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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. Kingdom Hearts is a role-playing adventure game, co-produced by Disney and Squaresoft. As well as sumptuous, piano-led electronic orchestral music by Shimomura, it features a voice cast that stars Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) and Hayden Panettiere (Heroes).
- Final Fantasy XV. Final Fantasy XV was one of the biggest video game releases of 2016. Whereas fellow video game composer Nobuo Uematsu was responsible for music earlier on in the franchise, Shimomura made a sweeping, Wagnerian epic of her score for the fifteenth chapter.
- Parasite Eve. In 1998, Square produced a video game version of Hideaki Sena’s 1995 novel Parasite Eve, which explores the power of microscopic cellular mitochondria – and what might have happened in an alternate universe where they split away from cellular life and formed a separate intelligent conscious life-form, dubbed Eve.
- Legend of Mana. Yoko Shimomura took the pen for Mana in its third instalment, with composers Kenji Ito and Hiroki Kikuta, respectively, being her predecessors for the music.
The official fan site for Yoko Shimomura an incredibly talented video game music composer most well known for her work on Kingdom Hearts and FFXV.
Mar 20, 2024 · For Women's History Month, we spoke to legendary video game composer Yoko Shimomura about her ability to love her own work, even when she feared it was at its worst.
- Rebekah Valentine
But when Yoko Shimomura—the one actually responsible for composing all the music we were there to hear that night—finally emerged onstage, she appeared as mild-mannered and modest as a high...
- Sam Goldner
May 19, 2021 · Learn how Yoko Shimomura rose from a piano teacher to a legendary composer for Capcom and Square Enix. Discover her works on Street Fighter II, Parasite Eve, and Kingdom Hearts, and how she blends classical and pop influences.
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Learn about Yoko Shimomura, the creator of over 45 video game soundtracks, including the popular Kingdom Hearts series. Explore her music, facts, and related articles on Classic FM.
