David Leytze

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David Leytze
Employment history:
Divisions:
Role(s): Composer, Musician
Education: Northwestern University (Music Theory and Composition)[1]

David Leytze (also known as Mandalazu) is a percussionist and instructor based in the Dayton and west-central Ohio region. During the mid '90s he was an affiliated Sega sound composer best known for composing the music for Fighting Vipers. He was also a member of the now defunct B-univ alongside Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and Koichi Namiki.

Leytze has also provided English support for a few of the company's titles, including (but not limited to) character voices. Amongst his oldest works, though, was posing as an Elvis look-alike for a photo shoot for a motorcycle driving game - an incident that later inspired his pen name, Eva Delvis.

He also composed "David Goes to Victory Lane", a self-referential name entry track, for the legendary arcade racing game Daytona USA.

Production history

Games

Music

Other works

  • Untitled SEGA HQ Studio Demo (1994) — Written and Produced (with Koichi Namiki)
  • "Kohaku" (1995) — Rhythm tracks (with Aki Hata)
  • "Ano Tokimeki o" (feat. Kyan Marie) (1996)

Song credits

Main article: David Leytze/Song credits.

Daytona USA (Arcade version)

  • David Goes to Victory Lane — Music

Yokohama Joypolis

  • Independence — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Entrance theme at time of opening]

Virtua Fighter "Sega Saturn" Image by B-univ Neo Rising

  • Virtua Fighter "You Are the Master" — Drums, blood-curdling scream
  • Wolf — Conga programming
  • My Shadow — Lyrics, Produced & arranged by (with Koichi Namiki), Vocals, drums
  • Stand Tall — Lyrics, Produced & arranged by, Vocals, keyboards, drums
  • Winner Takes All — Lyrics, Produced & arranged by, Vocals, keyboards, drums, tambourine
  • Wounds by Design — Intro vocal
  • Warrior Blue — Lyrics, Produced & arranged by, Vocals, keyboards, drums, rhythm programming

Fighting Vipers (Arcade version)

  • Advertise — Music & Arrangement
  • Character select — Music & Arrangement
  • Armstone Town Day — Music & Arrangement
  • Big Factory — Music & Arrangement
  • UFO Diner — Music & Arrangement
  • Armstone Airport — Music & Arrangement
  • Armstone Town Night — Music & Arrangement
  • Bay Side — Music & Arrangement
  • City Tower — Music & Arrangement
  • Observation Deck — Music & Arrangement
  • Top of the City — Music & Arrangement
  • Continue/Game Over — Music & Arrangement
  • Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
  • Staff Roll — Music & Arrangement

Fighting Vipers (Saturn version)

  • Fallen (An' I Can't Get Up) — Music & Arrangement
  • Choose Your Weapon — Music & Arrangement
  • Sundance Kids — Music & Arrangement
  • The Trouble with Raxel — Music & Arrangement
  • Occam's Razor — Music & Arrangement
  • Look to the Skies — Music & Arrangement
  • Thirty-30 — Music & Arrangement
  • Bay Side Blues — Music & Arrangement
  • The City by Night — Music & Arrangement
  • Look Out Below — Music & Arrangement
  • King of the Mountain — Music & Arrangement
  • Let It Ride/All Bets Off — Music & Arrangement
  • Hisss Like the Snake — Music & Arrangement
  • To Tell the Truth — Music & Arrangement
  • Viper Venom — Music & Arrangement

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