Yutaka Yamada

is a Japanese composer, arranger, and orchestrator based in Los Angeles. He is known for creating musical scores for a wide variety of Japanese anime, television dramas, and films.

Yamada is best known internationally for composing the music for popular anime series, including Tokyo Ghoul (2014) and its sequels. The original soundtrack was highly popular, and his theme song "Glassy Sky" was later sampled by the rapper Eminem in his 2018 track "Good Guy".Eminem’s “Good Guy” Samples Japanese Anime Composer Yutaka Yamada Genius.com. Retrieved September 5, 2018 He also known for compose song for Vinland Saga (2019, 2023), Great Pretender (2020). He has also scored music for numerous live-action projects, often collaborating with director Shinsuke Sato, which includes the Netflix series Alice in Borderland (2020–present), the Kingdom film series (2019–present), and other major titles like Bleach (2018) and Golden Kamuy'' (2024).

Yamada moved to Los Angeles in 2017 to pursue further international work.Profile of Yutaka Yamada yutakayamada.com. Retrieved September 5, 2018 He graduated from the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in Japan.洗足学園音楽大学I 音楽・音響デザインコース　卒業生情報　山田豊（2011年卒業） Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. Retrieved September 5, 2018

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