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Yutaka Yamada

Yutaka Yamada

Composer · Born March 14, 1989 (37) · Tokyo, Japan

Yutaka Yamada is a Los Angeles-based music composer known for his work on the anime series "Tokyo Ghoul", Amazon Prime's "VINLAND SAGA", Netflix’s “Great Pretender” and major Netflix series "Alice in Borderland". His masterpiece soundtracks for "Tokyo Ghoul" have gained worldwide popularity with related videos totaling over 130 million views on Youtube. ​In 2018, Yamada composed for "Cry Me a Sad River", a Chinese film which had succeeded with USD $51Mil. In the same year, Eminem sampled Yamada's masterpiece "Glassy Sky (from "Tokyo Ghoul")" on his song "Good Guy" in his "Kamikaze" album. In 2019, he worked alongside Sony Pictures for their mega-hit live-action film "KINGDOM" in which he received the 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Music Score. In 2020, Yamada collaborated with WIT STUDIO again on their original series "GREAT PRETENDER". He had also worked with Riot Games for Spirit Blossom, a League of Legends film project. In 2021, his score for Netflix’s “GREAT PRETENDER” was nominated for both Crunchyroll Anime Awards: Best Score and Best Opening. ​Born in 1989, Yamada graduated from Senzoku Gakuen College of Music where he passionately studied musical composition. In 2009, he entered and won the first prize at VIENNA INSTRUMENTS Strings Arrangement Contest. Today, he is represented by Soundtrack Music Associates, and has since relocated his production base from Tokyo to Sonic Fuel Studios in Los Angeles.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 14, 1989 (37)
From
Tokyo, Japan
Works as
Composer
Titles
36 on MovieCove · 59 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 9% in 30 days

What are Yutaka Yamada's films like?

Across their 33 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Action11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Animation7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
31%
Self
27%
Morality
18%
Power
11%
Survival
9%
Ideas
2%
Society
2%
Friendship8 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty8 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 5

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 15

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 17 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 10

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 15 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 5 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Thrilling
19
Hopeful
15
Warm
5
Melancholic
5
Other
22

How their films linger

Rousing15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 10 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous9
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Yutaka Yamada's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 36 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Yutaka Yamada's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

59 credits, 36 with a MovieCove page.

  • Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Composer

  • Black Torch(2026)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Golden Kamuy: Assault on Abashiri Prison(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • My Melody & Kuromi(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Sink Your Teeth: A Tokyo Ghoul Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Yaiba: Samurai Legend(2025)

    Show 24 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido(2024)

    Show 9 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Viral Hit(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Red Roof on the Slope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

  • Golden Kamuy(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Great Pretender: Razbliuto(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Yu Yu Hakusho(2023)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween - Destiny(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween - Decisive Battle(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Kingdom 2: Far and Away(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Guardian of the Market (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 11 episodes · Composer

  • Catwoman: Hunted(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Cube(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Night Head 2041 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

  • Promise Cinderella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

  • Tokyo Revengers(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Alice in Borderland(2020)

    Show 22 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Great Pretender(2020)

    Show 27 episodes · Composer · Main Title Theme Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Operation Z (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

  • Masked Ward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • Babylon(2019)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Vinland Saga(2019)

    Show 48 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Kingdom(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Cry Me a Sad River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Laughing Under the Clouds: Gaiden Part 3(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Bleach(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden 2: Shukumei, Soutou no Fuuma(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Infini-T Force the Movie: Farewell Gatchaman My Friend(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Inuyashiki(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Infini-T Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

  • 犯罪症候群 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • Let's Go Jets(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • One Week Friends(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Everyone's Getting Married (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 9 episodes · Composer

  • Death Note: Light Up the New World(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Death Note: New Generation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

  • Never Let Me Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

  • A.I. Love You(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Onigiri(2016)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Fujiko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

  • Tokyo Ghoul: Jack(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Emperor's Cook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

  • ボーダーライン (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

  • Water Polo Yankees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

  • Tokyo Ghoul(2014)

    Show 24 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • The Hours of My Life(2014)

    Show 11 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Answer Version (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Question Version (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • HUNTER - Women After Reward Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

  • Marumo's Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 11 episodes · Composer

Career shape

A full career of 55 titles from 2011 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General (2024)

$54M worldwide

Highest rated

My Melody & Kuromi (2025)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Yaiba: Samurai Legend (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music55 of 55: 54 only music, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thOther crew1 of 55: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

2010s28 · crew2020s27 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Yutaka Yamada's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 36 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 36 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed14

Most divisive · composer

Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden 2: Shukumei, Soutou no Fuuma (2018)

81st percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Vinland Saga (2019)

Midcredits 99th · 95% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 60/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Yutaka Yamada's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 57 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles19–48 · median 25 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 43 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 43 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Yutaka Yamada work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yutaka Yamada's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ryô Yoshizawa shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers