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Kinuyo Yamashita
Amagasaki, Japan
Kinuyo Yamashita is credited on 19 releases across 9 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1992–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
19
Pressings credited
9
Albums
4
Decades active
2
In collections
Biography
Kinuyo Yamashita (山下 絹代, Yamashita Kinuyo) is a Japanese composer and musician known for her contributions in video games. Her best known soundtrack is Konami's Castlevania, which was also her debut work. She was co-credited with Satoe Terashima under the pseudonym James Banana for her work on the Nintendo Entertainment System version of the game. This pseudonym was a pun of the name James Bernard, the composer of the 1958 film Dracula.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
19 releases · 9 albums · active 1992–2024
- Performance · 22
- Other credits · 1
Studios: Dvořák Hall · Amten Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- The Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
- Konami Kukeiha Club
- TECHNOuchi
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