Yutaka Yamada

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Yutaka Yamada
やまだ 豊
Born (1989-03-14) March 14, 1989 (age 35)
Origin Tokyo, Japan
Genres
Occupations
Instruments
Years active2011–present
Website yutakayamada.com

Yutaka Yamada (やまだ 豊, Yamada Yutaka, born March 14, 1989) is a Japanese composer, arranger, and orchestrator based in Los Angeles. His most notable works are the musical scores for Tokyo Ghoul and Vinland Saga .

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Biography

Yutaka is an alumnus of the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in Japan, where he studied musical composition under Toshiyuki Watanabe and Masataka Matsuo. [1] Yutaka has written scores for more than 40 projects, including the anime series Tokyo Ghoul , [2] the Japanese TV series Marumo no Okite (Marumo's Rule) and a number of TV commercials such as "Audi", "Samsung Galaxy" and "Georgia (Coca-Cola)".

Yutaka's work on Tokyo Ghoul attracted public attention shortly after its release in 2014. [3] Its original soundtrack, which includes the main theme song "Glassy Sky" (sung by Donna Burke), gained popularity and has over 50,000,000 views on YouTube. [4] In 2018, Eminem sampled "Glassy Sky" on the track "Good Guy" from his Kamikaze album. [5]

Yutaka has continued to produce popular music in collaboration with vocalists, including the tracks "Never Let Me Go" (sung by Julia Shortreed) and "Take My Hand" (sung by NIKIIE), both of which were ranked No. 1 on iTunes chart in Japan. [6] In 2017, Yutaka relocated to Los Angeles and began working with Soundtrack Music Associates for representation. [4]

Works

Anime

YearTitleRole(s)
2013Soul ReviverMain theme composer
Sword Gai Main theme composer
2014 Tokyo Ghoul Composer [7]
2015Tokyo Ghoul √AComposer
Tokyo Ghoul [Jack]Composer [8]
Tokyo Ghoul: PINTOComposer
2016 Onigiri Main theme composer
2017 Infini-T Force Composer
2018Tokyo Ghoul:reComposer
2019 Vinland Saga Composer [9]
Babylon Composer [10]
2020 Great Pretender Composer [11]
2021 Night Head 2041 Composer [12]
2023 Vinland Saga Season 2 Composer [13]
2024 Viral Hit Composer [14]
TBA Shin Samurai-den Yaiba Composer
(Other tracks by Yoshiaki Dewa) [15]

Television dramas

YearTitleRole(s)
2011 Marumo's Rule (Fuji TV)Composer
(Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)
Marumo's Rule Special (Fuji TV)Composer
HUNTER – Women After Reward Money (Kansai Telecasting)Composer
2014 Marumo's Rule Special 2014 (Fuji TV)Composer
The Hours of My Life (Fuji TV)Composer
(Other tracks by Yoshiaki Dewa) [16]
Chotto ha Darazu ni (NHK, BS Premium)Composer
Water Polo Yankees (Fuji TV)Composer
(Other tracks by Yu Takami)
Borderline (NHK)Composer
2015The Emperor's Cook (TBS)Composer
(Other tracks by Takefumi Haketa)
Fujiko (Hulu,JCOM)Composer
2016Never Let Me Go (TBS)Composer
Death Note: New Generation (Hulu)Composer
2017Everyone's Getting Married (Fuji TV)Composer
(Other tracks by Toshiyuki Yasuda and Yuji Nishiguchi) [17]
Criminal Syndrome (Tokai Television, WOWOW)Composer
2018The True Suspect (WOWOW)Composer
2020 Alice in Borderland Composer
2021 Promise Cinderella (TBS)Composer [18]
2022Alice in Borderland Season 2Composer [19]

Movies

YearTitleRole(s)
2013Madam Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle: Question Version (TV Tokyo)Composer
(Other tracks by Tadayuki Ito)
Madam Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle: Answer Version (TV Tokyo)Composer
2016 A.I. love you (Fuji Television)Composer
Death Note: Light Up the New World (Warner Bros.)Composer [20]
2017 One Week Friends (Shochiku)Composer
Let's Go, Jets!(Toho)Composer
Laughing Under the Clouds Side story – Departure, the Vow of Yamainu Composer
2018 Infini-T Force (Shochiku)Composer
Inuyashiki (Toho)Composer
Laughing Under the Clouds Side story –The Double-Headed Fuma Composer
Bleach (Warner Bros.)Composer
Cry Me a Sad RiverComposer
2019 Kingdom (Toho, Sony)Composer
2020Mask Ward (Warner Bros.)Composer [21]
2021 Tokyo Revengers (Warner Bros.)Composer
Cube (Shochiku)Composer [22]
2022 Kingdom 2: Far and Away (Toho, Sony)Composer [23]
2023 Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny (Toho, Sony)Composer [24]
2024 Golden Kamuy (Toho)Composer [25]
Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General (Toho, Sony)Composer [26]

Awards and recognition

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References

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