is a Japanese composer and arranger who has been responsible for producing and composing soundtracks, including opening and ending sequence themes for various anime, tokusatsu and video game projects in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, mostly related to the Dragon Ball franchise. He has worked on soundtracks of various Dragon Ball video games.
Yamamoto has also composed background music for Dragon Ball Z Kai, a revamped version of the anime series Dragon Ball Z. On March 9, 2011, Toei Animation publicly acknowledged that many of Yamamoto's musical works for the series infringed upon unidentified third-party copyrights. As a result, Toei fired Yamamoto and replaced his compositions with those from the original Dragon Ball Z series written by Shunsuke Kikuchi. The plagiarism of these works has been known to fans since May 2010. Due to the discovery of plagiarism in his compositions by Toei, they were replaced in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection and later copies of Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2. Since then, a limited pre-order bonus releases, based on the Super Famicom games of Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden (Switch version) and Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 (3DS version) would replace the music in 16bit era.
Works Title Role Aitsu to Lullaby Soundtrack; with Satoshi Kadokura and Takashi Kudou Dragon Ball Z Arranged and composed songs from the Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection and arranged "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" and "Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power!" Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13Arranged the end credits song "At the Brink: The Earth's Limit" Harbor Light Story Fashion Lala Yori Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 3 Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z Super Gokuden: Totsugeki-Hen Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z Super Gokuden: Kakusei-Hen Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butōden Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z: The Legend Soundtrack Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout Soundtrack Ultra Nyan: Extraordinary Cat who Descended from the Starry Sky Soundtrack Dr. Slump (1999 video game) Soundtrack Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger Soundtrack; with Kentaro Haneda, Kousuke Yamashita, Hiroshi Takaki and Megumi Oohashi Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World Soundtrack Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 Soundtrack Dragon Ball Z Kai Soundtrack (episodes 1–95) Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle Soundtrack Dragon Ball Xenoverse (Network Test) Soundtrack
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