David Leytze

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 AM2 title 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

• Jurassic Park (Arcade version) (1994) — Special Thanks (as David R. Leytze)
• Daytona USA (Arcade version) (1994) [NOTE: Voice of Crew Chief and music composition]
• Yokohama Joypolis (Theme Park) (1994) [NOTE: Leytze's first project with Sega]
• Dragon Ball Z V.R.V.S. (1994) — Music (as David R,Leytze)
• B-univ * Daytona USA (CD) (1994)
• Rail Chase 2 (1994) — Flint (Voice)
• Virtua Fighter "Sega Saturn" Image by B-univ Neo Rising (CD) (1994)
• Victory Goal (1995) [NOTE: Voice of English Announcer]
• Metal Head (1995) — Character Voices
• Indy 500 (Arcade version) (1995) — Music (as D.Leytze), Special thanks to (as D.Leytze)
• Virtua Cop 2 (Arcade version) (1995) [NOTE: Voice of Michael "Rage" Hardy and Announcer]
• Sega International Victory Goal (1995) — Special Thanks (as David Laytze)
• Fighting Vipers (Arcade version) (1995) — Sound Designer
• Sky Target (Arcade version) (1995) — Music & Sound Effects, Voice
• Victory Goal '96 (1996) — Voice Actor
• Decathlete (1996) — Special Thanks
• Die Hard Arcade (1996/1997) — Special Thanks
• 3D Shooting Tsukuru (1996) (as Eva Delvis)
• Fighting Vipers (Saturn version) (1996) — Music
• Top Skater (1997) — english support
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 19: Fighting Vipers (2005) — Sound Designer

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

Daytona USA (Arcade version)

• David Goes to Victory Lane — Music

Yokohama Joypolis

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

B-univ * Daytona USA

~Arranged Versions~

• Let's Go Away — Lyrics (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Vocal (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
• Pounding Pavement — Lyrics (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
• Daytona in the Night — Vocal (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
• Sky High — Lyrics (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Chorus

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

• Official website
• David Leytze (Mandalazu) on SoundCloud