Electric Samurai is a 2004 album by Tomoyasu Hotei

Tomoyasu Hotei

is a Japanese musician, guitarist and actor. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked Hotei at number 70 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts.- Life and career :...

. In addition to a few original tracks, the album includes much of Hotei's work for the soundtracks of the films Samurai Fiction

Samurai Fiction

is a 1998 comedy-samurai film directed by Hiroyuki Nakano. It is almost entirely black-and-white, and follows a fairly standard plotline for a comedy and jidaigeki samurai film, but the presence of Tomoyasu Hotei's rock-and-roll soundtrack separates it from the films it was inspired by, such as the...

and Shin Jinginaki Tatakai (Another Battle). The three versions of Battle Without Honor or Humanity

Battle Without Honor or Humanity

"Battle Without Honor or Humanity" is an alternate version of "Shin jingi-naki tatakai", an instrumental piece by Tomoyasu Hotei, originally used in the 2000 film Another Battle by Junji Sakamoto, in which Hotei also performs as an actor. The original version was also available in Hotei's live...

 included were originally used on the soundtrack of the latter, although the original version was prominently featured in Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...

's Kill Bill

Kill Bill

Kill Bill Volume 1 is a 2003 action thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is the first of two volumes that were theatrically released several months apart, the second volume being Kill Bill Volume 2....

.

Track listing

All tracks by Tomoyasu Hotei

Tomoyasu Hotei

is a Japanese musician, guitarist and actor. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked Hotei at number 70 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts.- Life and career :...

, except where noted

1. "Battle Without Honor or Humanity
   Battle Without Honor or Humanity
   "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" is an alternate version of "Shin jingi-naki tatakai", an instrumental piece by Tomoyasu Hotei, originally used in the 2000 film Another Battle by Junji Sakamoto, in which Hotei also performs as an actor. The original version was also available in Hotei's live...
   
   " – 2:29
2. "Katana Groove" – 4:12
3. "Jingi" – 1:58
4. "Kill The Target" – 2:52
5. "Immigrant Song
   Immigrant Song
   "Immigrant Song" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released as a single from their third album, Led Zeppelin III, in 1970.-Overview:...
   
   " (Page, Plant) – 2:53
6. "Battle Without Honor or Humanity #2" – 1:35
7. "Frozen Memories" – 4:01
8. "Believe Me, I'm A Liar" (Hotei, Price) – 4:15
9. "Battle Without Honor or Humanity #3" (Hotei) – 2:31
10. "Dark Wind" – 2:48
11. "Space Cowboy" – 2:32
12. "Metropolis" (Hotei, Fujii) – 3:46
13. "Howling" – 5:34
14. "Fetish" – 4:21

Personnel

• Zachary Alford – drums
• Toshio Arai – trumpet
• Dave Bishop – saxophone
• Takeshi Fujii – programming
• Simon Gardner – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Mike Garson – piano
• Itaru Hirama – photography
• Satoshi Hirose – A&R assistance
• Tomoyasu Hotei – bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, vocals, liner notes
• Yoshifumi Iio – engineer, mixing
• Kunihiko Imai – engineer, mixing
• Tomio Inoue – bass
• Senji Kasuya – executive producer
• Kazumi Kurigami – cover photo
• Kyoko Matsuda – translation
• Yoichi Murata – trombone, horn arrangements
• Jeff Patterson – backing vocals
• Darren Price – programming, engineer, mixing
• Masaaki Saito – executive producer
• Ken Shima – string arrangements
• Steve Sidwell – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Masahiko Sugasaka – trumpet
• Shoji Uchida – photography
• Steve Walters – bass
• Hideo Yamaki – drums
• Michael Zimmerling – engineer, mixing