is a Japanese

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and orchestrator, based in Los Angeles.

Biography

Yutaka is an alumnus of the

Senzoku Gakuen College of Music is a private educational institution in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. The institution operates a school of music, a junior college, primary and secondary schools, and a kindergarten. The first Senzoku Gakuen school, the Hiratsuka Sewing School f ...

in Japan, where he studied musical composition under

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and Masataka Matsuo. Yutaka has written scores for more than 40 projects, including the anime series '' Tokyo Ghoul'', 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. Its original soundtrack, which includes the main theme song "Glassy Sky" (sung by

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), gained popularity and has over 50,000,000 views on YouTube. In 2018,

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sampled "Glassy Sky" on the track "Good Guy" from his '' Kamikaze'' album. 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. In 2017, Yutaka relocated to Los Angeles and began working with Soundtrack Music Associates for representation.Profile of Yutaka Yamada
yutakayamada.com. Retrieved September 5, 2018

Works

Anime

Television dramas

Movies

Awards and recognition

* 2009 Grand prize at VIENNA INSTRUMENTS Strings Arrangement Contest.『VIENNA INSTRUMENTS　ストリングス・アレンジ・コンテスト』最優秀賞受賞　スペシャルインタビュー　山田豊 I クリプトン・フューチャー・メディア株式会社
Crypton Future Media Inc. Retrieved September 5, 2018 * 2016 Brilliant Citizen Award ("Azalea Kagayaki") by the city of

Kawasaki Kawasaki ( ja, 川崎, Kawasaki, river peninsula, links=no) may refer to: Places *Kawasaki, Kanagawa, a Japanese city **Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, a ward in Kawasaki, Kanagawa **Kawasaki City Todoroki Arena **Kawasaki Stadium, a multi-sport stadium *K ...

, Japan.I 川崎市
Kawasaki City. Retrieved September 4, 2018

References

External links

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Soundtrack Music Associates

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(in Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamada, Yutaka 1989 births Living people 21st-century Japanese composers 21st-century Japanese male musicians Anime composers Japanese film score composers Japanese male film score composers Japanese music arrangers Musicians from Tokyo