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Composer
Yutaka Yamada
- Born March 14, 1989 in Tokyo, Japan
Yutaka Yamada is a Los Angeles-based music composer known for his work on the anime series "Tokyo Ghoul", Amazon Prime's "VINLAND SAGA", Netflix’s “Great Pretender” and major Netflix series "Alice in Borderland". His masterpiece soundtracks for "Tokyo Ghoul" have gained worldwide popularity with related videos totaling over 130 million views on Youtube.
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In 2018, Yamada composed for "Cry Me a Sad River", a Chinese film which had succeeded with USD $51Mil. In the same year, Eminem sampled Yamada's masterpiece "Glassy Sky (from "Tokyo Ghoul")" on his song "Good Guy" in his "Kamikaze" album. In 2019, he worked alongside Sony Pictures for their mega-hit live-action film "KINGDOM" in which he received the 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Music Score. In 2020, Yamada collaborated with WIT STUDIO again on their original series "GREAT PRETENDER". He had also worked with Riot Games for Spirit Blossom, a League of Legends film project. In 2021, his score for Netflix’s “GREAT PRETENDER” was nominated for both Crunchyroll Anime Awards: Best Score and Best Opening. Born in 1989, Yamada graduated from Senzoku Gakuen College of Music where he passionately studied musical composition. In 2009, he entered and won the first prize at VIENNA INSTRUMENTS Strings Arrangement Contest. Today, he is represented by Soundtrack Music Associates, and has since relocated his production base from Tokyo to Sonic Fuel Studios in Los Angeles.
Known for
Alice in Borderland2020
Tokyo Ghoul2014
Vinland Saga2019
Kingdom: Return of the Great General2024
Bleach2018
Yu Yu Hakusho2023
Tokyo Revengers2021
Death Note: Light Up the NEW World2016
Filmography
- 2026BLACK TORCHSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2026Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid-FilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2026Kingdom 5: The Clash of SoulsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2025My Melody & KuromiSeriesOriginal Music Composer, Songs
- 2025YAIBA: Samurai LegendSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2025Sink Your Teeth: A Tokyo Ghoul CelebrationFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2024Kingdom: Return of the Great GeneralFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2024Golden KamuyFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2024Viral HitSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2024GREAT PRETENDER razbliutoFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2024Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido-SeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2024Red Roof on the SlopeSeriesMusic
- 2024Honeko Akabane's BodyguardsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2023Yu Yu HakushoSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2023Kingdom III: The Flame of DestinyFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2023Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 1: Bloody Halloween - DestinyFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2022Kingdom 2: Far and AwayFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2022Catwoman: HuntedFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2022Guardian of the MarketSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2021Tokyo RevengersFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2021CubeFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2021Night Head 2041SeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2021Promise CinderellaSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2020Alice in BorderlandSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2020Great PretenderSeriesOriginal Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer
- 2020Masked WardFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2020Operation ZSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2019Vinland SagaSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2019KingdomFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2019BabylonSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2018BleachFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Cry Me a Sad RiverFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Donten: Laughing Under the Clouds - Gaiden: Chapter 2 - The Tragedy of Fuuma Ninja TribeFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Donten: Laughing Under the Clouds - Gaiden: Chapter 3 - Conspiracy of the MilitaryFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Infini-T Force the Movie: Farewell Gatchaman My FriendFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2017One Week FriendsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Let's Go, Jets!FilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Donten: Laughing Under the Clouds - Gaiden: Chapter 1 - One Year After the BattleFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Infini-T ForceSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Everyone's Getting MarriedSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2017犯罪症候群SeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2016Death Note: Light Up the NEW WorldFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2016Death Note: New GenerationSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2016Never Let Me GoSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2015Tokyo Ghoul: JackFilmMusic
- 2015The Emperor's CookSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2015FujikoSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2014Tokyo GhoulSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2014The Hours of My LifeSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2014Water Polo YankeesSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2014ボーダーラインSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2013Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Answer VersionFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2013Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Question VersionFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2011Marumo's StorySeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2011HUNTER - Women After Reward MoneySeriesOriginal Music Composer