Seiji Yokoyama

Seiji Yokoyama (横山 菁児 Yokoyama Seiji, born March 17, 1935) is a prolific Japanese incidental music composer from Hiroshima who is best known for his work on the Space Pirate Captain Harlock and Saint Seiya series.^[1] He is a graduate student of Kunitachi College of Music.

He made his debut as a composer for the ending theme of The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee in 1971.^[2] He is known for his symphonic sound for many television programs.

Notable works

Tokusatsu

• Megaloman (1979)
• Choujinki Metalder (1987-1988)
• Special Rescue Police Winspector (1990-1991)
• Chōriki Sentai Ohranger (1995-1996)

Anime

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 Taluluto (1990-1992)
• Merhen Ōkoku (1995)

OVAs

• Panzer World Galient: Crest of Iron (1986)
• Xanadu: The Legend of Dragon Slayer (1987)
• Rainbow Across the Pacific Ocean (1990)
• Saint Seiya: Hades (2002-2008)

Films

• Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (1980)
• Haguregumo (1982)
• Future War 198X (1982)
• Saint Seiya films (1987-2004)
• Magical Taluluto films (1991-1992)
• Sangōkushi trilogy (1992-1994)
• GeGeGe no Kitarō: Explosive Japan!! (2008)

References

1. Saint Seiya - l'anime, krinein.com (in French), Retrieved November 27, 2010
2. Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003, Volume 1, p.414 (2005)(ISBN 978-0786420995)

External links

• Seiji Yokoyama at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Seiji Yokoyama at the Internet Movie Database
• Seiji Yokoyama anime at Media Arts Database (Japanese)