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よう子 菅野 Yoko Kanno
Kimberlee Lyons
MUSC 1010
Yoko Kanno• Born on March 19, 1964
• Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
• Piano lessons when young
• 1974 piano competition
• Youngest person ever to win
• Other hobbies:
• Photography
• Writing
Education and Married Life
Moved to Paris
Attended the Conservatore National Superieur de Musique de Danse de Paris
Moved back to Japan
Attended Waseda University
Married Hajime Mizoguchi
Collaborated Soundtracks
2007: Divorced
Career• Composed for:
• Sountracks
• Anime
• TV Series
• Movies
• J-Pop Artists
• Advertisements
Affliliations • Was a keyboardist in
TETSU 100%
• Disbanded
• “The Seatbelts”
• Creator
• Producer
• Composer
• Arranger
• Pianist
• Keyboardist
• Produced:
• 7 Albums
• 1 DVD
• Disbanded
Work Style and Influences
Plays in various genres including: Jazz
Classical
Electronic
New Age
Folk Rock
J-Pop
Etc.
Doesn’t think in “genres”, just in “mood”/”setting”
Biggest influences: Maurice Ravel
Claude Debussy
Gabriela Robin• Rumored to be a pseudonym for Kanno
•Unproven
• July 7, 2009: Cho-jiku-tanabata Sonic Concert
• Kanno sings
• “Moon” from Turn A Gundam
• Associated with Robin
Composition HistoryTank! / The Real Folk Blues / Gravity
Tank!
Written in 1998
Opening theme for “Cowboy Bebop”
25 Episodes
Performed by: “The Seatbelts”
First featured in CD form
Cowboy Bebop
1998
My Own Worst Enemy trailer
The Real Folk Blues Written in 1998
Closing theme for Cowboy Bebop
23 Espisodes
Lyrics: Yuho Iwasato
Performed by: “The Seatbelts” and Mai Yamane
First featured in CD form
Vitaminless
1998
Gravity
Written in 2003
Opening theme for “Wolf’s Rain”
Lyrics by: Troy
Performed by: Maaya Sakamoto
First featured in CD form
“Gravity”
2003
Listening GuideTank! / The Real Folk Blues / Gravity
Tank! 0:00 Intro
Major Chord
Brass and Percussion sections
background beat is established
Bongo drums enter
0:18 Spoken part begins
0:25 Song begins
Brass section
Melody established
0:39 First music “spike”
0:46 Melody continues
Octave higher.
1:01 Spike repeated
1:07 Beat slows
Trumpet staccato
Rolling rhythm
1:16 Melody returns
Wailing trumpet solos
1:35 Spike 3
“desperate” or “squeaky” feeling
1:41 Descending Scale
Trumpet solo
1:45
Trumpet solo enters
Synthesizer added
2:02
Spike 4
Variations
2:23
Spike Repeat
Smoother, leading melody
2:44
Re-enter melody
Solo ends
Octave higher
3:01
Instrument build-up
3:05
Fortissimo Explosion
3:12
Descending scale
3:15
Trumpet solist re-enters for finish
3:31
End
The Real Folk Blues 0:00
Melody Established
Major Key
Trumpets and Percussion
0:32
First Verse
Singer Enters
1:34
Chorus
Background singer
Dynamic range:
Forte – mezzo-piano
2:06
Instrumental break
Guitar solo
2:29
Second Verse
3:04 Chorus Variation
3:28 Original chorus
repeated
4:00 Instrumental
Slower/dream-like
Mini-solos
5:40 Fade out
Repeat instrumental section
6:19 End.
Gravity
0:00 Piano pulsates beat
Major Key
0:07 First Verse
Pulse variations
0:57 Second Verse
Stronger dynamics
Forte
1:12 Piano varies
Dynamics return to piano
1:23 Background singer
1:41 Brighter melody
Gravity
1:55 Pulsing chord returns
2:03 Violin enters
Maaya sings in harmony
2:27 Flute enters
Ascending scale
2:40 Piano re-enters for solo
2:48 End
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