Line #8 YMMV/YokoKanno


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' soundtrack, for starters. It's probably her best known work, due to the show's large fandom and longevity in UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates.
2	** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'''s music is also a legendary example of techno and modern classical ear worms.
3	* FandomRivalry: Fans of Music/YukiKajiura and fans of Kanno can really battle it out. But each side has its {{friendl\|yFandoms}}ies for both women.
4	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Despite the majority of Kanno's work being original compositions, this is bound to happen in a catalogue as large and as varied as hers. There are even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOy3AuB5PtI several]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yupIJUbFNFg YouTube]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9cwF7lSuMo videos]] claiming that Yoko has plagiarized or lifted from other composers.
5	** ''Anime/MacrossPlus''[='=] "[[http://khoctham.us/923666-bai-hat/go-ri-a-te-yoko-kanno.html Go Ri A Te]]" directly borrows from Music/RyuichiSakamoto's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ZfB4uiWb8 Thousand Knives]]."
6	** "Ark" from the ''Anime/BrainPowerd'' soundtrack starts off like the ''[[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]'' theme with bagpipes. Och, I'll be back, laddie!
7	** "Jig" from ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' resembles Music/JohnWilliams' "Letting Off Steam" from ''Film/FarAndAway''.
8	** In ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'', Kanno's piece "Exodus" borrows from "Victorius Titus", from the ''Film/{{Titus}}'' score by Elliot Goldenthal.
9	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oEkvtaD7rw be human]]" from ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' skirts a little too closely to {{Music/Spiritualized}}'s masterwork "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB7E1D_3Na4 Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space]]", down to opening with a vocal sample; and the little beeps sprinkled throughout.
10	** "The Borderline", also from ''Macross Plus'', is a pastiche of the Creator/DavidLynch-produced Julee Cruise's album ''The Voice of Love'', which included songs used in Lynch's film ''Film/TwinPeaksFireWalkWithMe'', a film that [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff the Japanese have an obsession over.]] One song off that album, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gril77r3oqo Up in Flames]]", contains the famous bassline that "The Borderline" paid homage to. Perhaps to underscore this point, the song is subtitled "dedicate for David" in the liner notes.
11	** Several other songs fall squarely into pastiche territory, such as ''Stand Alone Complex''[='=]s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBwwUfCVA0c [=CHRisTmas in the SiLenT ForeSt=]]]" hinting at Music/{{Bjork}}'s work; "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amz3PRYGp9w banquet firewall]], which sounds like a remix of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc3Cq89P97Y Lux Aeterna]]" from Film/RequiemForADream; or, her most damning piece, ''Cowboy Bebop'''s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUJVacmswM8 On the Run]]," which is even named after the Music/PinkFloyd song that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VouHPeO4Gls it references]].
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Context YMMV / YokoKanno