacy of Cowboy Bebop's iconic title design w/ @TimBeauBennett. The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: ​https://skl.sh/linusboman11211

Check out Tim's channel for more Jazz history https://www.youtube.com/c/TimBeauBennett
Estelle Caswell's excellent video on Blue Note album covers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNgA7dDs90E

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00:00 Opening credits have a tough job
00:45 How Cowboy Bebop broke through in the West
01:20 Past influences: Title Design Pioneers (Saul Bass, Maurice Binder, Pablo Ferro)
03:22 Past influences: Blue Note Records - design masterpieces
04:40 The brilliant soundtrack
04:55 Sponsor - Skillshare
06:20 Guest analysis - Yoko Kanno's "Tank!" with Tim Beau Bennett
06:54 The sound of the sixties Spy theme
08:02 Comparing the Mission: Impossible theme with "Tank!"
10:45 A product of the turn of the millenium
10:57 Y2K trends: editing speeding up, especially in Anime
11:57 Y2K trends: the rise of Grunge typography
13:19 Cowboy Bebop's title design legacy: Adult Swim and Beyond
14:52 A special time and place

Number of cuts sped up over time:
https://www.wired.com/2014/09/cinema-is-evolving/

Music by epidemic sound, streambeats, envato.

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