Where can I purchase sheet music by Yoko Kanno and the
Seatbelts, particularlly music from the Japenese anime series Cowboy
Bebop? Digital Sheet music, and hard sheet music are both acceptable
in terms of the question. Translated would be a bonus with songs that
have lyrics, but it isn't a top priority.

Dear flproject13,

I have not been able to find translated versions anywhere. But you can
order a book with Yoko Kanno's collected sheet music from "Cowboy
Bebop", imported from Japan, for $33.00 from Animebooks.com:
http://www.animebooks.com/cowbebostban.html

In case you'd like to try ordering the book at a bookstore of your
choice, here is the data you will need:

"Cowboy Bebop Bandscore - Three, Two, One, Let's Jam!"
Publisher: Sunrise
Language: Japanese
ISBN: 4896014138


In addition, here is some downloadable free Kanno sheet music from "Cowboy Bebop":

"Goodnight Julia" from "Cowboy Bebop", arranged for piano (PDF file
for Acrobat Reader!)
http://www.animescores.com/SheetMusic/Goodnight_Julia%20(piano).pdf

"Piano Bar" from "Cowboy Bebop", arranged for piano (PDF file for Acrobat Reader!)
http://www.animescores.com/SheetMusic/Piano_Bar.pdf

"Rain" from "Cowboy Bebop", arranged for piano (PDF file for Acrobat Reader!)
http://www.animescores.com/SheetMusic/Rain.pdf

Source of those scores:
Anime Scores: Free Anime Sheet Music and More
http://www.animescores.com/SheetMusic/index.htm


Research sources:

The Yoko Kanno Project: Who is Yoko Kanno you ask?
http://jameswong.com/ykproject/yk.html

Elana S., "Re: Cowboy Bebop Sheet Music" Online posting (2003-10-25).
<rec.arts.anime.music> via Google Groups.
http://groups.google.de/groups?dq=&hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&selm=BBC032B4.2694%25Alienne4%40lycos.comNOSPAM

mistressgwen@mac.com, "Re: Cowboy Bebop Sheet Music" Online posting
(2004-01-03). <rec.arts.anime.music> via Google Groups.
http://groups.google.de/groups?dq=&hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&selm=mistressgwen-23B783.16164903012004%40news2.news.adelphia.net

The Jazz Messengers: Printed Matter - Imports
http://www.jazzmess.com/merch/print/imports.html#score

Search terms used:
"Yoko Kanno" "sheet music"
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"Cowboy Bebop Bandscore" kanno
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Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Scriptor

Wow first time I've used Google Answers I'm extremely impressed. I had
no such luck finding translated music either and I'm a fairly good
researcher but I just gave up on this one. The book isn't everything I
was looking for, but it is a good 90% :). Excellent response time and
answer. Thanks a lot :D!