Yugo Kanno
Biography
Early life
Kanno was born in Saitama, Japan in 1977. Due to his father being a music enthusiast, he grew up listening to jazz and classical music from his childhood. He began to learn piano at the age of four and became passionate about soccer and piano at elementary school. He attended middle school in Kawagoe and spent a memorable childhood period such as taking charge of percussion instruments in a brass band. After entering high school, he started to teach composing lessons before later moving to Takanezawa for university.[1]
Professional work
In 1997, he entered the Tokyo Department of Music Composition. After graduating from the Tokyo College of Music, department of composition, film scoring course, he started offering music to artists.[2]
In 2004, he made his debut at the age of 27 in a Fuji TV drama called Last Christmas. After that, he became active in a wide range of music production including movies, TV dramas, animation, and documentaries.[1]
On December 14, 2007 he held his first orchestral concert which has since become an annual event.[3] In 2012, he began work as a painter after casually painting a portrait of a friend who came by while he was in the studio.
JoJo discography
# |
Cover | Name | Composer | # of Tracks | Release Date |
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1 | Stardust Crusaders 「Departure」 Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 23 | July 30, 2014 | |
2 | Stardust Crusaders 「Journey」 Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 13 | August 27, 2014 | |
3 | Stardust Crusaders 「World」 Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 20 | April 22, 2015 | |
4 | Stardust Crusaders 「Destination」 Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 27 | May 27, 2015 | |
5 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Theme Song Best「Generation」 |
Various Artists | 8 | August 23, 2017 | |
6 | Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~ Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 23 | July 27, 2016 | |
7 | Diamond is Unbreakable ~Daydream~ Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 9 | July 27, 2016 | |
8 | Diamond is Unbreakable ~Nightwalk~ Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 10 | December 21, 2016 | |
9 | Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Night Morioh Cho~ Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 25 | December 21, 2016 | |
10 | Golden Wind: Overture | Yugo Kanno | 26 | December 19, 2018 |