Yoko Kanno
Born: 1963-03-18 in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Known For: Sound
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
2023
- The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House ... (Original Music Composer)
2022
- SPY x FAMILY ... (Theme Song Performance)
2021
- Cowboy Bebop ... (Original Music Composer)
2017
- Naotora: The Lady Warlord ... (Original Music Composer)
- Sangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert ... (Original Music Composer)
2015
- Our Little Sister ... (Original Music Composer)
2014
- Space Dandy ... (Original Music Composer)
- Terror in Resonance ... (Original Music Composer)
- The World of Kanako ... (Original Music Composer)
2013
- Petal Dance ... (Music)
- Gochisousan ... (Music)
2012
- Kids on the Slope ... (Music)
- Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ein's Summer Vacation ... (Music)
2011
- Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell ... (Original Music Composer)
2009
- Macross Frontier: The False Songstress ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ring of Gundam ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist as Self
- Macross Frontier Galaxy Tour Final in Budokan
2008
- Macross Frontier ... (Original Music Composer)
- Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage ... (Music)
2007
- Darker than Black ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society ... (Music)
- The Show Must Go On ... (Original Music Composer)
- Say Hello for Me ... (Music)
- Genesis of Aquarion: Wings of Genesis ... (Original Music Composer)
- Genius Party ... (Original Music Composer)
2006
- Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven ... (Music)
- Su-ki-da ... (Music)
- Honey and Clover ... (Music)
- Ōban Star-Racers ... (Theme Song Performance)
2005
- Aquarion ... (Music)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man ... (Original Music Composer)
- A Melody for My Father ... (Music)
- Ashura ... (Original Music Composer)
2004
- Kamikaze Girls ... (Original Music Composer)
- Mind Game ... (Musician)
- Memories of Memories as Self (archive)
2003
- Wolf's Rain ... (Original Music Composer)
2002
- Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly ... (Music)
- tokyo.sora ... (Music)
- Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light ... (Music)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex ... (Original Music Composer)
- Macross Zero ... (Additional Music)
- Woman of Water ... (Original Music Composer)
2001
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie ... (Original Music Composer)
- Earth Maiden Arjuna ... (Music)
- Future Blues as Self
- Seatbelts: Souvenir of Tokyo
2000
- Escaflowne: The Movie ... (Original Music Composer)
1999
- Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Turn A Gundam ... (Music)
1998
- Cowboy Bebop ... (Original Music Composer)
- Brain Powerd ... (Original Music Composer)
- Beautiful Sunday ... (Music)
1997
- Happy-Go-Lucky ... (Music)
- Noiseman Sound Insect ... (Original Music Composer)
1996
- The Vision of Escaflowne ... (Music)
- I Can’t Study ... (Music)
1995
- Macross Plus: The Movie ... (Original Music Composer)
- Memories ... (Original Music Composer)
1994
- Macross 7 ... (Additional Music)
- Yamato Takeru ... (Music)
- Macross Plus ... (Music)
1993
- Please Save My Earth ... (Music)