Wataru Hokoyama
Biography
Wataru Hokoyama (鋒山 亘, Hokoyama Wataru; born August 24, 1974) is a Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator based in Hollywood, California. He left his birth nation of Japan at the age of 16 for arts school. He later attended the Cleveland Institute of Music and the USC Thornton School of Music. His works include the original scores for Bean Cake, Ocha Cups for Christmas, One, Afrika, and Soul Sacrifice. In 2008, Hokoyama composed, orchestrated, and conducted all the music for the video game Afrika. The soundtrack was released in Japan. The music was awarded Best Original Video Game Score by The Hollywood Music Awards 2008. Movie Music UK has the only review of the soundtrack and gave it 4.5/5.0, saying "Hokoyama has left a strong impression with the wonderful music he has composed. This is a soundtrack you cannot pass up." In 2009, Hokoyama provided a few orchestral cues for cutscenes in Resident Evil 5. Following that, Hokoyama then co-composed, orchestrated, and conducted the music for the 2013 PlayStation Vita game, Soul Sacrifice. He was assisted on the project by Yasunori Mitsuda. He would later rejoin Mitsuda to help compose new music for the sequel, Soul Sacrifice Delta. Also in 2013, he contributed some music and co-orchestrated the soundtrack to the PlayStation 4 game, Knack.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
88 releases · 13 albums · active 2001–2025
- Performance · 91
- Other credits · 14
Studios: Pulse Recording · The Laboratory · The Center For Advancement Of The Arts And Sciences Of Sound · Lionshead Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Mark Mothersbaugh
- Michael Bublé
- Thirty Seconds To Mars
- Kota Suzuki
- Martin O'Donnell And Michael Salvatori
- Paul Lipson (3)
- The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- Gordy Haab