Intro by zzeroparticle: For those of you who follow this site pretty closely, you may have noticed that the Fall 2011 preview was conspicuously absent. School hammered me pretty hard and I just wasn’t able to find the time to put it together. To make amends, allow me to say this: Kousuke Yamashita’s work on [...]
Tag Archives: Yoko Kanno
Previewing the Music For Winter 2012′s Anime Season
Posted in Editorials Also tagged Ano Natsu de Matteru, Another, Aquarion Evol, Audio Highs, Black Rock Shooter, Brave 10, Daily Lives of High School Boys, Elements Garden, Fujita Junpei, High School DxD, I've Sound, Kou Otani, Malko Iuchi, Mouretsu Pirates, Nana Mizuki, Noriyasu Agematsu, Preview, Recorder to Randoseru, Rinne no Lagrange, ryo, Saeko Suzuki, Satoru Kousaki, Seasonal Preview, Seikou Nagaoka, Sennhime Zesshou Symphogear, Supercell, Takaaki Anzai 22 Comments
Masato Honda’s Alto Saxophone Solo from “Tank!” – An Analysis
It has been called some of the most riveting 59 seconds of music ever recorded for Japanese animation; the cornerstone representative of jazz in anime. Brutally bald-faced in its dense complexity and awe-inspiring in its effortless virtuosity, these 68 measures have become nigh-legendary in the tangential overlap of the jazz and anime communities. I’m talking, [...]
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door OST- Future Blues – Review
Album Title: Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door OST Future Blues Anime Title: Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door Artist: Yoko Kanno, The Seatbelts, Mai Yamane, Steve Conte, Hideyuki Takahashi, Hassan Bohmide, Aoi Tada, Mayu Jensen, Tim Jensen, Mataro Misawa, Gabriela Robin Catalog Number: VICL-60756 Release Type: Soundtrack Release Date: August 29, 2001 Purchase at: CDJapan
Posted in Soundtrack Reviews Also tagged Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop Movie, Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Jazz, Jazz Rock, Review, Rock, Soundtrack, The Seatbelts 4 Comments
∀ (Turn A) Gundam Original Sound Tracks – Review
Album Title: ∀ GUNDAM ORIGINAL SOUND TRACKS Anime Title: ∀ Gundam Artist: Yoko Kanno, Asei Kobayashi, Hideki Saijo, Shikyoh Iwasaka Catalog Number: KICA-473 Release Type: Soundtrack Release Date: July 23, 1999 Purchase at: CDJapan
Posted in Soundtrack Reviews Also tagged Asei Kobayashi, Hideki Saijo, orchestral, Shikyoh Iwasaka, Soundtrack, Turn A Gundam 6 Comments
Composer of the Month – Yoko Kanno
Overview: Among the most prolific of anime composers, Yoko Kanno stands as one of the most loved and sought-after songwriters in the industry. Her works are particularly notable for covering a huge swath of genres; from the pumping synth-techno of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex to the sweeping spiritual chanting of Earth Girl [...]
Posted in Composer Profiles Also tagged Composer Profile, Cowboy Bebop, Earth Girl Arjuna, Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Jazz, Maaya Sakamoto, Macross Frontier, Macross Plus, Magnetic Rose, orchestral, Please Save My Earth, Porco Rosso, Rock, Sousei no Aquarion, Turn A Gundam, Wolf's Rain 17 Comments
