Katsuo Ohno
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Date of birth: | September 12, 1939 |
| Place of birth: | Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Position: | Music |
| Years active: | 1962-present |
| Aliases: | おおの かつお |
| Website: | Spotify Profile |
Katsuo Ohno (大野 克夫 Ōno Katsuo) is a well-known Japanese music composer born in Kyoto Prefecture. He has composed the majority of the soundtracks utilised in the Detective Conan anime and movies.
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Biography
Katsuo Ohno began his career as a Hawaiian guitarist, and had taken Jazz cafes in Kansai as the main site of his performances. In 1962, he established a music band named THE SPIDERS, in which he was part of it as keyboard. After roughly ten years, the band was disbanded; consequently, Ohno started to collaborate with singers Kenji Zeta and Kenichi Hagiwara, whereupon he appeared as a member of Inoue BOND on stage. During this period of time, Ohno produced many songs for Kenji Zeta, for example "时の过ぎゆくままに".
In 1972, Ohno started to get involved in the music production of TV dramas, in the same year, he was responsible for composing and arranging the soundtracks in the drama Embrace the Sun; Ohno received a fairly high evaluation due to his work. Later, from 1975 to 1977, he had persistently won several awards and recognitions in all aspects among the music industry, this include the Japan Record Corporation (日本レコード大赏) granted by virtue of his work Do As I Wishes in 1977. As a result, he was considered already considered as the best-selling producer in the industry back then, and held a venerable position in Japan.
Starting 1996, Ohno began to produce music for the series Detective Conan, also for the annually-aired movies; when the each movie was released, the corresponding soundtrack album was also released. At first, Ohno intended to bring the passion of Taiyō ni Hoero! (太陽にほえろ！) into the composition of Detective Conan as well, this is also the reason why one can find many similarities between the two works in terms of soundtracks.
Works in Detective Conan
In 1996, Katsuo Ohno composed the "Detective Conan" Main Theme, this main theme is the version that was widely played on medias and recognised by almost everyone. Ohno composed the music based on a work of his, Taiyō ni Hoero! Main Theme. The instruments utilised are mostly analogous, for example, the drum kit was used to keep the rhythm; bass was mainly played continuously at the background, serving as a Basso Continuo; keyboard as harmony accompaniment; most importantly, the saxophone as main melody voice. Apparently, Detective Conan Main Theme is a variation of the Taiyō ni Hoero! Main Theme.
Later, within the same year, Ohno sequentially released three soundtracks: all of the music collected within were exclusively for the series, even though there are some music found in the 2nd album were unused. Within these music, many classic-famous soundtrack with great symbolisation of Detective Conan are found, such as Ran's Theme (蘭のテーマ Ran no Tēma), Carefree Feeling (のんびり気分 Nonbiri Kibun), Depressing Sunset (沈む夕陽 Shizumu Yūhi), and The Mysterious Bandaged Man 1 (怪人包帯男１ Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 1) etc.
In 1997, the first Detective Conan movie Movie 1: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper was released. Consequently, Ohno had to make peculiar arrangement from the original Detective Conan soundtracks that would be as befit a movie - many music was retained with its authentic melody line but altered with a different arrangement of the theme of the movie (brand-new soundtracks were also composed; for the first movie see Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack).
This implies that the main theme of Detective Conan would also need to be changed every year:
Movie 1 (1997)
TBC...
Other notable works
Anime
See also
References
