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Yoko Shimomura (下村陽子, Shimomura Yōko, born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese composer and musician best known for her soundtracks for various video games.
Yoko Shimomura was born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Her parents enrolled her in piano lessons when she was five years old. She took quickly to the instrument, and she often pretended to be composing her own music by playing the piano randomly.
After high school, she enrolled as a piano major in Osaka Music University. Upon graduation, Shimomura intended to become a piano instructor. She had been a video gamer for many years, though, so on a lark, she sent some samples of her work to various video game companies. Capcom invited her in for an audition and interview, and she was offered a job there. Her family and instructors were dismayed with her change in focus (video-game music was still not mainstream in Japan at the time), but Shimomura accepted the job at Capcom. She was a member of Capcom’s in-house jazz band Alph Lyla, and composed the soundtrack of Street Fighter II.
In 1993, Shimomura transferred to another game company, Squaresoft. Her first project at the company was the score for the role-playing game (RPG) Live A Live in 1994. After this, she was paired with more experienced composers for a time. For example, she teamed with Noriko Matsueda on the strategy/RPG Front Mission in 1995.
Yoko Shimomura was born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Her parents enrolled her in piano lessons when she was five years old. She took quickly to the instrument, and she often pretended to be composing her own music by playing the piano randomly.
After high school, she enrolled as a piano major in Osaka Music University. Upon graduation, Shimomura intended to become a piano instructor. She had been a video gamer for many years, though, so on a lark, she sent some samples of her work to various video game companies. Capcom invited her in for an audition and interview, and she was offered a job there. Her family and instructors were dismayed with her change in focus (video-game music was still not mainstream in Japan at the time), but Shimomura accepted the job at Capcom. She was a member of Capcom’s in-house jazz band Alph Lyla, and composed the soundtrack of Street Fighter II.
In 1993, Shimomura transferred to another game company, Squaresoft. Her first project at the company was the score for the role-playing game (RPG) Live A Live in 1994. After this, she was paired with more experienced composers for a time. For example, she teamed with Noriko Matsueda on the strategy/RPG Front Mission in 1995.
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Kingdom Hearts soundtrack is great for this time of year =w= It suits Halloween, and then it's even more perfect for Christmas! \:D/
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the sound of Organization XIII is misterious... And Riku's is Sad D:
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super mario rpg mannnn
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3 million plays, wow!
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Kingdom Hearts <3
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lucascu wrote:
Kingdom Hearts II soundtrack has some breathtaking compositions.
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Legend Of Mana rocks. <_>
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clytie_hizashi wrote:
Legend of Mana is my favorite, followed by Parasite Eve. But really, she has yet to compose anything I don't love.
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Richnfg wrote:
She is composing for Versus XIII. It should be incredible, I can't wait to hear what she has in store.
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Words wouldn't be able to describe the passion which laves through my veins und my body when I listen to Fate of the Unknown.
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mansikkakiivi wrote:
happy belated b-day, Yôko <3
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Sander1991 wrote:
Yes she is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Versus_XIII
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n0LiMiT5 wrote:
is she really composing the music for ffxiii?
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SciFi_Wasabi wrote:
I love listening to Drammatica. Video game composers should follow suit and release their own arranged versions of the tracks they composed instead of having avenues like Orchestral Game Concert do it for them.
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pH_WC wrote:
Hallo everybody. I have one problem i have "Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story" OST but i don't have all songs, there is onebody that can send me? If the answer is yes WRITE ME! Thank you so mouch. pH_WC
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