Yoko Kanno Tribute Thread

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:56 pm

Actually, I want to know if there are any Kanno albums that I'm not aware of... but let's get started.

Anime (not in any particular order)
Cowboy Bebop - no comment needed
Vision of Escaflowne - ditto
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - a lot of people say that the music is good in the show but not outside of it, I beg to differ but whatever
Wolf's Rain - this soundtrack keeps climbing the list of my favorites every time I listen to it
Macross Plus - solid (for a Kanno work, which means routinely excellent)
Arjuna - one of the weaker ones I've heard... which means "only" quite good
Brain Powerd - have it, haven't seen the show, therefore haven't listened to it
Turn A Gundam - ditto... actually I don't have it either :(
Memories (Magnetic Rose)
Various OP/ED
??? (am I missing anything?)

Games
Uncharted Waters I and II - great stuff
Nobunaga's Ambition Record of Military Affairs

Misc
23ji no Ongaku
Mizu no Onna
Song to Fly
The Other Side of Midnight

If anyone knows of other Kanno works (not just OP/ED)... plz 2 list (and send)!

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:58 pm

I think that for Bebop it's the opposite.

The musics rox outside of the anime and sucks in it.

And yes I'm serious.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:00 am

Actually you're not the only person of that opinion... but I disagree nonetheless. :>

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:08 am

I thought the music was awesome in AND out of Bebop. >_>

Kokaku · Post by **Kokaku** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:51 am

It’s nice how most of her songs, if not all, stand great on themselves. The only problem is that sometimes the quality of the series limits the popularity of the song.

TheDarkOne · Post by **TheDarkOne** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:53 am

Maaya Sakamoto is better :>

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:02 am

TheDarkOne wrote:Maaya Sakamoto is better :>

Very true.

But you also have to realize they have worked together on a ton of stuff :p

TheDarkOne · Post by **TheDarkOne** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:05 am

no i have not, for i have lived in a cave, with my fingers in my ears... and my eyes closed... on mars... yes i am aware of this, especially since one of those join albums is sitting on my HD :P

Frost · Post by **Frost** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 4:44 am

All hail the tiny woman from Japan that exposed thousands of American kids to bebop jazz.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 4:58 am

Supposedly, Gabriela Robin IS Kanno... a little MPD action?

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:31 am

j0hn Ayanami wrote:
TheDarkOne wrote:Maaya Sakamoto is better :>
Very true.

But you also have to realize they have worked together on a ton of stuff

Well, Sakamoto doesn't do much writing (a minimal amount). like 95% of the composition is Kanno, and usually they both perform in them. So it's not a straight comparison really...

They are both grand!

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 9:13 am

Please Save My Earth !

When I got interested in those OVA (in my early anime years...), was the first time I ever heard about Yoko Kanno and her music (2nd time must have been Macross Plus, and 3rd time Escaflowne...). She didn't compose all the tracks of the OST, though. But the music is pretty sweet, especially the main theme, sung by a very soft, feminine voice (and I really recommend the OVA as well

)

Here are some interesting links :
http://jameswong.com/ykproject/disc/dis ... =psme_ost1
http://jameswong.com/ykproject/disc/dis ... =psme_ist2
http://jameswong.com/ykproject/disc/dis ... =psme_ist3

I think she also did a little bit of the "Record of Lodoss War" OVA soundtrack (which is pretty nice too. Those CDs must be some of the first anime OST I ever bought)
This is somewhat 0ld Sch00l, classic stuff, and probably less impressive/original than her later works, but sounds good none the less, IMO.

Apart from that, there was also a little bit of Clamp stuff, like X or Card Captor Sakura, I think... (but I don't know much about those)

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:00 am

Doom wrote:Supposedly, Gabriela Robin IS Kanno... a little MPD action?

I remember I saw/heard it confirmed by a reliable source a few years ago... I'll try to find some stuff about that again and post it here though

Oh, and I have a Turn A Gundam CD, I can tell you you don't miss anything, it's not as good as her other OSTs.

My favs:

-Bebop (both good in and out imo)
-Magnetic Rose
-Esca

Abe · Post by **Abe** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:10 am

Kanno <3
When I saw this thread on the portal page though, I thought it said "Yoko Kanno turns up dead".

I blame Doom.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:11 pm

Oh right, I forgot PSME... my friend told me that was bad though.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:38 pm

PSME is not that bad... The music is kinda like Macross + to me, not better nor worse.
And the manga is

(OAVs...Well, it's only like 4, 5vols. out of 18 or something, so...

)

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:52 pm

The biggest problem I have with the OST is that there are some tracks I can't even remember ever hearing in the anime

That weird song, for instance O_o :
http://jameswong.com/ykproject/disc/dis ... st2/15.mp3

But most of the Yoko Kanno tracks are a lot like the ones she did for Macross +, indeed :
http://jameswong.com/ykproject/disc/dis ... st3/01.mp3
http://jameswong.com/ykproject/disc/dis ... st3/10.mp3

Rather ambient stuff, fits well in the anime, maybe less interesting to hear outside of context ?

The sweet song that play during the credits

:
http://jameswong.com/ykproject/disc/dis ... st1/08.mp3
http://jameswong.com/ykproject/disc/dis ... st3/16.mp3

Anyway, I really recommend the anime. And the manga even more.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:30 pm

:O

Well, I'm making it a personal mission to watch every Kanno anime anyway (except perhaps Turn A)

-Bobby- · Post by **-Bobby-** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:53 pm

I need Wolfs Rain OST bad!

Kanno is onre of my favorite overall composers of all time. There is little work of hers I don't like, some of her more risque vocals for example. Her ability to capture incredible emotion through her works is almost unbelievable at times. Just listen to Escaflowne

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 8:17 pm

Escaflowne OST 0wnz m3.
Strings + Choir =

One of the things that really impress me is that it's totally different from the other things she's done (same thing for Bebop)

Killey · Post by **Killey** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 8:21 pm

I'm fairly certain Kanno had no part in the Record of Lodoss OAV OST otherwise I would have remembered something like that being the Yokko Kanno whore that I am.

I know she did music for a Dreamcast game and Maaya Sakamoto did the theme to that game but for the life of me I cannot remember the title of the game. I have the OST to the game so I'll look it up when I get back home today.
Yoko Kanno also did a CD for the X series but it was a character image album or something like that. There's also some misc. stuff like composing songs for Maaya Sakamoto for various anime themes and CD's.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:25 am

I found a dozens of sites in French and English saying that Kanno and Gabriela (or Gabriella) Robin was the same person, but none of them could 100% confirm it. (though in one biography it was listed as a fact, not as a maybe...

)
Though I'm sure I read something about that from a reliable source a few years ago...

Anyway, here is one of the sites, not a 'real' site but the arguments are interesting...

http://www.geocities.com/helixcat_2000/robin.html

Doom (or anyone, he just seems to have the biggest mp3 collection

), do you have that 'Aqua Colors in Paris' album? the sample on the site doesn't work, so...

Anyway, all these arguments are not convincing but 1# to 4# are interesting, especially 3 and 4 if someone could check that....

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:05 pm

I had never heard before of that rumor of Kanno and Robin being the same person, but it's... interesting.
Reminds me of that Sharon Apple/Myung plot twist in Macross +

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:15 pm

That's because you're a nub

Looking for some information online I even read that there was something about that in Animeland once, don't you read it anymore?

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:27 pm

Nope, I don't have Aqua Colors in Paris...

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:46 pm

Apparently Yoko Kanno is a crazy, crazy broad who likes to play tricks. I wouldn't be surprised at all if she really wasn't Japanese and was just wearing a mask.

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:48 pm

If it turns out she is not Japanese then I will refuse to listen to her music for the rest of my life.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:41 pm

I concur that Kanno rocks and I demand a Kanno/Sakamoto megatorrent for SG's tracker.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:43 pm

Hohoho, that's actually not a bad idea...

Except it'd be as big as that EVERY FF ALBUM EVER torrent.

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:44 pm

I'd still download it.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:07 pm

Doom wrote:Hohoho, that's actually not a bad idea...

Except it'd be as big as that EVERY FF ALBUM EVER torrent.

Good. If you or someone else does end up making it and decides to compress it, compress each album as a seperate rar so cool kids who use azureus like me can choose not to download albums we already have.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 1:02 am

YOU BETTER FUCKING DO IT DOOM!

Abe · Post by **Abe** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 3:42 am

I concur with Dave, and not just because of his stunningly ravishing avatar.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 3:46 am

Has anyone even tried out the tracker yet?

I MAY do it if people promise to fucking seed the thing after they get it so I won't be stuck on it for a month.

The problem is if you're going to be a bitch like Dave and want .rars... do you realize how much extra space that will take up on my computer?

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:46 am

Doom wrote:

Has anyone even tried out the tracker yet?

I MAY do it if people promise to fucking seed the thing after they get it so I won't be stuck on it for a month.

The problem is if you're going to be a bitch like Dave and want .rars... do you realize how much extra space that will take up on my computer?

1.) There's like 10 torrents on the tracker right now.

2.) I've been seeding eurobeat.org torrents for about 6 months now.

3.) I didn't say I WANTED rars I said if you WANT TO DO RARS make sure they're SEPERATED so I don't have to redl all of CB OST.

Sephira · Post by **Sephira** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:52 am

Yoko Kanno = <3

Especially for Escaflowne~ I still love the opening. xD Well...the dub opening.

*hasn't seen the Japanese*

"Es-ca-flow-ne oohhh ohh aah ohhh~"

xD

But...Yuki Kajiura = <3<3

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:21 am

I'm going to assume you're saying that Kajiura > Kanno, in which case I'm going to thumb my nose at you.

Dave: well I got the impression that you wanted me to compress !

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:28 am

Doom wrote: Dave: well I got the impression that you wanted me to compress !

And you chinks are supposed to be smart. I mean honestly Doom how many times have you heard me bitching and moaning in chat about fuckwads who rar torrents?

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:35 am

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:20 pm

Hrm... well, we all know that Vash can't FTP, but he seems to be able to BT for no apparent reason, so... maybe I can bitch him into being a superseed, but we'll see.

Last One · Post by **Last One** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:08 pm

Kanno at least did the Op and Ed of Lodoss War Tv series, not sure if she also worked on the music in the show. Which reminds me I need to get both of those songs!

Have a nice day

Killey · Post by **Killey** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 9:43 pm

Last One wrote:Kanno at least did the Op and Ed of Lodoss War Tv series, not sure if she also worked on the music in the show. Which reminds me I need to get both of those songs!

Have a nice day

Kanno only worked on the opening theme since Maaya Sakamoto did the vocals.

nomaru · Post by **nomaru** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:18 pm

cool for posting links to James' site

he's a friend of mine. great guy. he keeps me current with kanno.

i LOVE yoko kanno. EVERYTHING. one of my friends plans on getting rich and kidnapping her make music in his castle. she'll be locked in a cage near the ceiling.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:31 pm

I want a GITS SAC OST 3.

Episode 14 of 2nd Gig introduced either one or two new Ilaria Graziano (I think) songs. Blargh.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 2:49 am

Tsuneo Imahori ownz Yoko Kanno.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 2:58 am

Shut up fanboy!

Kneepads, you should watch Gungrave. It's another Nightow/Imahori collaboration and (I think) far better than Trigun.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 3:20 am

I seriously doubt, unless it has the same theme as Trigun, that I would enjoy it nearly as much.

Also, I admit I'm being a fanboy. Kanno's music is technically better, I just prefer Trigun's music due to the context.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 3:27 am

Lord Golbez wrote:I seriously doubt

Watch it you bastard

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 3:30 am

I'll take that as a "no, it does not have the same theme." I'll watch it anyway, if I can get around to getting it.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 3:32 am

Actually, there are undeniable hints of Trigun-ish themes in Gungrave, but Gungrave is definitely distinct enough to stand on its own and (I'll say it again) I felt that overall Gungrave was far superior!

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