Seiji Yokoyama
March 17, 1935 – July 8, 2017 was a Japanese incidental music composer from Hiroshima. He graduated from the Kunitachi College of Music in 1957. Yokoyama is best known for his work on the anime series Saint Seiya and Space Pirate Captain Harlock, and for his symphonic sound for many television programs.
Seiji Yokoyama
- Birth Name
- 横山 菁児
- Born
- 17 March 1935
- Died
- 8 July 2017
- Birthplace
- Hiroshima, Japan
- Place of death
- Sera, Japan
- Occupation
- Composer, arranger, conductor
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Education
- Kunitachi College of Music
- Languages
- Japanese
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March 17, 1935 – July 8, 2017 was a Japanese incidental music composer from Hiroshima. He graduated from the Kunitachi College of Music in 1957. Yokoyama is best known for his work on the anime series Saint Seiya and Space Pirate Captain Harlock, and for his symphonic sound for many television programs.
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Seiji Yokoyama (1935–2017) was a composer, of Japanese and Japanese nationality. The composer was born in Hiroshima and died in Sera. Seiji Yokoyama was educated at Kunitachi College of Music. Languages used include Japanese.
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In 1992, he won the JASRAC award for his work on Saint Seiya. On July 8, 2017, Yokoyama died from pneumonia at age 82.
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• Birth Name — 横山 菁児 • Born — 17 March 1935 • Died — 8 July 2017 • Birthplace — Hiroshima, Japan • Place of death — Sera, Japan • Genre — * Film score • classical • Occupation — Composer, arranger, conductor
Tokusatsu
Tokusatsu
• Koseidon (1978–1979) • Megaloman (1979) • Metalder (1987–1988) • Winspector (1990–1991) • Ohranger (1995–1996)
TV series
TV series
• The New Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee (1974) • 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)
OVAs
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)
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• Kaze to Ki no Uta (1980)
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Hiroshima.
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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)
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- 1.The Chugoku Shimbun. May 13, 2015.
- 2.Ressler, Karen. Saint Seiya Composer Seiji Yokoyama Passes Away. Anime News Network. July 10, 2017.
- 3.Erickson, Hal. Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949–2003. McFarland & Company. 1. 414. 2005. 978-0-7864-2099-5.
- 4.Nippon Columbia. Back cover. 1980.
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