Yoshihiro Hanno

Yoshihiro Hanno

Known for
Sound
Birthplace
Osaka, Japan

Biography

Born in Osaka 22nd January 1968, Yoshihiro Hanno (半野喜弘) is an internationally renowned musician/composer whose field of work has been expanding from movie soundtracks to orchestral pieces, as well as electronics music. In 1997 he was highly acclaimed for his electronic music releases in Europe, which led him to move to his homebase to Paris since 2000. His creation style, which is boundary-free for any genre has made him unique in the music scene. With his score for Hou Hsaio-Hsien film Flowers of Shanghai, which was highly praised as “discovery of a new talent of movie soundtracks”. HANNO has collaborated with leading Asian directors such as Jia Zhang-ke, Yu Lik Wai etc. He was nominated as best composer in Asian Film Award 2009. Also He composed his first orchestra piece called [WAKE] (2007) committed by 32. Winterthur Musikfestwochen in Switzerland. His subtle yet rich elegant music has gained a strong fan base and is constantly evolving. As HANNO says, “My music is a universal hymn to the primitive pain and pleasure of being human”, his sounds keep giving the audience sensational emotions.

Known For

Filmography

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Chameleon poster

Chameleon

Movie · Original Music Composer

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Night Tales Club

Night Tales Club

TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep

2026
The Samurai and the Prisoner poster

The Samurai and the Prisoner

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Locust poster

Locust

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Lightning Over the Beyond poster

Lightning Over the Beyond

Movie · Music

2023
Revolver Lily poster

Revolver Lily

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Why Try to Change Me Now poster

Why Try to Change Me Now

TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps

2022
Winter Boy poster

Winter Boy

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
MAYDAY

MAYDAY

Movie · Music

2020
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese poster

The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Hunt Down poster

Hunt Down

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
Spring Tide poster

Spring Tide

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

2019
Paradise Next poster

Paradise Next

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Hanalei Bay poster

Hanalei Bay

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
My Friend "A" poster

My Friend "A"

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Call Boy poster

Call Boy

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
You, Your, Yours poster

You, Your, Yours

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Vibration: THE YELLOW MONKEY poster

Vibration: THE YELLOW MONKEY

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Dragonfly Eyes poster

Dragonfly Eyes

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Pigeon Tango poster

Pigeon Tango

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
A Woman Wavering in the Rain poster

A Woman Wavering in the Rain

Movie · Music

2016
Pink and Gray poster

Pink and Gray

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow poster

Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Mountains May Depart poster

Mountains May Depart

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Longing for the Rain poster

Longing for the Rain

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Blowfish poster

Blowfish

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Ugly poster

Ugly

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Chinese Vegetables poster

Chinese Vegetables

Movie · Music

2010
Acacia poster

Acacia

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Plastic City poster

Plastic City

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Beautiful Crazy poster

Beautiful Crazy

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
24 City poster

24 City

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
Appleseed: Ex Machina poster

Appleseed: Ex Machina

Movie · Music

2005
voisin poster

voisin

Movie · Music

2005
Play at dusk poster

Play at dusk

Movie · Music

2005
Jour de reve poster

Jour de reve

Movie · Music

2003
All Tomorrow's Parties poster

All Tomorrow's Parties

Movie · Original Music Composer

2001
Platform poster

Platform

Movie · Original Music Composer

2001
Millennium Mambo poster

Millennium Mambo

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
Flowers of Shanghai poster

Flowers of Shanghai

Movie · Original Music Composer