Ask John: What Has Yoko Kanno Worked On?
|Question:
I’m a big fan of many of Yoko Kanno’s soundtracks (Macross Plus, Cowboy Bebop, etc.) and I was wondering if you could perhaps provide some sort of list of every soundtrack that she “authored” or composed that have been currently released.
Answer:
I doubt that I can provide a thorough, authoritative discography for Yoko Kanno, but here’s what I’ve been able to dig up.
Yoko Kanno actually composed and/or conducted music on these discs:
Brain Powered
soundtracks 1 & 2
Field of Love CD single
Cowboy Bebop
soundtracks 1, 2 & 3
Vitaminless
Music for Freelance
Macross Plus
soundtracks 1 & 2
Sharon Apple: Cream P.U.F.
For Fans Only
Escaflowne
soundtracks 1, 2 and 3
Lovers Only
Thought of the Jeture
movie soundtrack
Turn A Gundam
soundtracks 1, 2 and 3
The Concert
Memories
soundtrack
Nobunaga’s Ambition (video game series)
Nobunaga no Yabou Haouden
Nobunaga no Yabou Tenshouki
Nobunaga no Yabou Zenkokuban/Sangokushi
Nobunaga no Yabou Bushoufuunroku
Nobunaga no Yabou Sengokugunyuden
Nobunaga no Yabou Kyuukyokuonban
Shin Nobunaga Densetsu 1 & 2
Uncharted Waters 2 (video game series)
soundtracks 1 & 2
Uncharted Waters II, Special Edition
Koei Game Music Works
Yoko Kanno Collections
Natsujikan no Otonatachi (live action movie)
soundtrack
NHK: China: Media Remoras documentary
soundtrack
Yoko Kanno
Songs to Fly
Kyoko Endo
Tetsu 100%
These discs and CD singles contain one or a few songs that she either performed or worked on:
Legend of Crystania
The First Adventurers (movie opening and ending themes)
Please Save My Earth
soundtracks 1, 2 and 3
Dai-Gard
soundtrack 1
Hime-chan’s Ribbon
Magical Ribbon Tour
Macross Dynamite 7
Radio Fire
X
Character File compilation
Orchestra Game Music Concert
volumes 1-4
Saihayashi Game Tribute
Samply Red
A~ra ii kimochi (a TV commercial theme song)
Perfect Rouge
Hajime Mizoguchi
Aqua Colors in Paris
Porco Rosso
soundtrack (arrangement on end theme)
Jin-Roh
soundtrack
Yoko Kanno has also served as producer on several J-pop CDs, most commonly with Maya Sakamoto
Maaya Sakamoto
Dive
Grapefruit
Hotchpotch
Hashiru CD single
Card Captor Sakura Purachina CD single
Clamp Campus Detectives Mini Soundtrack CD single
Clamp Campus Detectives Gift CD Single
Lodoss Wars TV Miracle Ocean CD single
Arai Akino
Sora no Mori
Nobuya Sugawa
Nostalgia
Kyoko Koizumi
Otokonoko Onnanoko
Yuri Shiratori
Caramel Pop
Crystal Kay
Eternal Memories CD single
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