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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.
Mar 17, 2022 · Japanese composer Yoko Shimomura has set the bar high for video game music. From ‘Final Fantasy XV’ to ‘Kingdom Hearts’, here are her very best scores.
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.
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...
Feb 5, 2021 · Yoko Shimomura, a prolific video game composer whose career spans the past thirty years of gaming, often shares her thoughts on her line of work and subsequent portfolio, which contains mostly games of a narrative caliber.
May 19, 2021 · Learn about how Yoko Shimomura went from tackling her first projects at Capcom to crafting the timeless soundtracks of the Kingdom Hearts series.
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.
Jan 5, 2016 · Writing and arranging for an orchestra is of course far different to how Shimomura started out, with her first works for the simple beeps and boops of the Famicom Disc System, but the storied ...
Born on October 19, 1967 in the Hyogo prefecture, Yoko Shimomura is one of the most popular and talented composers in the gaming industry, known for her eclectic works on behalf of Capcom and Square Enix.
Yoko Shimomura is a video game composer, responsible for over 45 scores in the genre, and best known for her work on the Kingdom Hearts franchise. Shimomura was born in the Hyōgo prefecture of Japan in 1967.
