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Yoko
Kanno (born March 19, 1964) is a composer, arranger and musician best known for
her work on the soundtracks for many anime films, television series,
live-action films, video games, and advertisements. She was born in Miyagi
Prefecture, Japan.
She has written scores for famous animated works, including
Macross Plus, Turn A Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, The Vision of Escaflowne, Ghost in
the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Wolf's Rain, Sakamichi no Apollon, and is the
most trusted composer by veteran and new-wave directors such as Yoshiyuki
Tomino, Shinichiro Watanabe and Shoji Kawamori. Kanno has also composed music
for pop artists, the most notable being Maaya Sakamoto and Kyōko Koizumi. She
is also a skilled keyboardist, and is the front woman for the Seatbelts, who
perform many of Kanno's compositions on the various original soundtracks for
which she is responsible.
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