Composer Seiji Yokoyama Dies at 82

Yokoyama was a composer of incidental music, background compositions intended to add atmosphere in a television or radio program, a video game, or any other presentation that is not primarily musical.

Seiji Yokoyama, the composer known for his work in the anime series Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock and Saint Seiya, died on Saturday in a hospital in Hiroshima Prefecture due to complications from pneumonia.

As a native of Hiroshima, he composed a fight song for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp ba…