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Yoko Kanno
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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, li…
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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.
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2023
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
TV show Original Music Composer
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2022
SPY x FAMILY
TV show Theme Song Performance
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2021
Cowboy Bebop
TV show Original Music Composer
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2017
Sangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert
Movie Original Music Composer
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2017
Naotora: The Lady Warlord
TV show Original Music Composer
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2015
Our Little Sister
Movie Original Music Composer
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2014
Terror in Resonance
TV show Original Music Composer
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2014
The World of Kanako
Movie Original Music Composer
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2014
Space Dandy
TV show Original Music Composer
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2013
Gochisousan
TV show Music
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2013
Petal Dance
Movie Music
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2012
Ein's Summer Vacation
Movie Music
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2012
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
Movie Original Music Composer
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2012
Kids on the Slope
TV show Music
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2011
Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
Movie Original Music Composer
- 2010
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2010
Surely Someday
Movie Music
- 2009
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2009
Macross Frontier: The False Songstress
Movie Original Music Composer
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2009
Ring of Gundam
Movie Original Music Composer
- 2009
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2008
Macross Frontier
TV show Original Music Composer
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2008
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
TV show Music
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2007
Genesis of Aquarion: Wings of Genesis
Movie Original Music Composer
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2007
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
Movie Original Music Composer
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2007
Genius Party
Movie Original Music Composer
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2007
Say Hello for Me
Movie Music
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2007
Darker than Black
TV show Original Music Composer
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2007
The Show Must Go On
Movie Original Music Composer
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2006
Honey and Clover
Movie Music
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2006
Ōban Star-Racers
TV show Theme Song Performance
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2006
Su-ki-da
Movie Music
- 2006
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2005
A Melody for My Father
Movie Music
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2005
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
Movie Original Music Composer
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2005
Ashura
Movie Original Music Composer
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2005
Aquarion
TV show Music
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2004
Mind Game
Movie Musician
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2004
Kamikaze Girls
Movie Original Music Composer
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2004
Memories of Memories
Movie Self (archive)
