小泉今日子
is a Japanese composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks of anime films, television series, live-action films, video games, and advertisements. She was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. She has written scores for "Cowboy Bebop" and its live-action adaptation, "Darker than Black", "Macross Plus", "Turn A Gundam", "The Vision of Escaflowne", "", "Wolf's Rain", "Kids on the Slope," "Genesis of Aquarion" and "Terror in Resonance", and has worked with the directors Hirokazu Kore-eda, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Shinichirō Watanabe and Shōji Kawamori. Kanno has also composed music for pop artists Maaya Sakamoto and Kyōko Koizumi. She is also a keyboardist, and is the frontwoman for the Seatbelts, who perform many of Kanno's compositions and soundtracks.