Kinuyo Yamashita
Kinuyo Yamashita | |
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| Born | 31 December 1965 Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan |
| Genres | Video game music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, saxophone |
| Years active | 1986–2010 |
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.