is a Japanese
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
,
arranger
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and
lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment.
Royalties
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. He has provided the music for several
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
series, as well as
television dramas and
video game
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s. His works include the scores for ''
Attack on Titan: The Final Season'' and ''
86''—with the latter winning the 8th Anime Trending Awards in the category Best Soundtrack.
He was represented by the music production company Legendoor from 2015 to 2017.
Biography
Yamamoto was born in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
, in 1987.
His musician career started in 2015, with him writing songs for other artists. In 2017, alongside
Hiroyuki Sawano
is a Japanese composer, arranger, lyricist, pianist, and Music Producer best known for his work on many anime series, video games, Japanese television drama, television dramas, and movies. His works include the Soundtrack, musical scores for ' ...
, Yamamoto made his debut as a composer in the anime ''
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga'',
the sequel of the popular series ''
Blue Exorcist
is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers he and his twin brother Yukio are the sons of Satan, born from a human woman, and he is the inhe ...
''. Since then, he has been involved in many soundtrack works, several of which with composer Hiroyuki Sawano.
In February 2022, Yamamoto and Sawano were awarded at the Anime Trending Awards for their role on the soundtrack of the anime ''
86''.
On June 17, 2022, it was announced that Kohta Yamamoto would attend an
orchestra
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
l concert event for the concluding season of ''
Attack on Titan
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to as ...
''. The event will be held on November 13, at Tokyo's Tachikawa Stage Garden, with performances of Yamamoto's tracks from the ''Attack on Titans score.
Works
Anime
Television dramas
Video games
Other involvements
References
External links
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Discography at VGMdb*
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1987 births
21st-century Japanese male musicians
21st-century Japanese composers
Anime composers
Living people
Musicians from Tokyo
Male television composers