Yutaka Yamada

is a Japanese composer, arranger, and orchestrator based in Los Angeles. He is best known for composing musical scores for Tokyo Ghoul and Vinland Saga.

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

Yamada's work on Tokyo Ghoul attracted public attention shortly after its release in 2014. Its original soundtrack, which includes the main theme song "Glassy Sky" (sung by Donna Burke), gained popularity and has garnered over 50 million views on YouTube.

Yamada 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 reached No. 1 on the iTunes chart in Japan. In 2017, Yutaka relocated to Los Angeles and began working with Soundtrack Music Associates for representation.

Works Anime

Television dramas

Movies

Awards and recognition 2009 Grand prize at VIENNA INSTRUMENTS Strings Arrangement Contest. 2016 Brilliant Citizen Award ("Azalea Kagayaki") by the city of Kawasaki, Japan.