Two articles ago, I explored some of the most compelling songs from a couple of gaming franchises. But now, we are going to explore the guys behind the music. Get ready for a heaping load of music!
VGChartz's Taneli Palola: "Over the last several weeks we've been counting down the top 50 best video game composers of all time, and now finally there are just five left to reveal. To convey how big the difference was between these five composers and everyone else during the voting, the top 5 got more points than the other 86 composers combined. However, the top 5 itself was actually very closely contested, with #5 and #4 being separated by just three points, for example."
While much of Yoko Shimomura’s earlier work has become synonymous with the 16-bit era, the classical nature of her style has only become even more apparent as console technology has evolved. In 2002, after almost a decade of working alongside Shimomura, Squaresoft released the debut installment of Kingdom Hearts, which saw Shimomura taking the company’s flagship Final Fantasy series in a more theatrical direction befitting of its whimsical Disney backdrop.
Between Kingdom Hearts and her recently-helmed soundtrack for Final Fantasy XV, Shimomura’s work in the 21st century has taken on a more sentimental quality afforded by her newfound access to large orchestras. Compared to her earlier work, which was often defined by its eccentric complexity, Shimomura’s music has now come to be associated with a grandiosity straight out of Hollywood, fueled by big emotions and a regal sense of drama befitting of the huge theaters she now fills.
She was the apprentice of Nobuo Uematsu. What do you expect. She's reached the same levels as her master.
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If a list only has a few FAMOUS Japanese composers, there's something wrong here... There are a lot of awesome Japanese composers and I know this is all opinion, but Shimomura and Uematsu appear everywhere because everyone only knows them...
I have to admit I didn't know any of the western composers though...
Nobuo Uematsu is a living legend, glad to have not missed out in video game music. So many incredible music are developed in that industry