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.

Filmography

View Maaya Sakamoto 15th Anniversary Live "Gift" at Nippon Budokan
Maaya Sakamoto 15th Anniversary Live "Gift" at Nippon Budokan

Maaya Sakamoto 15th Anniversary Live "Gift" at Nippon Budokan

2010Film
8.5
View Macross Frontier Galaxy Tour Final in Budokan
Macross Frontier Galaxy Tour Final in Budokan

Macross Frontier Galaxy Tour Final in Budokan

2009Film
5.0
View Future Blues
Future Blues

Future Blues

2001Film0
View Memories of Memories
Memories of Memories

Memories of Memories

2004Film
6.0
View Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist

Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist

2009Film0
View Seatbelts: Souvenir of Tokyo
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Seatbelts: Souvenir of Tokyo

2001Film0