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munchiaz

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Favorite video game composer
« on: April 21, 2013, 07:41:04 AM »
So i was listening to the awesome U.N Squadron OST and i thought it would be fun for us to discuss our favorite video game composers and why. Feel free to post links to music.

Ill start off with my favorite, Yuzo Koshiro: Mainly because of the amazing Streets of rage 2 OST. Its one of my favorites.
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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2013, 08:45:57 AM »
Besides the obvious Nobuo Uematsu, I don't know if many can beat Yasunori Mitsuda.  The Chrono Cross soundtrack stands up as one of the best to this day.

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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2013, 11:47:17 AM »
Paul Anthony Romero of the Heroes of Might and Magic Soundtracks.  Some of my favorite video game music hands down.

These two themes are quite possibly my most favorite "songs" / "themes" of all the music I listen to:
Sorceress Town Theme (Heroes of Might and Magic 2) -
Sorceress Town Theme (Heores of Might and Magic 2 Expansion) -

The whole Heroes 4 soundtrack is lovely even though the game itself fell short in some ways.
Academy Town Theme (Heroes of Might and Magic 4) -
"The Prayer" (Heroes of Might and Magic 4) -
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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2013, 01:05:24 PM »
I listen to my iPad all day long at work, and its usually mix between 90's punk and video game soundtracks.

Game music is awesome because it introduces you to things you wouldn't ever be exposed to otherwise.  I discovered Shibuy-kei because of Katamari Damacy.  That led to Fantastic Plastic Machine and Pizzicato Five.  If you like Jazz and Electronica check it out.

Not so much composers but some more good modern songs from OSTs and Piano Collections.




And you can't do anything without music from FF.

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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2013, 03:43:58 PM »
Jeroen Tel
Namiki Koichi
Tim Follin
Nick Wood
Thomas Mogensen
Thomas Egeskov Petersen
Ramiro Vaca
Chris Hülsbeck
Rob Hubbard
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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2013, 04:47:25 PM »
Toss up for me between Yuzo Koshiro, Nobuo Uematsu, and Masato Nakamura.  That Tommy Tallarico guys is pretty good, too.

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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2013, 05:08:22 PM »
Noriyuki Iwadare (well classic Iwadare, Disney seems to have ruined him lately)
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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2013, 10:32:14 AM »
All great selections so far!

Mitsuda and Iwadare are probably two of my favorite composers as well, but there are some other amazing ones as well.  The Nier soundtrack never ceases to evoke emotions for me. 

Other favs:
Motoi Sakuraba (Tales, Eternal Sonata/Trusty Bell)
Koji Kondo (Wind Waker)
Kow Otani (Shadow of the Colossus)
Michiko Naruke (Several Wild ARMS games)
Yukihiro Jindo (Lots of recent Falcom stuff)
and most importantly Ken Nakagawa of GUST fame (Atelier, Ar Tonelico)
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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2013, 04:29:46 PM »
All great selections so far!

Mitsuda and Iwadare are probably two of my favorite composers as well, but there are some other amazing ones as well.  The Nier soundtrack never ceases to evoke emotions for me. 

Other favs:
Motoi Sakuraba (Tales, Eternal Sonata/Trusty Bell)
Koji Kondo (Wind Waker)
Kow Otani (Shadow of the Colossus)
Michiko Naruke (Several Wild ARMS games)
Yukihiro Jindo (Lots of recent Falcom stuff)
and most importantly Ken Nakagawa of GUST fame (Atelier, Ar Tonelico)

The Nier soundtrack is one of the best i have heard this gen. Your so on about it evoking emotion 

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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2013, 05:58:18 PM »
Noriyuki Iwadare (well classic Iwadare, Disney seems to have ruined him lately)

ah man.. I love the music in the early Lunar Silver star games and Grandia.

Motoi Sakuraba did some great stuff in Shining in the Holy Ark and a few years back with Infinite Undiscovery..

Also been getting into  Kazumi Totaka of animal crossing games.

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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2013, 02:40:00 AM »

Tatsuya Uemura


Manabu Namiki


Shinji Hosoe


Hitoshi Sakimoto

Creators of legendary music

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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2013, 11:17:14 AM »
Whoever wrote the music for Top Gear on the SNES was pretty good, too.

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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2013, 03:05:41 PM »
must be some european, most probably a limey guy and probably also the same guy who wrote the BGMs for lotus esprit turbo challange II on the amiga.

ah, here we just have him:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Leitch

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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2013, 08:34:34 AM »

BEST VIDEO GAME COMPOSER: L. Ron Hubbard.
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Re: Favorite video game composer
« Reply #14 on: April 27, 2013, 09:01:25 AM »

BEST VIDEO GAME COMPOSER: L. Ron Hubbard.

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