Seatbelts "Cowboy Bebop" 

The Cowboy Bebop album is defined by a bold, noir-inspired aesthetic that blends 1960s pop art with retro-futuristic, jazzy energy. Utilizing high-contrast imagery, such as close-ups of Spike Spiegel in intense, emotional, or pained expressions. The visuals frequently employ a palette of bold, flat colors against black, similar to 1960s Japanese cinema. The artwork features stylish, often moody illustrations by Toshihiro Kawamoto. The album is widely regarded as one of the most influential anime soundtracks of all time, fundamentally shaping the series' noir, space-western aesthetic. By blending jazz-fusion, blues, funk, and rock, the soundtrack acts as a character itself, setting the emotional, often melancholic, tone for the story of Spike Spiegel.