Yoshihiro Hanno

Born in Osaka 22nd January 1968, Yoshihiro Hanno (????) 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.
Born in Osaka 22nd January 1968, Yoshihiro Hanno (????) 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.... More.Less.

Filmography

Mountains May Depart (2015)

The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

24 City (2008)

Chengdu nowadays. The state owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of luxury apartments called "24 CITY". Three...