Hornets - Seibu Keisatsu Soushuhen (Original)

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'80 Japanese Original Pressing. The Hornets’s soundtrack for Seibu Keisatsu is the peak of 1980s Japanese cinematic jazz funk. Explosions, car chases, harbors at sunset, neon-lit streets — the music feels like the sound of Showa-era hardboiled action itself, transformed directly into an unbelievably dope TV soundtrack. From brass-heavy funky chase themes to mellow and melancholic urban tracks, the album is highly regarded among Japanese rare groove collectors. Tight drums, rolling bass lines, sharp guitar cuts, and spacey synthesizers intertwine into a sound that feels almost like Japanese library music from the ’70s and ’80s. Continually rediscovered as a masterpiece of “Showa Japanese crime jazz funk.”