The Greatness of Yoko Kanno

Yoko Kanno is easily my favorite Japanese film/television composer (along with Joe Hisaishi, the composer of the Academy Award-winning Miyazaki film "Spirited Away"). I never cease to be amazed at Kanno’s incredible diversity of musical style and compositional technique. She is equally at home creating small group and big band jazz, euro-industrial dance tracks, and full-blown, John Williams-esque dramatic orchestral scores, as well as holding her own as a worthy songwriter.