Yutaka Yamada
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- March 14, 1989 (age 37)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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. 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
Filmography
Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid-
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls
Movie · Original Music Composer
BLACK TORCH
TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps
Sink Your Teeth: A Tokyo Ghoul Celebration
Movie · Original Music Composer
YAIBA: Samurai Legend
TV · Original Music Composer · 24 eps
My Melody & Kuromi
TV · Original Music Composer, Songs · 12 eps
Golden Kamuy
Movie · Original Music Composer
GREAT PRETENDER razbliuto
Movie · Original Music Composer
Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kingdom: Return of the Great General
Movie · Original Music Composer
Viral Hit
TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps
Red Roof on the Slope
TV · Music · 5 eps
Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido-
TV · Original Music Composer · 9 eps
Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 1: Bloody Halloween - Destiny
Movie · Original Music Composer
Yu Yu Hakusho
TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps
Catwoman: Hunted
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kingdom 2: Far and Away
Movie · Original Music Composer
Guardian of the Market
TV · Original Music Composer · 11 eps
Tokyo Revengers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cube
Movie · Original Music Composer
Night Head 2041
TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps
Promise Cinderella
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
Masked Ward
Movie · Original Music Composer
Great Pretender
TV · Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer · 27 eps
Alice in Borderland
TV · Original Music Composer · 22 eps
Operation Z
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Kingdom
Movie · Original Music Composer
Vinland Saga
TV · Original Music Composer · 48 eps
Babylon
TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps
Donten: Laughing Under the Clouds - Gaiden: Chapter 2 - The Tragedy of Fuuma Ninja Tribe
Movie · Original Music Composer
Donten: Laughing Under the Clouds - Gaiden: Chapter 3 - Conspiracy of the Military
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cry Me a Sad River
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bleach
Movie · Original Music Composer
Infini-T Force the Movie: Farewell Gatchaman My Friend
Movie · Original Music Composer
Donten: Laughing Under the Clouds - Gaiden: Chapter 1 - One Year After the Battle
Movie · Original Music Composer
One Week Friends
Movie · Original Music Composer
Let's Go, Jets!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Infini-T Force
TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps
Everyone's Getting Married
TV · Original Music Composer · 9 eps
犯罪症候群
TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps
Death Note: Light Up the NEW World
Movie · Original Music Composer
Never Let Me Go
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
Death Note: New Generation
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Tokyo Ghoul: Jack
Movie · Music
The Emperor's Cook
TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps
Fujiko
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Water Polo Yankees
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
The Hours of My Life
TV · Original Music Composer · 11 eps
Tokyo Ghoul
TV · Original Music Composer · 24 eps
ボーダーライン
TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps
Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Answer Version
Movie · Original Music Composer
Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Question Version
Movie · Original Music Composer
Marumo's Story
TV · Original Music Composer · 11 eps
HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps