Welcome to our second episode for Master of VGM!
This week’s composer is Yoko Kanno, a composer, arranger, and music producer of anime, video games, TV dramas, and movies. Most anime fans will recognize her music from several anime (Macross Plus, Cowboy Bebop, Turn a Gundam, Wolf’s Rain, Macross Frontier) and movies (Kamikaze Girls, Honey and Clover). Video game fans may know that she’s been the main composer for the Koei series ‘Nobunaga’s Ambition’ and several other games.
We’ve got tracks from three video games that Kanno has composed: an adventure in a fairy land, warring in 16th century feudal Japan, and traveling the lands inspired by Norse mythology. We’ve also got covers and remixes of these tracks to follow.
Prepare yourself as you listen to one of most recognized female composers of anime and video games…
Yoko Kanno (Fan Website, X (Fan Page), Spotify)
Interview: Anime soundtracker Yoko Kanno
Track Listing
All original tracks are composed by Yoko Kanno
“Wild Wind” – [Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream]
“Wild Wind / Napple Tale Arsia in Daydream [Jazz Cover]” – covered by N!ESS (Nice! Edmond is Super Sumo-wrestler)
“Flowery Wind” – [Nobunaga’s no Yabou (Nobunaga’s Ambition: Chronicle of Soaring)]
“Flower Wind (Arrangement)” – featuring the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ewa Rogala, Hajime Mizoguchi on Solo Cello
“Intro Theme” – [Ragnarok Online 2: Legend of the Second]
“Ragnarock II: Intro Theme Cover” – covered by TeraCMusic
Outro: “Opening” / “Tank” – [Cowboy Bebop: Tsuioku no Serenade (Serenade of Reminiscence)] – composed by Yoko Kanno
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