Yoko Kanno

Birthday:

03/18/1963

Place of birth:

Sendai, Miyagi, Japan:

Biography:

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.



Credits

Sangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert (2017)
Original Music Composer
Our Little Sister (2015)
Original Music Composer
The World of Kanako (2014)
Original Music Composer
Petal Dance (2013)
Music
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None (2012)
Original Music Composer
Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell (2011)
Original Music Composer
Surely Someday (2010)
Music
Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009)
Original Music Composer
Ring of Gundam (2009)
Original Music Composer
Genesis of Aquarion: Wings of Genesis (2007)
Original Music Composer
Genius Party (2007)
Original Music Composer
Say Hello for Me (2007)
Music
The Show Must Go On (2007)
Original Music Composer
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society (2006)
Music
Honey and Clover (2006)
Music
Su-ki-da (2006)
Music
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG – Individual Eleven (2006)
Music
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – The Laughing Man (2005)
Original Music Composer
Ashura (2005)
Original Music Composer
Mind Game (2004)
Musician
Kamikaze Girls (2004)
Original Music Composer
Woman of Water (2002)
Music
Tokyo.Sora (2002)
Music
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly (2002)
Music
Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light (2002)
Music
Future Blues (2001)
Music
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Original Music Composer
Escaflowne: The Movie (2000)
Original Music Composer
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
Theme Song Performance
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
Musician
Beautiful Sunday (1998)
Music
Noiseman Sound Insect (1997)
Original Music Composer
Happy Go Lucky (1997)
Music
Boku wa benkyo ga dekinai (1996)
Music
Memories (1995)
Original Music Composer
Macross Plus: The Movie (1995)
Original Music Composer
Please Save My Earth (1993)
Music