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Yoko Shimomura (下村 陽子, Shimomura Yōko, born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese composer and pianist primarily known for her work in video games such as the Kingdom Hearts series. She graduated from the Osaka College of Music in 1988 and began working in the video game industry by joining Capcom the same year.
Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete is a compilation album of the video game music from the three main games in the series, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and Kingdom Hearts II. The boxset contains music composed and produced by Yoko Shimomura, with the main orchestral tracks arranged by Kaoru Wada.
[2] [3] He also became known to the West through his arranged works for orchestra and piano in video games like Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. [4] Wada, along with other later-famous musicians, studied at the Tokyo College of Music under Akira Ifukube and Sei Ikeno. He is also an apprentice of the famed Godzilla composer, Akira Ifukube.
Kingdom Hearts 15 key art. Yoko Shimomura – the composer behind the Kingdom Hearts series and so much more – has been around for a while, and is well-known as one of the best composers in the ...
Like the first game, Kingdom Hearts II features music by Yoko Shimomura and Hikaru Utada. The Original Soundtrack for Kingdom Hearts II was composed by Shimomura and released on January 25, 2006. [32] The opening orchestration and ending credits theme were arranged and orchestrated by Kaoru Wada and performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra ...
Both the original and remix versions of "Hikari" (alongside an orchestral instrumental by Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura) were included on the first soundtrack, and the HD 1.5 Remix soundtrack. [57] [58] Due to the success of the songs, Utada was invited to record another track for the original video game's sequel, Kingdom Hearts II (2005
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix [a] is an HD remastered collection of three games in Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts series: Kingdom Hearts II, Birth by Sleep and Re:coded.A successor to the series' HD 1.5 Remix collection, it was released for the PlayStation 3 in Japan in October 2014 and internationally two months later.
Kingdom Hearts (video game) Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance; Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days; Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep; Kingdom Hearts Coded; Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue; Kingdom Hearts II; Kingdom Hearts III; Kingdom Hearts IV; Kingdom Hearts χ; Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories; Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory