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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Sibayan, Mal. "Who Is Gabriela Robin?" A Gabriela Robin Site. Mal Sibayan, 2004. Web. 13 June 2011.

Wong, James P. "About Yoko Kanno." The Yoko Kanno Project. James P. Wong, 2007. Web. 10 June 2011.

West, Digital. " 菅野よう子 ." MusicBrainz. Digital West. Web. 12 June 2011.

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