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 History Tank! / 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 Guide Tank! / 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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