Samurai Jack

Samurai Jack Behind The Scenes: Music

Show creator Genndy Tartakovsky and composer Tyler Bates discuss the crucial role of sound design. Samurai Jack premieres Saturday, March 11th at 11pm ET on Adult Swim.

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Season 1

EP 1 I

When Aku is reborn to set forth his reign of terror, the Emperor's son is sent off to learn the ways of the samurai. That boy becomes a man and attempts to slay Aku with a mighty sword, but Aku banishes him to the future.

EP 2 II

The Samurai lands in the future and is named Jack. He is enlisted by a race of dogs to destroy Aku.

EP 3 III

Jack gets weapons and beats back Aku's army of beetles saving the canine race.

EP 4 IV

Jack helps free the Woolies from the tyrannical Chritchellites.

EP 5 V

When Jack mistakenly destroys a group of scientists' chance to escape Aku, he and the scientists join forces to try and fix the problem, hopefully returning Jack home as well.

EP 6 VI

Aku morphs himself into a woman in order to keep Jack from returning to the past to destroy him.

EP 7 VII

Jack must get past three blind archers to reach an all-powerful wishing well.

EP 8 VIII

Jack meets up with Mad Jack and must battle his darker self.

EP 9 IX

Jack has an underwater adventure with a jelly-whale and sea monkeys while hunting for an ancient time portal.

EP 10 X

Jack goes through a cave full of challenges only to find an old warrior longing to reach Valhalla.

EP 11 XI

When Jack and a Scotsman meet on a never-ending bridge, they end up shackled together and on the run from bounty hunters.

EP 12 XII

Jack hooks up with some Chicago gangsters to try and get close to Aku.

EP 13 XIII

Aku tells fairy tales to the children to try and win them over to his side instead of Jack's.

Season 2

EP 1 XIV

Jack comes upon a monkey-man and agrees to train his tribe in the ways of defending themselves if the monkey-man teaches him how to "jump good".

EP 2 XV

Story 1: Jack vs. the Worm. Story 2: The Metal-Eaters. Story 3: Jack, the Gargoyle, and the Fairy.

EP 3 XVI

Jack is kidnapped and placed in a chain gang of warriors chosen to battle in front of a coliseum audience against the Dome of Doom's Champions.

EP 4 XVII

The Scotsman needs Jack's help to save his kidnapped wife. But this woman is hardly the distressed damsel the Scotsman makes her out to be.

EP 5 XVIII

Jack goes from destroyed village to another looking for those responsible, only to find the destruction was commissioned by Aku.

EP 6 XIX

Jack comes upon ruins of a village and realizes it is his home. He then reflects on the past when he was a young boy.

EP 7 XX

Jack travels vertically up a mountain with three monks to witness the magic of the mountain only to have the power of the mountain save his very life.

EP 8 XXI

When a flatulent dragon begins stinking out an entire village. Jack slays the beast and ventures inside it to cure to source of its bellyache.

EP 9 XXII

Aku hires the best hunters in the galaxy to track down the most elusive of prey - Samurai Jack.

EP 10 XXIII

Aku sends out Demongo, the soul collector, to destroy Jack. Now Jack must fight all the mighty warrior souls that Demongo has collected.

EP 11 XXIV

When Jack has his sword and clothing stolen, he must give chase to a white rabbit who took them while trying to maintain his modesty.

EP 12 XXV

Jack comes upon a battle where a mere 300 men are fighting a vast, unending army of robots and their evil robotic leader.

EP 13 XXVI

When a band of bikes mow over Jack's sandals, he goes on a hunt for the perfect footwear.

Season 3

EP 1 XXVII

Jack is turned into a chicken by a cranky wizard. While he tries to fix this, he gets caught by a "handler" and becomes a prize-winning Creature Combat fighter.

EP 2 XXVIII

When a man's daughter is kidnapped by Aku's Children, Jack must infiltrate a rave to stop the musical brainwashing.

EP 3 XXIX

Jack boards a train to his next destination only to be attacked by a couple of arguing bounty hunters.

EP 4 XXX

Aku leads Jack to a graveyard where the dead begin to rise. An evil spirit takes over Jack's sword, leading Jack to defend himself against his own weapon. When Aku gets hold of the sword, Jack fears he's finally met his end.

EP 5 XXXI

Jack must read hieroglyphics, solve riddles and assemble a sacred scarab to call upon Ra for help in fighting evil ancient Egyptian shadow warriors.

EP 6 XXXII

Jack must travel along a water creature, a mountain creature and a flying creature to get to a portal to return home. But once he reaches the portal, it is guarded by an undefeatable warrior who tells him that this portal is not for him.

EP 7 XXXIII

An over-friendly creature begins following Jack, messing up Jack's every move along his quest.

EP 8 XXXIV

Jack and a Swamp Wizard travel to the four corners of the earth, collecting pieces that are meant to get Jack home. But when Aku reveals himself to be the Swamp Wizard, Jack must battle these pieces which are now being puppeteered by Aku's evil hands.

EP 9 XXXV

When Jack enters a spooky, old mansion and gets locked inside, he catches sight of a figure and sets after it to find out what is going on. As Jack is led further and further in, he discovers that the house and its inhabitants have an evil plan that involves…him.

EP 10 XXXVI

Jack falls into a hidden temple sanctuary to find monks trained like him in the style of the Ancient Master. The Ancient Master's Son then tells Jack of a portal to send him home, but in order to use it, his new friends must be sacrificed.

EP 11 XXXVII

When ancient gods try to destroy a powerful evil, they send one piece of the beast hurtling through space. This piece lands on earth, spreading its evil through the land. When it encroaches on an Emperor's empire, he takes it upon himself to destroy the evil, but ends up unleashing the evil that is Aku.

EP 12 XXXVIII

EP 13 XXXIX

Jack is carefully making his way through a labyrinth to reach a mysterious box - the problem is, so are two thieves.

EP 14 XL

Aku sends a Ninja to destroy Jack who is busily helping a port town in distress.

Season 4

EP 1 XLI

Jack enters a village to discover that he is their Chosen One meant to embody the Robo-Samurai and destroy the Mondo-bot that has come to destroy them.

EP 2 XLII

Jack is approached by a cool Samurai-punk who wants to battle with Jack in order to prove that he is the best.

EP 4 XLIV

When Aku raises the bounty on Jack, the best bounty hunters in the world gather to capture him.

EP 5 XLV

Jack has lost all memory of who he is and it's up to the Scotsman to put the pieces of the puzzle together to save the samurai.

EP 6 XLVI

Jack has lost all memory of who he is and it's up to the Scotsman to put the pieces of the puzzle together to save the samurai.

EP 7 XLVII

Jack helps save a Prince and Princess whose ship has been shot down to Earth by Aku.

EP 8 XLVIII

Tired of all the bounty hunters and robots failing, Aku fights Jack, mano y mano.

EP 9 XLIX

As Jack goes through fall, winter, spring and summer, he must battle the perils that each season brings.

EP 10 L

Aku forces an old, ace robot assassin out of retirement to eliminate the ultimate mark - Jack.

EP 11 LI

Young Jack is brought to Africa for part of his training, but when his tribe is abducted, he must learn how to use their unique sword-like weapon – and fast!

EP 12 LII

Jack finds a baby and the two travel together as Jack tries to return the boy to his mother.

Season 5

EP 1 XCII

After 50 long years of battling Aku, Samurai Jack has started to slip into madness and finds that his psyche has now become his own worst enemy.

EP 2 XCIII

Jack's will to survive is pushed to its absolute limits after a deadly, unseen foe launches a relentless surprise attack.

EP 3 XCIV

A gravely injured Samurai Jack chooses to create his own fate by going up against the deadliest foes he's ever faced, Assassins from the Cult of Aku.

EP 4 XCV

Samurai Jack must work with a deadly assassin bent on his destruction in order to escape the strange, otherworldly insides of a gargantuan creature that has swallowed them whole.

EP 5 XCVI

Samurai Jack fights to save a group of enslaved people from being harvested as the power source for a monstrous Mega-Robot.

EP 6 XCVII

Ashi's search for Samurai Jack helps her to see his affect on the world after encountering numerous people and places where his heroics have changed things for the better.

EP 7 XCVIII

Jack and Ashi must overcome a series of dangerous physical and spiritual tests in order to recover Jack's long lost sword.

EP 8 XCIX

The burgeoning relationship between Samurai Jack and Ashi takes an unexpected turn after they find themselves hunted by one of the galaxy's deadliest creatures.

EP 9 C

Samurai Jack's worst fear is realized when he faces off against Aku, and the demon makes a shocking discovery about Ashi that puts her in grave danger.

EP 10 CI

The fate of the entire universe hangs in the balance as Samurai Jack faces Aku in the final showdown between good versus evil.

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Samurai Jack Behind The Scenes: Music

Show creator Genndy Tartakovsky and composer Tyler Bates discuss the crucial role of sound design. Samurai Jack premieres Saturday, March 11th at 11pm ET on Adult Swim.

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