Yoko Kanno
Sound
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.
Known for
Sound60
tvThe Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
2023
Original Music Composer
tvSPY x FAMILY
2022
Theme Song Performance
tvCowboy Bebop
2021
Original Music Composer
movieSangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert
2017
Original Music Composer
tvNaotora: The Lady Warlord
2017
Original Music Composer
movieOur Little Sister
2015
Original Music Composer
tvTerror in Resonance
2014
Original Music Composer
movieThe World of Kanako
2014
Original Music Composer
tvSpace Dandy
2014
Original Music Composer
tvGochisousan
2013
Music
moviePetal Dance
2013
Music
movieCowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2012
Original Music Composer
movieMacross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
2011
Original Music Composer
movieMacross Frontier: The False Songstress
2009
Original Music Composer
movieRing of Gundam
2009
Original Music Composer
tvMacross Frontier
2008
Original Music Composer
movieGenesis of Aquarion: Wings of Genesis
2007
Original Music Composer
movieGhost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
2007
Original Music Composer
movieGenius Party
2007
Original Music Composer
tvDarker than Black
2007
Original Music Composer
movieThe Show Must Go On
2007
Original Music Composer
tvŌban Star-Racers
2006
Theme Song Performance
movieSu-ki-da
2006
Music
movieGhost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
2005
Original Music Composer
movieAshura
2005
Original Music Composer
tvAquarion
2005
Music, Theme Song Performance
movieMind Game
2004
Musician
movieKamikaze Girls
2004
Original Music Composer
tvWolf's Rain
2003
Original Music Composer
movieWoman of Water
2002
Original Music Composer
movietokyo.sora
2002
Music
tvGhost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2002
Original Music Composer
movieCowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001
Original Music Composer
movieEscaflowne: The Movie
2000
Original Music Composer
movieJin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
1999
Theme Song Performance, Musician
tvTurn A Gundam
1999
Music, Original Music Composer
tvBrain Powerd
1998
Original Music Composer
tvCowboy Bebop
1998
Original Music Composer
movieNoiseman Sound Insect
1997
Original Music Composer
movieHappy-Go-Lucky
1997
Music, Original Music Composer
tvThe Vision of Escaflowne
1996
Musician, Original Music Composer
movieMemories
1995
Original Music Composer
movieMacross Plus: The Movie
1995
Original Music Composer
tvMacross Plus
1994
Original Music Composer
tvYamato Takeru
1994
Music
Acting6
movieMemories of Memories
2004
Self (archive)
Crew2
tvMacross Zero
2002
Additional Music
tvMacross 7
1994
Additional Music
Writing1
tvAquarion
2005
Lyricist