Music from Samurai Champloo recently made headlines in Japan with the reissue of their analog format records, almost twenty years from when the anime’s soundtrack albums first came out. All four of the original Samurai Champloo soundtrack albums (namely, Departure, Masta, Impression, and Playlist) are seeing a reissue, and are collectively named “samurai champloo music record“.
Today, we want to highlight Departure, with music from the late DJ Nujabes and American rapper, Fat Jon. The Departure record includes 17 tracks produced by both artists, including Shing2’s opening theme “Battlecry” and Minmi’s ending theme “Shiki no Uta (四季ノ唄)”
Relive Samurai Champloo’s amazing music through these records, which you can find on FROM JAPAN now.
