Seiji Yokoyama
Japanese composer (1935–2017)
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Seiji Yokoyama (横山 菁児, Yokoyama Seiji; March 17, 1935 – July 8, 2017) was a Japanese incidental music composer from Hiroshima.[1] He graduated from the Kunitachi College of Music in 1957.[2] Yokoyama is best known for his work on the anime series Saint Seiya and Space Pirate Captain Harlock,[2] and for his symphonic sound for many television programs. In 1992, he won the JASRAC award for his work on Saint Seiya.[2] On July 8, 2017, Yokoyama died from pneumonia at age 82.[2]
Notable works
Tokusatsu
- Koseidon (1978–1979)
- Megaloman (1979)
- Metalder (1987–1988)
- Winspector (1990–1991)
- Ohranger (1995–1996)
Anime
TV series
- The New Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee (1974)[3]
- Ginguiser (1977)
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1978–1979)
- Armored Fleet Dairugger XV (1982–1983)
- Ikkiman (1986)
- Saint Seiya (1986–1989)
- Magical Taruruto (1990–1992)
- World Fairy Tale Series (1995)
Films
- Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (1980)
- Haguregumo (1982)
- Shōnen Miyamoto Musashi (1982)
- Future War 198X (1982)
- The Snow Country Prince (1985)
- Saint Seiya films (1987–2004)
- Magical Taruruto films (1991–1992)
- Sangōkushi trilogy (1992–1994)
- GeGeGe no Kitarō: Explosive Japan!! (2008)
OVAs
- Series
- The Human Revolution (1995–2004)
- Saint Seiya: Hades (2002–2008)
- Single episode
- Aoi Umi to Shōnen (1983)
- Shōnen to Sakura (1983)
- The Princess and the Moon (1984)
- Panzer World Galient: Crest of Iron (1986)
- Xanadu: The Legend of Dragon Slayer (1987)
- Rainbow Across the Pacific Ocean (1990)
- Kanta and the Deer (1990)
- Journey to Hiroshima (1994)
- The Two Princes (1996)
- Peace River (1998)
- The Himalayan Kingdom of Light (1999)
- The Prince and the White Horse (2000)
- The Prince and the Coral Sea (2000)
- The Princess of the Desert Kingdom (2001)
- The Treasures of the Desert (2002)
- The Flower and the Phoenix (2004)
Image albums
- Kaze to Ki no Uta (1980)[4]