Cowboy Bebop – Tank!
February 25, 2004 in Sheet Music
I did an arrangement of the opening Theme to the cartoon “Cowboy Bebop” way back in 2002. I gave it to a couple of local high schools, and the DVC Night Jazz Band. It’s pretty damn close to the original theme. Take a listen.
I’m making this and one other Cowboy Bebop Arrangement available. If you want more, you’ll have to beg or put some money in my Paypal account 
. I have arrangements of Cat Blues and Black Coffee and a couple others nearly done.
These need Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 and need have an account and be logged in to view and print these.
Tank! Parts (1.4 MiB, 6,252 hits)
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Note: Comments have been disabled on this post due because people keep posting stupid things like the solo was done on a tenor, or “please email me it”.
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phanie said on November 9, 2004
I have Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 and whenever i try to download the score for Tank! it reads “The file is damaged and could not be repaired.” Alot of people are having this same problem. It’s not them, its your file.
ericdano said on November 9, 2004
Ha! Whatever Einstein. Just loaded it. Works fine.
Care to share your “expert” opinions on anything else?
osirus said on November 16, 2004
Alright look, alot of us are having problems with your file(s). If you could simply redo the pdf file into a lower version, it would make alot of us happy. The only thing that you say to us to help open the file is “Download Acrobat 6″ and then, sitting in your own ignorant bliss, fail to realize that Acrobat 6 only works on OS 10.33 and later, and windows XP, and you say to us “I opened it just now, nothings wrong”. If you would just simply put the file into another Adobe format, we would all be a lot happier. I know, its tough, choosing which version to output your document as, but the number one rule in web design is making your content available to everybody. Thank you.
ericdano said on November 16, 2004
Ignorant bliss my ass. Do I care if you guys can’t join the modern world? No. Get a modern operating system. Windows 98 is like what…….7 years old now? System 9 is what……dead.
Look, it’s Free. FREE. I’ll put it into whatever format I want, and that happens to be Acrobat 6. More document security, so at least I can keep some credit of doing the arrangement. Deal with it.
badasstenor said on December 8, 2004
does anyone know what the name of the band is that plays tank in the theme at the beginning of cowboy bebob?
ericdano said on December 9, 2004
It’s called the Seatbelts
don_vag said on December 28, 2004
Hey,
I have Acrobat 7, and it still tells me it’s damaged. Do I need the 6.0 specifically, or will the 7 do? or am I doing something wrong. Please help, you don’t know for how long I have been looking for this! (especially Rush)
Squall said on January 14, 2005
First off, this is an outstandingly excellent piece and as close as it gets to the original in my personal opinion. Second, thank you very much for taking the time and effort in transposing this piece. I really liked the song quite thoroughly from the show, and I enjoyed it even more playing along with the music thanks to your arrangement. I know how hard it is to transpose music because a friend of mine transposes Final Fantasy music for bands of various types as well. Next about the problems with the Adobe Reader, when you go to download the Adobe Reader, depending on what type of computer you have when selecting what type it is, Adobe Reader’s website will automatically change to download the highest current Reader for that particular computer. Anything below 98 OS I believe will not configure to 6.0 or higher. My advice is to obtain an XP to download Adobe Reader 7.0; because that is the highest it has for XP. If your computer is lower than that of the standards, then you’re out of luck. Oh, i’m not sure if my Band Directors will use the song to take to contest, but if they do, would it be alright for us to use it? I’m asking because unlike other transposers, a lot of them wish to have permission to use their transposed songs, and I certainly don’t blame. But in any case, thank you again for taking the liberty in transposing this song.
ericdano said on January 14, 2005
It’s not transposing, it’s arranging and transcribing. There is a difference.
Squall said on January 15, 2005
Oh, my mistake then. Thanks for clearing that up for me. Seems as though I learn something new everyday.
jazzman50000 said on January 17, 2005
Holy Poop! Its amazing, and so is the recording. Although I believe that on the recording a tenor has the solo, but those high notes are much easier on alto. Nice Job indeed!!
ericdano said on January 17, 2005
Listen again, it’s an Alto.
Ebba said on January 26, 2005
I downloaded both the score and parts and got the pages on Preview but with nothing on them.
ericdano said on January 26, 2005
Acrobat 6 or later….
ZOOZ said on February 9, 2005
My computer said that the viewer could not decrypt the document. What should I do?
ericdano said on February 10, 2005
Acrobat 7. How many times must one say it?
E.M.P.E.R.O.R said on April 8, 2005
Id grade it a 4.. I mean, in high school, every trumpet should be able to hit a high C, and possibly beyond. I know like 4 freshmen who can hit an octave beyond the high c using 3C Bach Mouthpieces. I hit that with a 1C.
yaterchatter said on April 15, 2005
I had the same thing happen to me with the Tank! Files as well as Rush files, but I found a way around it. They wouldn’t open in Acrobat Reader 7.0, but I downloaded an update for it,(7.0.1)(just go to the help menu and select check for updates…)and it seems to work! What I did was update the Reader, and then reopen the files one by one and each one worked, except for Tank!’s Parts file… I can’t get that one to reload, I’ll either have to wait for it to get out of my Temp files (which is where I think it is right now, causing it to just open the same file from before rather than just loading it again) or just try saving it to my hard drive. It seems like you have to load the files again after you update the reader, but there’s your way around the Damage!!! Let me know if it works for you too.
majorster said on May 23, 2005
My name is Kevin Major… I am 17 and I have done grade 2 trumpet, and I am studying grade 4. I have absloutley no porblems with the trumpet part (in the high octave). I play a Bach strad. model 180 on a bach 1 1/2 cup mouth piece….
EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT… YOU CANNOT GRADE IT!
majorster said on May 23, 2005
I had tried playing the piece while listening to the actual music, but I was not able to make up my mind weather it was in the right key or not….
If someone is able to figure it out…. whatever
ericdano said on May 23, 2005
You mean if it’s in the actual key of the recording. It is.
majorster said on May 24, 2005
What I mean is the actual key of the riginal piece done my Yoko Kanno..
ericdano said on May 24, 2005
Um, it is. But does it really matter? I mean, go play with the recording with a part. They are in the same key.
Sage2050 said on May 26, 2005
eric is right, its definitely an alto.
BioLord said on July 27, 2005
Think you I got it now. Now only if I could get Too Good Too Bad…
jordanisaloser said on August 10, 2005
hey i really like the song and ive been searching for a high school version online and found your post and tried playing it but the url was invalid and i couldnt decrypt the parts or anything so i was wondering if you could possibly email it to me at jordanisaloser@gmail.com i would greatly appreciate it; i’m trying to get our director to let us play it
ericdano said on August 10, 2005
Read the directions. IE: Download Acrobat Reader 7.
Though your email address seems apt.
jordanisaloser said on August 10, 2005
well arent you the nice person… i already have acrobat reader its still not working… although my computer is pretty messed up what with all the spyware and shit because its 10 years old… ill try to see if i can update it.
jordanisaloser said on August 10, 2005
it still wont work.. it says could not find external window handler or something. look id really appreciate it if you could just email it in another format? i really like this song and i really want to play it, but our trumpet section isnt that great and i need an easier version.
ericdano said on August 10, 2005
You know, it’s idiots like you that make the internet crap. I don’t have to let people download things for free. I don’t have to provide to every little smuck who can’t get his computer to work right. In fact, I don’t have to even power up the site. You should be happy it’s here. The stuff works. Because you lack the ability to get the stuff, that’s not my problem.
You have a 10 year old computer that is infected with spyware and other things. Windows. Yeah, what, Pentium II? Windows 95? Go splurge and spend $300 on some crappy windows machine. Join the rest of the world and run something that is faster than walking. I’m surprised that it even lets you get on the net.
Stop being stupid and needly. This site isn’t here for that. I’m not here for that. Ask another stupid ass question and I will ban your IP address (or blocks of addresses) from the site.
gettingbored said on August 17, 2005
i have the same problem
Peon said on September 4, 2005
I actually think this is in the wrong key. I’ve been playing it out, and it seems to be in C minor instead of A minor or whatever key you put it in. This is according to the original played by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts.
ericdano said on September 4, 2005
Um, no. I don’t believe you know what the heck you are talking about. There is a BIG difference between C minor and A minor.
Peon said on September 8, 2005
Which is exactly why I immediately found something wrong when I started to play the music. I noticed, though, that if you took all the treble clef parts and made them bass clef, it worked out fine, with a few accidentals needed.
If you listen to the first few notes of the song and play them out on the piano at the same time, it’s completely different. I haven’t played any brass in my life, so I might be missing something, but try it. The sheet music starts on E, but the actual song starts on G.
ericdano said on September 8, 2005
The score is transposed. Meaning that the Alto parts are in Eb, the Tenor and trumpets are in Bb, etc.
It’s in the right key. Case closed.
Makenki said on November 9, 2005
If you could transcribe What Planet is This,you have no idea how in debt I would be to you.
Crazy Saxophonist said on December 8, 2005
i couldnt read it and i had to download adobe 7.0 and log off the internet to read it, it is a very good arangement, congrats to you Eric, I am currently transcribing What Planet is This?! for jazz band, it is gonna be great, congrats to you Eric, please check out What Planet Is This!? when it is done!
EvilLord said on December 10, 2005
It tells me the file is not available. I’m running Windows XP Home. I joined this site only to hear this song! ^_^
jazyjason said on December 22, 2005
Man thank you so much!!!! I have been looking for this freakin song for months!! I love Cowboy Bebop and I play lead in Chaffey College’s Big Band. Oh Im in high school ( a senior) and am going to play in the naval band. Once again thanks. Oh btw is it possible if you could compose the tenor sax part for goodbye julia? It’s a smal part so I hope I dont have to pay you lol. Anyways thanks a buch man.
tyaedalis said on March 1, 2006
I belive that it is your arrangement that my highschool band is playing. i play 2nd trumpet on it, and i must say, those notes are extremely high! I am not used to playing above a high c (well, now i can play higher a lot easier, but i still cant hit those double-high g’s! im still looking for a suitable mouthpiece.) as a freshman, i belive this song will make me a lot better at playing. it’s a very nice arrangement! good work!
JoeSquared said on March 6, 2006
I would like to see some sheet music for “Clutch” & “Too Good, Too Bad”.
If need be I’ll continue to ask.
My email is blake.elswick@gmail.com
please send some reply, These are some I think my High school Jazz Band would be able to play. They are also some of my favorit pieces.
nancy said on March 10, 2006
i click on the link where it says click to listen to tank …and it says file cannot be found. and if anyone maybe has it saved to their computer and they can send it to me…
ericdano said on March 10, 2006
Sorry, I had to take it down due to a dispute with the DVC jazz band “director”. Basically, it’s the same as on the album.
ubnub said on March 16, 2006
The solo is a 6 besides that the song is about a 2 or 3 excluding the high A flat in the trumpet.
keesh said on March 24, 2006
Thanks for doing this arrangement…Ive been looking for this piece for 2 years.
Good Job and Thanks
Keesh
jthekk2 said on March 27, 2006
the link doesn’t seem to be working
ronniepage said on April 4, 2006
actually it would be VERY conveniant if i could get this on finale, its what my teacher uses… I’ve been searching for sheet music for Tank! so that i could get my music teacher to let us play it for the jazz ensymble, but i can’t download your pdf files, keeps saying there is some kind of error- my teacher uses finale all the time so it would be great if there was a version of this song for it.
ericdano said on April 4, 2006
It is not going to happen.
I’d try saving the PDFs to disk rather than having your browser try to open them.
psychoserenity said on June 5, 2006
ooh, please tell me when you get done. wang.elainey@gmail.com
Saxman90 said on June 7, 2006
Geez, my ear must be really off because on the version I have I thought it was a tenor. I’ll check again though. That’s interesting thanks for the info!