Yoko Kanno is well known in the West for her Anime (Japanese animated shows) compositions. Her style is eclectic, ranging from jazz and orchestral…more
For her work on Escaflowne, she used a tonal language that many people assumed was Latin. However, in an interview discussing the matter, she revealed that it isn't Latin but an "image of Latin".
(On her approach to creating the music for "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex")Yoko Kanno: I had this image of a formal and rigid "manly" world for the original comic. So I tried to think of ways to destroy that world.