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.
Sound 60
2020s
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
2010s
- 2017
Sangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert
Original Music Composer
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
Ein's Summer Vacation
Music
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
Original Music Composer
- 2011
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Ring of Gundam
Original Music Composer
- 2008
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
Music
- 2007
Genesis of Aquarion: Wings of Genesis
Original Music Composer
Genius Party
Original Music Composer
Say Hello for Me
Music
- 2006
Ōban Star-Racers
Theme Song Performance
- 2005
A Melody for My Father
Music
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
Original Music Composer
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
Woman of Water
Original Music Composer
tokyo.sora
Music
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly
Music
Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light
Music
- 2001
Future Blues
Music
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Beautiful Sunday
Music
Brain Powerd
Original Music Composer
- 1997
Noiseman Sound Insect
Original Music Composer
Happy-Go-Lucky
Music, Original Music Composer
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
Yamato Takeru
Music
- 1993
Acted in 3
2010s
- 2010
Maaya Sakamoto 15th Anniversary Live "Gift" at Nippon Budokan
Movie
2000s
- 2009
Macross Frontier Galaxy Tour Final in Budokan
Movie
- 2002
Tachikoma na hibi
TV
Other crew 2
2000s
- 2002
1990s
- 1994
Wrote 1
2000s
- 2005
Appearances3
2000s
- 2009
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
Self
- 2004
Memories of Memories
Self (archive)
- 2001
Future Blues
Self