Editing Cowboy Bebop (section)

===Music===
{{Main|Music of Cowboy Bebop{{!}}Music of ''Cowboy Bebop''}}
[[File:Yoko Kanno.jpg|thumb|left|[[Yoko Kanno]] in 1999]]
The music for ''Cowboy Bebop'' was composed by Yoko Kanno and comprises genres including jazz, [[Western music (North America)|western]] and jazz.<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 16, 2013|title=Composer Yoko Kanno to Perform Concert at Otakon|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-15/composer-yoko-kanno-to-perform-concert-at-otakon|url-status=live|access-date=April 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426234335/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-15/composer-yoko-kanno-to-perform-concert-at-otakon|archive-date=April 26, 2014}}</ref><ref name="AODinterview" /> Kanno formed the [[blues]] and [[jazz]] band [[Seatbelts (band)|Seatbelts]] to perform the music.<ref>{{Cite news|date=December 16, 2002|title=Seatbelts Reunite|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-12-16/seatbelts-reunite|url-status=live|access-date=April 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426234412/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-12-16/seatbelts-reunite|archive-date=April 26, 2014}}</ref> According to Kanno, the music was one of the first aspects to begin production, before most of the characters, story, or animation had been finalized.<ref name="AODinterview" /> 

Watanabe said Kanno operated independently: "She gets inspired on her own, follows up on her own imagery, and comes to me saying 'this is the song we need for ''Cowboy Bebop''{{'}}, and composes something completely on her own."<ref name="WataToon" /> She was sometimes surprised at how her music was mixed into the show, at times wishing it had been used elsewhere, but felt that none of its uses were "inappropriate". She was pleased with the working environment, finding the team more relaxed than other teams she had worked with.<ref name="DVDcommentary" />

Watanabe said Kanno's music inspired him to create new scenes, which in turn inspired Kanno to create more music, including music she had not been commissioned for. According to Watanabe, while this normally would be  "unforgivable and unacceptable", it was a "big hit" with ''Cowboy Bebop''. Watanabe described their collaboration "a game of catch between the two of us in developing the music and creating the TV series".<ref name="WataToon" /><ref name="Cowboy Bebop music book">{{Cite book|last=Bridges|first=Rose|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/yoko-kannos-cowboy-bebop-soundtrack-9781501325854/|title=Yoko Kanno's Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack|date=2017|publisher=Bloomsbury|isbn=9781501325854|location=New York|access-date=November 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702111840/http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/yoko-kannos-cowboy-bebop-soundtrack-9781501325854|archive-date=July 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Cowboy Bebop'' music has been released across seven soundtrack albums, two singles and EPs, and two compilations through label [[JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment|Victor Entertainment]].<ref name="CowboyCrunchy">{{Cite web|last=Green, Scott|date=November 13, 2012|title=Out of Print 'Cowboy Bebop' Soundtracks Reissued|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/11/13/out-of-print-cowboy-bebop-soundtracks-reissued|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116051742/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/11/13/out-of-print-cowboy-bebop-soundtracks-reissued|archive-date=November 16, 2012|access-date=January 8, 2015|publisher=[[Crunchyroll]]}}</ref>