David Leytze

David Leytze

Employment history: Sega Enterprises Divisions: Sega AM2
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

(; 1994) — special thanks (as David R. Leytze)
(; 1994) — 音楽 (as David R,Laytze)
(; 1994) — Sound Composer
(; 1994) — Composer (as David R. Leytze)
(; 1995) — Character Voices^[2]
(; 1995) — Voice
(; 1995) — Music (as D.Leytze)
(; 1995) — Special thanks to (as D.Leytze)
(; 1995) — Model for David (of David & Sharlie)
(; 1995) — Music & Sound Effects
(; 1995) — Voice
(; 1995) — Special Thanks (as David Laytze)
(; 1995) — Sound Designers
(; 1995) — Guitar
(; 1996) — Voice Actor^[3]
(; 1996)
(; 1996) — Special Thanks^[4]
(; 1996) — Music^[5]
(; 1997) — Special Thanks^[6]
(; 1997) — Voice
(; 1997) — english support
(; 2005) — Sound Designers

Music

(; 1994) — Additional recording by^[7]
(; 1996) — All tracks composed, arranged and performed by
(; 1996) — Recorded, mixed and assembled by
(; 1997) — Thanks to...
(; 1997) — Game Sound Staff^[8]
(; 1997) — Recording Staff^[8]

Yokohama Joypolis (Theme Park) (1994) [NOTE: Leytze's first major project with Sega]^[9]
B-univ * Daytona USA (CD) (1994)
Virtua Cop 2 (Arcade version) (1995) [NOTE: Voice of Michael "Rage" Hardy and Announcer]

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

External links

References

↑ http://www.davidleytze.com/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-08-15 22:33)
↑ File:Metal Head 32X credits.pdf
↑ File:Victory Goal '96 Saturn credits.pdf
↑ File:Decathlete_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
↑ File:FightingV Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
↑ File:Die Hard Arcade Saturn credits.pdf
↑ File:VirtuaFighterNeoRising CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 15
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:FightersMegamixSoundTracks CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 7
↑ https://soundcloud.com/mandalazu/independence (Wayback Machine: 2023-09-27 15:39)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20130815223332.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.davidleytze.com.2F-1] ttp://www.davidleytze.com/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-08-15 22:33)

[:File:Metal_Head_32X_credits.pdf_p-2] File:Metal Head 32X credits.pdf

[:File:Victory_Goal_.2796_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Victory Goal '96 Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Decathlete_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-4] File:Decathlete_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:FightingV_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-5] File:FightingV Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf

[:File:Die_Hard_Arcade_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Die Hard Arcade Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:VirtuaFighterNeoRising_CD_JP_Booklet.pdf_p15-7] File:VirtuaFighterNeoRising CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 15

[:File:FightersMegamixSoundTracks_CD_JP_Booklet.pdf_p7-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:FightersMegamixSoundTracks CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 7

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20230927153947.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsoundcloud.com.2Fmandalazu.2Findependence-9] ttps://soundcloud.com/mandalazu/independence (Wayback Machine: 2023-09-27 15:39)

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