Yoko Kannoborn 1963
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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
2011
Action • Animation • Romance • Science Fiction
Original Music Composer
2009
Animation • Drama • Romance • Science Fiction
Original Music Composer
2007
Action • Animation • Romance • Science Fiction
Original Music Composer
2007
Action • Animation • Crime • Science Fiction • Thriller
Music
2005
Action • Animation • Crime • Science Fiction
Original Music Composer
1999
Animation • Drama • Romance • Science Fiction • Thriller
Musician, Theme Song Performance
