Yoko Kanno
1) Yoko Kanno is the Japanese musicians who does a lot of orchastrated music for animes such as Cowboy Bebop, Wolfs Rain, Escaflowne, Macross Plus, Nobunaga's Ambition, Napple Tale, Ghost in the Shell, and many more. It's insane how much music she's composed over the years and how better it continues to get. Most artist's music seem to decline the longer they're in the business.
1) Yoko Kanno has to be my most favorite composer of all time. She gets Maaya Sakamoto to sing a lot of the stuff she writes, and I love to hear her voice.