Yoko Kanno
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- March 18, 1963 (age 63)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
TV · Original Music Composer · 9 eps
SPY x FAMILY
TV · Theme Song Performance · 12 eps
Cowboy Bebop
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
Sangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert
Movie · Original Music Composer
Naotora: The Lady Warlord
TV · Original Music Composer · 50 eps
Our Little Sister
Movie · Original Music Composer
The World of Kanako
Movie · Original Music Composer
Terror in Resonance
TV · Original Music Composer · 11 eps
Space Dandy
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
Petal Dance
Movie · Music
Gochisousan
TV · Music · 150 eps
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ein's Summer Vacation
Movie · Music
Kids on the Slope
TV · Music · 12 eps
Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
Movie · Original Music Composer
Surely Someday
Movie · Music
Macross Frontier: The False Songstress
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ring of Gundam
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
TV · Music · 12 eps
Macross Frontier
TV · Original Music Composer · 25 eps
Genesis of Aquarion: Wings of Genesis
Movie · Original Music Composer
Genius Party
Movie · Original Music Composer
Say Hello for Me
Movie · Music
The Show Must Go On
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
Movie · Original Music Composer
Darker than Black
TV · Original Music Composer · 25 eps
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
Movie · Music
Honey and Clover
Movie · Music
Su-ki-da
Movie · Music
Ōban Star-Racers
TV · Theme Song Performance · 26 eps
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ashura
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Melody for My Father
Movie · Music
Aquarion
TV · Music, Theme Song Performance · 52 eps
Kamikaze Girls
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mind Game
Movie · Musician
Wolf's Rain
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
tokyo.sora
Movie · Music
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly
Movie · Music
Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light
Movie · Music
Woman of Water
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
TV · Original Music Composer · 52 eps
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Future Blues
Movie · Music
Earth Maiden Arjuna
TV · Music · 13 eps
Escaflowne: The Movie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Movie · Musician, Theme Song Performance
Turn A Gundam
TV · Music, Original Music Composer
Beautiful Sunday
Movie · Music
Brain Powerd
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
Cowboy Bebop
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
Noiseman Sound Insect
Movie · Original Music Composer
Happy-Go-Lucky
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer
I Can’t Study
Movie · Music
The Vision of Escaflowne
TV · Musician, Original Music Composer · 26 eps
Memories
Movie · Original Music Composer
Macross Plus: The Movie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Yamato Takeru
TV · Music · 37 eps
Macross Plus
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
Please Save My Earth
TV · Music · 6 eps