
Person
Yoshihiro Hanno
Sound · Osaka, Japan
Biography
Born in Osaka 22nd January 1968, Yoshihiro Hanno (半野喜弘) is an internationally renowned musician/composer whose field of work has been expanding from movie soundtracks to orchestral pieces, as well as electronics music. In 1997 he was highly acclaimed for his electronic music releases in Europe, which led him to move to his homebase to Paris since 2000. His creation style, which is boundary-free for any genre has made him unique in the music scene. With his score for Hou Hsaio-Hsien film Flowers of Shanghai, which was highly praised as “discovery of a new talent of movie soundtracks”. HANNO has collaborated with leading Asian directors such as Jia Zhang-ke, Yu Lik Wai etc. He was nominated as best composer in Asian Film Award 2009. Also He composed his first orchestra piece called [WAKE] (2007) committed by 32. Winterthur Musikfestwochen in Switzerland. His subtle yet rich elegant music has gained a strong fan base and is constantly evolving. As HANNO says, “My music is a universal hymn to the primitive pain and pleasure of being human”, his sounds keep giving the audience sensational emotions.
Known for

Call Boy
Original Music Composer

The Samurai and the Prisoner
Original Music Composer

Millennium Mambo
Original Music Composer

Beautiful Crazy
Original Music Composer

Why Try to Change Me Now
Original Music Composer

Longing for the Rain
Original Music Composer

Appleseed: Ex Machina
Music

Dragonfly Eyes
Original Music Composer

Flowers of Shanghai
Original Music Composer

Winter Boy
Original Music Composer
Filmography
- 2026The Samurai and the PrisonerOriginal Music Composer
- 2025LocustOriginal Music Composer
- 2023Lightning Over the BeyondDirector
- 2023Revolver LilyOriginal Music Composer
- 2023Why Try to Change Me NowOriginal Music Composer
- 2022Winter BoyOriginal Music Composer
- 2021MAYDAYMusic
- 2020The Cornered Mouse Dreams of CheeseOriginal Music Composer
- 2019Hunt DownOriginal Music Composer
- 2019Spring TideMusic
- 2019Paradise NextDirector
- 2018Hanalei BayOriginal Music Composer
- 2018My Friend "A"Original Music Composer
- 2018Call BoyOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Vibration: THE YELLOW MONKEYOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Pigeon TangoOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Dragonfly EyesOriginal Music Composer
- 2016A Woman Wavering in the RainMusic
- 2016Satoshi: A Move for TomorrowOriginal Music Composer
- 2016Pink and GrayOriginal Music Composer
- 2015Mountains May DepartOriginal Music Composer
- 2013Longing for the RainOriginal Music Composer
- 2011UglyScreenplay
- 2011BlowfishOriginal Music Composer
- 2011Chinese VegetablesMusic
- 2010AcaciaOriginal Music Composer
- 2009Beautiful CrazyOriginal Music Composer
- 2009Plastic CityOriginal Music Composer
- 200824 CityOriginal Music Composer
- 2007Appleseed: Ex MachinaMusic
- 2005voisinMusic
- 2005Play at duskMusic
- 2005Jour de reveMusic
- 2003All Tomorrow's PartiesOriginal Music Composer
- 2003In The Still Of The Night山形の友人
- 2001Millennium MamboOriginal Music Composer
- 2001PlatformOriginal Music Composer
- 1998Flowers of ShanghaiOriginal Music Composer
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