Yoko Kanno
Yoko Kanno (菅野 よう子, Kanno Yōko, born March 18, 1963) is a Japanese composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks of anime films, television series, live-action films, video games, and advertisements. She was born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. She has written scores for Cowboy Bebop and its live-action adaptation, Darker than Black, Macross Plus, Turn A Gundam, The Vision of Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Wolf's Rain, Kids on the Slope, Genesis of Aquarion and Terror in Resonance, and has worked with the directors Hirokazu Kore-eda, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Shinichirō Watanabe and Shōji Kawamori. Kanno has also composed music for pop artists Maaya Sakamoto and Kyōko Koizumi. She is also a keyboardist, and is the frontwoman for the Seatbelts, who perform many of Kanno's compositions and soundtracks.
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
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Movie pageMaaya Sakamoto 15th Anniversary Live "Gift" at Nippon Budokan
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Movie pageMacross Frontier Galaxy Tour Final in Budokan
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Movie pageDimension Bomb
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Movie pageMemories of Memories
as Self (archive)Memories (1995) making-of featurette, includes introductions to the creative genius behind the...
Movie pageFuture Blues
as SelfShort film and live concert "Future Blues" by Katsu Nagaishi with music by Yoko Kanno and The...
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