Slick, jazz-infused action music that sounds like a Cowboy Bebop episode got pressed onto a PS2 disc. MOONLiT SHADOW from 2005 has this confident, noir-cool energy running through every track. "THE MAXIMUM HIGH SPEED" does exactly what it promises with a driving rhythm section and screaming brass.
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"SMOOTH BLUES" and "ONE NOTE BLUES" slow things down into smoky late-night territory, the kind of stuff that makes you want to lean back in a leather chair. Then "JUNK! JUNK! JUNK!" comes crashing in with this chaotic punk energy that wrecks the mood in the best way.
"AU REVOIR DANS LA NUIT DE CLAIR DE LUNE" is the most dramatic track title on here and it earns it, closing out with French-titled elegance. Twenty tracks of pure style. If you're into that mid-2000s Japanese take on Western noir aesthetics, this soundtrack absolutely nails it.