Yoko Kanno (菅野 よう子 Kanno Yōko, born March 19, 1964) is a famous composer and keyboardist known for her performances and musical scores in anime titles.
She has created game music for Koei. Some of her most famous music pieces are "Tank!" (Cowboy Bebop), "Voices" (Macross Plus), "Dance of Curse" (Escaflowne), "Gravity" (Wolf's Rain), and "Rush" (Cowboy Bebop). She was the lead member of a band called The Seatbelts, which was formed for the sole purpose of making the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack.
Apart from anime and games, Kanno also composes for films and CMs (television advertisements or commercials) for all sorts of brands. Grand Funk Inc. is her recording studio of choice in producing for those media.
There is some speculation that one of her frequently hired vocalists, Gabriela Robin, is Kanno herself under a pseudonym.
She is currently married to fellow composer Hajime Mizoguchi, with whom she collaborated on the soundtracks for Please Save My Earth and Escaflowne.
She has attended Otakon and Anime Expo in 1999, as well as Anime Expo New York in 2002.
Anime works
Film works
- Beautiful Sunday
- Boku wa Benkyou ga Dekinai (I Can't Study)
- Mizu no Onna (Woman of Water )
- Natsujikan no Otonatachi (Adults of Summertime)
- Onkyou Seimeitai Noiseman (Noiseman Sound Insect )
- tokyo.sora
- Shimotsuma Monogatari (Kamikaze Girls )
Video Games
- Dai Koukai Jidai (Era of Great Voyage / Uncharted Waters)
- Napple Tale
- Nobunaga's Ambition
Hired vocalists
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