Matsuo Ohno

January 1, 1930 — Tokyo, Japan

Matsuo Ohno was a Japanese Sound Designer and a pioneer of electronic music. He is famous for his sound design for the 1963 animated television series Astro Boy. In the early 1970s, he served as director of a tour documentary following his former assistant Takehisa Kosugi on the road with his septet, Taj Mahal Travelers.