よう子 菅野 Yoko Kanno

Kimberlee LyonsMUSC 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 Bebop23 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 4Variations

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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