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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.
Yoko Shimomura served as the lead composer for Final Fantasy XV, writing around 80% of the soundtrack.. The musical score for the action role-playing game Final Fantasy XV, originally a spin-off game called Final Fantasy Versus XIII, was composed primarily by Yoko Shimomura, whose previous work included Parasite Eve, Legend of Mana, and the Kingdom Hearts series.
The music of the Kingdom Hearts video game series was composed by Yoko Shimomura with orchestral music arranged by Kaoru Wada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The original soundtracks of the games have been released on three albums and a fourth compilation album.
The music of the 1998 role-playing video game Parasite Eve, based on the novel of the same name by Hideaki Sena, was composed by Yoko Shimomura, and was one of her early popular successes. The music for its 1999 sequel Parasite Eve II was composed by Naoshi Mizuta and arranged by Hiroshi Nakajima.
Yoko Shimomura, now 56, joined Capcom in the late 80s shortly after she graduated from college. She went on to compose for Final Fight, Samurai Sword, and Street Fighter II — one of the best ...
Legend of Mana Music Selection is a promotional album of music from Legend of Mana included in preorders of the game in North America. The music was composed by Yoko Shimomura. The soundtrack features five tracks and spans a duration of 18:34. It was published by Square on June 1, 2000, with the catalog number 3TP-0012K. [45]
The music was composed and arranged by Yoko Shimomura. [20] After writing music for Capcom on multiple projects including Street Fighter II, Shimomura moved to Square in 1993, fuelled by the wish to compose for RPGs. [28] Live A Live was Shimomura's first major RPG composition, and her first job after arriving at Square. [20]
The original composer for Live A Live, Yoko Shimomura, noted that after Undertale ' s release many of her fans asked her about the song, [7] and according to Toby Fox at an official concert she performed a remixed rendition of "Megalomania" with "Megalovania" spliced in. [20] The Twitter account for Cult of the Lamb utilized the song in ...