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 Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:41 am
As one of the many anime fans here on Gaia, i can't help but adore Yoko Kanno and her band, the SeatBelts.
For those of you who have no idea what i'm talking about, Yoko Kanno is a Japanese composer who does a lot of work for anime and video games. You might be familiar with her work if you've seen Cowboy Bebop, Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex, or Wolf's Rain. She's also written music for J-Pop artists like Maaya Sakamoto and Kyoko Koizumi.
Yoko has a musical sensibility all her own, and her compositions are always incredibly beautiful, whether depressing (Words That We Couldn't Say - Cowboy Bebop; Heaven's Not Enough - Wolf's Rain), thoughtful (Living Inside The Shell - GITS:SAC; Strangers - Wolf's Rain), playful (Diggin' - Cowboy Bebop) or random as hell (Flying Teapot - Cowboy Bebop; Lithium Flower - GITS: SAC). the artists she chooses to sing these (including Steve Conte, Mai Yamane, Maaya Sakamoto, Emily Bindiger, and Raj Ramayya) bring passion to the music, and the lyrics of Tim Jensen paint amazing pictures.
*gasps for air* okay, i'm done fangirling for the moment. Anyone else love her??
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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:40 pm
YES!
The first song I listened to from her is actually from the movie Jin-Roh, the main title; Omega or something of the likes. It's a beautiful song! Gravity from Wolf's Rain is a close second. Shiro Long Tail's awesome, too!
I have a lot of her songs on my iPod. She has an amazing voice, don't you think? And her lyrics are breath-taking!
BTW, it was really hard choosing between Wolf's Rain and Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex in the poll!
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:56 pm
for me, it's always been the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack. So eclectic, with so many amazingly beautiful lyrics.
what's your favorite song by her? i'm torn between "The Garden of Everything", "Call Me Call Me", "Heaven's Not Enough" and "Gotta Knock A Little Harder".
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:31 pm
gonk
It's so hard to choose! Ano... I think it's "Where Does the Ocean Go?" from the Ghost in the Shell OST. I love that song, and sing it everyday! It's so beautiful... and incredibly realistic! Inner Universe is also really good! Ooh, Gravity from Wolf's Rain is awesome, too!
o.o
But from Cowboy Bebop, it's definitely "The Garden of Everything"!
^.^
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:46 pm
My girlfriend introduced me to Yoko Kannao, and while I don't listen much to her myself, everything I have heard has really impressed me, especially with her variance.
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