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| Satoshi Miwa 1333th Post
 
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|  "Re(4):Yoko Kanno article"
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Yeah, that seemed to be my impression when I met her in...2000, I believe it was. She seemed very surprised how appreciative people over here were of her work. I also wonder if there is a dearth of people in her position, because I remember her reply to one of my questions during Otakon. I asked how difficult it is for someone to enter the field of composing music for anime (which is one of two things I wish to do, the second being composing music for games...) She replied with a very quick, "Very easy," not even bthering to go through her translator to answer. I tried to ask her to elaborate, but the moderator already solicited another question...ah well.
Given the generic nature of alot of anime BGM, it's not too shocking that it'd be an easy field to get into. And one that isn't into a high demand (Unless you can write catchy J-pop Vocal tracks, which are the bread and butter of the indutsry). Just look at the names of famous anime music composers, and only 3 tend to come up. Kanno, Kenji Kawaii, and Joe Higashi...
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| Sklathill
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| "Re(5):Yoko Kanno article" , posted Mon 5 Aug 21:27
It's Hisaishi, not Higashi. ^^;; He isn't some kickboxer that likes to moon opponents. ^^;;;
How can you forget Kaoru Wada?!@?!@?!@ While most people only remember him for things like 3x3 Eyes, Inu Yasha, and older mecha anime, few realize that he is actually a rather celebrated concert art music composer, with awards from both the Japanese concert world and the American and European concert world. He's got composition chops, from solo pieces to elementary band to full professional orchestra.
I actually had an interesting conversation with one of the vendors in the dealers room at AX this year...talked a bit about Wada's older works, they're quality and the difficulty of obtaining them...
Man, I haven't listened to To Heart in a while...I should do that... ^^
Don't forget Hajime Mizoguchi, either. He's done some very good stuff as well...
Who else comes to mind... Jun Miyake, Sagisu (who I'm not too fond of...don't even get me started on Evangelion...but has some nice ideas all around...), Hogari Hisaaki (his Kokoro Library score is one of the most refreshing scores I've heard in a long time... he sounds a bit like Kanno at times, which makes sense considering he works with her...)
Recent anime soundtracks I think favorably of...Kokoro Library, Turn-A movie, Azumanga is surprisingly good, Arujuna, Coboy Bebop Movie...GAH, I already listed three Kanno CDs. Well, she IS good. ^^;; Probably my favorite anime soundtrack of recent is Waking Life...Oh wait, that's animated, not anime. ^^;; Good old Glover Gill, great, great music for a great, great film...
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