Yoko Kanno
Sound
1963-03-18 · 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, 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.
Filmography
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
2023 · Series
SPY x FAMILY
2022 · Series
Cowboy Bebop
2021 · Series
Sangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert
2017 · Movie
Naotora: The Lady Warlord
2017 · Series
Our Little Sister
2015 · Movie
Terror in Resonance
2014 · Series
The World of Kanako
2014 · Movie
Space Dandy
2014 · Series
Gochisousan
2013 · Series
Petal Dance
2013 · Movie
Ein's Summer Vacation
2012 · Movie
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2012 · Movie
Kids on the Slope
2012 · Series
Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
2011 · Movie
Maaya Sakamoto 15th Anniversary Live "Gift" at Nippon Budokan
2010 · Movie
Surely Someday
2010 · Movie
Macross Frontier Galaxy Tour Final in Budokan
2009 · Movie
Macross Frontier: The False Songstress
2009 · Movie
Ring of Gundam
2009 · Movie
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
2009 · Movie
Macross Frontier
2008 · Series
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
2008 · Series
Genesis of Aquarion: Wings of Genesis
2007 · Movie
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
2007 · Movie
Genius Party
2007 · Movie
Say Hello for Me
2007 · Movie
Darker than Black
2007 · Series
The Show Must Go On
2007 · Movie
Honey and Clover
2006 · Movie
Ōban Star-Racers
2006 · Series
Su-ki-da
2006 · Movie
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
2006 · Movie
A Melody for My Father
2005 · Movie
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
2005 · Movie
Ashura
2005 · Movie
Aquarion
2005 · Series
Mind Game
2004 · Movie
Kamikaze Girls
2004 · Movie
Memories of Memories
2004 · Movie
Wolf's Rain
2003 · Series
Macross Zero
2002 · Series
Woman of Water
2002 · Movie
tokyo.sora
2002 · Movie
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2002 · Series
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly
2002 · Movie
Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light
2002 · Movie
Tachikoma na hibi
2002 · Series
Future Blues
2001 · Movie
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001 · Movie
Earth Maiden Arjuna
2001 · Series
Seatbelts: Souvenir of Tokyo
2001 · Movie
Escaflowne: The Movie
2000 · Movie
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
1999 · Movie
Turn A Gundam
1999 · Series
Beautiful Sunday
1998 · Movie
Brain Powerd
1998 · Series
Cowboy Bebop
1998 · Series
Noiseman Sound Insect
1997 · Movie
Happy-Go-Lucky
1997 · Movie
I Can’t Study
1996 · Movie
The Vision of Escaflowne
1996 · Series
Memories
1995 · Movie
Macross Plus: The Movie
1995 · Movie
Macross 7
1994 · Series
Macross Plus
1994 · Series
Yamato Takeru
1994 · Series
Please Save My Earth
1993 · Series