History Music / YokoKanno

* ''VideoGame/NappleTaleArsiaInDaydream'' (All of the games' vocal tracks were performed by Maaya Sakamoto, the sole voice actress of the game.)

* ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight'' (she composed the opening, "Kiseki no Umi", performed by Maaya Sakamoto)

* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' (she and The Seatbelts arranged and performed the instrumentals for the anime's third opening theme, "Kura Kura", with lyrics and vocals by Ado)

* ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' (She composed the closing theme for the third and final season, "Platinum", which was performed by Creator/MaayaSakamoto.)

* ''Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade'' (She helped ex-husband Hajime Mizoguchi by playing the piano and she sang on end theme song ''Grace Omega'' as Gabriela Robin.)

* ''Anime/RahXephon'' (She composed the opening song "Hemisphere" and the movie theme ''Tune the Rainbow,'' both performed by Maaya Sakamoto.)
* ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight'' (she composed the opening, ''Kiseki no Umi,'' performed by Maaya Sakamoto)

Born in Sendai, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} and having begun her career composing {{video game}} soundtracks in the late [=1980s=], she has written or otherwise contributed to the soundtracks of a large number of anime, including (but not limited to:)

* ''Anime/{{Macross}}:'' ([[Anime/MacrossPlus Plus]], [[Anime/{{Macross7}} Dynamite 7]], and [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Frontier]]).
* ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' (along with ''Music/HajimeMizoguchi,'' her former husband).
* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' (with her backing band the Seatbelts, probably her most famous and critically acclaimed soundtrack) and its LiveActionAdaptation, ''Series/CowboyBebop2021''.
* ''Anime/RahXephon'' (she composed the opening song "Hemisphere" and the movie theme ''Tune the Rainbow,'' both performed by Creator/MaayaSakamoto).
* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex,'' ''Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG,'' and ''Solid State Society'')
* ''Anime/EarthMaidenArjuna.''
* ''Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade'' (she helped ex-husband Hajime Mizoguchi by playing the piano and she sang on end theme song ''Grace Omega'' as Gabriela Robin).
* ''Anime/WolfsRain.''
* ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'' (as well as its sequel, ''Anime/AquarionEvol'').
* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack.''
* ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight'' (she composed the opening, ''Kiseki no Umi,'' performed by Creator/MaayaSakamoto)
* ''Anime/BrainPowerd.''
* ''Anime/TurnAGundam.''
* ''Manga/KidsOnTheSlope''
* ''Anime/TerrorInResonance.''

Besides soundtrack work for movies, TV, anime, and video games, Kanno has occasionally ventured into pop music; she has released two solo albums, and has served as producer for several albums from other musicians (including writing at least four of Creator/MaayaSakamoto's albums). She sometimes sings under the pseudonym of "Gabriela Robin," which for many years was her SecretIdentity. She publicly revealed herself as Robin by singing one of Robin's songs at a venue that Robin was slated to perform at, though she has not otherwise publicly acknowledged the alias.

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' (with her backing band Music/TheSeatbelts, probably her most famous and critically acclaimed soundtrack) and its LiveActionAdaptation, ''Series/CowboyBebop2021''.

** When she does sample, it's usually something obscure. ''Anime/MacrossPlus''' "Idol Talk", probably her most sample-heavy song, takes the beat from Music/WendyAndLisa's [[https://youtu.be/CSvWVZUhrs4 "Lolly Lolly"]]; the ever-sampled turntable scratches from hip hop group Beside's [[https://youtu.be/OCUkL0rwMw0 "Change the Beat"]]; as well as a phone sex operator's very explicit dialogue, as it appeared on industrial artist Scanner's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe3o9tbs-O0 debut album]] (with the most graphic words edited out.) The intro features a field recording of ''pigs squealing''.

** When she does sample, it's usually something obscure. ''Anime/MacrossPlus''' "Idol Talk", probably her most sample-heavy song, takes the beat from Music/PrincesAssociates Wendy & Lisa's [[https://youtu.be/CSvWVZUhrs4 "Lolly Lolly"]]; turntable scratches from a 1980's hip hop group Beside's [[https://youtu.be/OCUkL0rwMw0 "Change the Beat"]]; as well as a phone sex operator's very explicit dialogue, as it appeared on industrial artist Scanner's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe3o9tbs-O0 debut album]] (with the most graphic words edited out.) The intro features a field recording of ''pigs squealing''.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The Seatbelts has 37 Japanese members, 19 [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates American]] members, 7 [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} French]] members, and featured 18 guest vocalists. On the ''Seatbelts Live 2001@Shibuya AX'' disc included in the CD box set, 15 musicians and 6 vocalists are credited.

Kanno can write in any genre known to mankind -- and even a few that haven't been invented yet. She is the master of the NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly. Surprisingly enough, she isn't a One Woman Band, something that would make her even more awesome. She is a keyboardist and frontwoman of The Seatbelts, a {{jazz}} fusion band created exclusively for the soundtrack to ''Anime/CowboyBebop.''

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Expect even her most cohesive works to cross pollinate genres at some point.

Born in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} in 1964 and having begun her career composing {{video game}} soundtracks in the late 1980's, she has written or otherwise contributed to the soundtracks of a large number of anime, including (but not limited to:)

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' (with her backing band ''Music/TheSeatbelts,'' probably her most famous and critically acclaimed soundtrack) and its LiveActionAdaptation, ''Series/CowboyBebop2021''.

* ''Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade'' (she helped ex-husband ''Music/HajimeMizoguchi'' by playing the piano and she sang on end theme song ''Grace Omega'' as Gabriela Robin).