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Yoko Kanno
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Yoko Kanno (born 1963) began as a composer of video game music and played keyboards in a pop band. In anime she became known for her enormous stylistic range. For Macross Plus (1994) she wrote orchestral music, pop songs and electronic tracks side by side. For the series Cowboy Bebop (1998) she founded the band The Seatbelts, which played jazz, blues, funk and country. The opening theme Tank! is a big band number with brass, bongos and a walking bass. In Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002) she combined electronics with the voice of the Russian singer Origa. Kanno shows that an anime score is more an album than a string of cues.
Listening
Listening tip. In Tank!, listen for the brass section, the fast walking bass and the breaks in which the band briefly falls silent.
Voices · Akino Arai, 1994
Tank! · The Seatbelts, 1998
Inner Universe · Origa, 2002
Discography
Studio albums
- 1989信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 1989信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 1989信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 1990信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 1990信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 1991信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 1991信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 1993信長の野望 戦国群雄伝
- 1993大航海時代 II (soundtrack)
- 1994信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 1994信長の野望 戦国群雄伝
- 1995MACROSS PLUS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK PLUS ~for fans only (soundtrack)
- 1995NHKスペシャル中国12億人の改革開放 (soundtrack)
- 1995マクロスプラス オリジナル・サウンドトラック2 (soundtrack)
- 1996信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 1996天空のエスカフローネ オリジナルサウンドトラック 2 (soundtrack)
- 1996天空のエスカフローネ オリジナルサウンドトラック 3 (soundtrack)
- 1997X Character File Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1997天空のエスカフローネ lovers only (soundtrack)
- 1998BRAIN POWERD Original Soundtrack 2 (soundtrack)
- 1998COWBOY BEBOP (soundtrack)
- 1998COWBOY BEBOP (soundtrack)
- 1998COWBOY BEBOP (soundtrack)
- 1998Song to Fly
- 1998信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 1999∀GUNDAM ORIGINAL SOUND TRACKS (soundtrack)
- 1999∀GUNDAM ORIGINAL SOUND TRACKS II: DIANNA & KIHEL (soundtrack)
- 1999COWBOY BEBOP (soundtrack)
- 1999信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 2000∀GUNDAM ORIGINAL SOUND TRACKS III: COCOA (soundtrack)
- 2000Napple Tale 妖精図鑑 (soundtrack)
- 2000Napple Tale 怪獣図鑑 (soundtrack)
- 2000信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 2001ARJUNA オンナの港 (soundtrack)
- 2001ARJUNA: into the another world (soundtrack)
- 2001COWBOY BEBOP (soundtrack)
- 200223時の音楽 (soundtrack)
- 2002COWBOY BEBOP (soundtrack)
- 2002tokyo.sora original soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2002劇場版∀ガンダム 地球光・月光蝶 Soundtracks - 惑星の午後、僕らはキスをした (soundtrack)
- 2002BRAIN POWERD Original Soundtrack 2 (soundtrack)
- 2003WOLF’S RAIN (soundtrack)
- 2003攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX be Human (soundtrack)
- 2003攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX O.S.T. (soundtrack)
- 2004WOLF’S RAIN (soundtrack)
- 2004信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 2004攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX O.S.T. 2 (soundtrack)
- 2005Genesis of Aquarion: Original Soundtrack 2 (soundtrack)
- 2005信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 2005攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX O.S.T. 3 (soundtrack)
- 2005阿修羅城の瞳O.S.T. (soundtrack)
- 2006信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 2006攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX Solid State Society O.S.T. (soundtrack)
- 2007DARKER THAN BLACK -黒の契約者- 劇伴 (soundtrack)
- 2007RAGNAROK Online II Original Sound Track (soundtrack)
- 2007信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 2007攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX CD-BOX (soundtrack)
- 2008マクロスF O.S.T.1 娘フロ。 (soundtrack)
- 2008マクロスF O.S.T.2 娘トラ☆ (soundtrack)
- 2009Darker Than Black Original Soundtrack 5.1 (soundtrack)
- 2010SURELY SOMEDAY (soundtrack)
- 2012「アクエリオンEVOL」 LOVE @ New Dimension (soundtrack)
- 2012「アクエリオンEVOL」 イヴの詩篇 (soundtrack)
- 2012坂道のアポロン KIDS ON THE SLOPE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (soundtrack)
- 2012坂道のアポロン KIDS ON THE SLOPE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK PLUS more & rare (soundtrack)
- 2013Petal Dance Original Piano Score (soundtrack)
- 2013信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 2014信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 2014残響のテロル ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2 -crystalized- (soundtrack)
- 2014信長の野望 戦国群雄伝 (soundtrack)
- 2015信長の野望 戦国群雄伝
- 2015海街diary オリジナルサウンドトラック (soundtrack)
- 2016三國志13 オリジナルサウンドトラック (soundtrack)
- 2017NHK大河ドラマ おんな城主 直虎 緊急特盤 鶴のうた (soundtrack)
- 2017NHK大河ドラマ おんな城主 直虎 緊急特盤 鶴のうた (soundtrack)
- 2017NHK大河ドラマ おんな城主 直虎 緊急特盤 鶴のうた (soundtrack)
- 2017NHK大河ドラマ おんな城主 直虎 緊急特盤 鶴のうた (soundtrack)
- 2017NHK大河ドラマ おんな城主 直虎 緊急特盤 鶴のうた (soundtrack)
- 2017NHK大河ドラマ おんな城主 直虎 緊急特盤 鶴のうた (soundtrack)
- 2022COWBOY BEBOP (soundtrack)
- 2022Ōban Star-Racers 15th Anniversary Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2023The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2023Volzerk: Monsters and Lands Unknown Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
Other work
- 1994Macross Plus
- 2002Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (tv)
In School of Rock
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- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 6NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Anime Genre
With her band Seatbelts, Yoko Kanno wrote big band jazz and blues for the series Cowboy Bebop (1998).