STAGE 21: Yoko Shimomura

Often described as "the most famous female video game music composer in the world", With over 45 different games to her Resume, Yoko Shimomura has become one of the most well known and highly respected Video Game Composers The industry has ever known. From 1988 up to present day, her music has spanned countless generations and continues to influence new generations of fellow video game composers. Whether it was working for high profile companies like Capcom or Square Enix, Yoko Shimomura's music has spanned decades, with each new composition becoming instant classics. This is why I thought it was finally time to honor the works of this amazing video game music composer In this STAGE of the retro video game revival hour. Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System 1.) Gargoyle's Quest: Ghosts 'n Goblins - Yoko Shimomura & Harumi Fujita - "Hell Field (Overworld Theme)" - July 1990 - CAPCOM - Gameboy 2.) Adventures In The Magic Kingdom - Yoko Shimomura - “Autopia” - June 1990 - CAPCOM - NES 3.) Nemo - Yoko Shimomura (credited as ShimoPii) - "Nightmare Castle (Stage 6) ” - December 1990 - CAPCOM - Arcade 4.) Street Fighter II: The World Warrior - Yoko Shimomura & Isao Abe - “Ken’s Theme” - August 1991 - CAPCOM - Arcade 5.) The King of Dragons - Yoko Shimomura - "The Orc Village” - April 1994 - CAPCOM - SNES 6.) Varth: Operation Thunderstorm - Yoko Shimomura & Masaki Izutani - "STAGE 27” - July 1992 - CAPCOM - Arcade 7.) Live A Live - Yoko Shimomura - "Go! Go! Buriki Daioh!" - September 2, 1994(Japan Only) - Square - Super Famicom 8.) Super Mario RPG - Yoko Shimomura - "and my name's Booster(Bukki)” - May 13, 1996 - Square/Nintendo - SNES 9.) Parasite Eve - Yoko Shimomura - “Theme of Aya” - September 9, 1998 - Square(Squaresoft) - Sony PlayStation 10.) Legend of Mana - Yoko Shimomura - "Pain the Universe” - June 6, 2000 - Square(Squaresoft) - Sony PlayStation 11.) Kingdom Hearts - Yoko Shimomura - “Having a wild time" - September 16, 2002 - Square(Squaresoft) - PS2 12.) Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga - Yoko Shimomura - “Rookie and Popple” - November 17, 2003 - AlphaDream/Nintendo - GBA 13.) Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories - Yoko Shimomura - "The Force in You" - December 7, 2004 - Jupiter Corporation/Square Enix - GBA 14.) Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - Yoko Shimomura - "Serious Trouble” - November 28, 2005 - AlphaDream/Nintendo - Nintendo DS 15.) Kingdom Hearts II - Yoko Shimomura - “Spooks of Halloween Town" - March 28, 2006 - Square Enix - PS2 16.) Heroes of Mana - Yoko Shimomura - “Time for the March to Ruin(Dark Goddess final Battle Theme)" - August 14, 2007 - Square Enix & Brownie Brown/Square Enix - Nintendo DS 17.)Luminous Arc 2 - Yoko Shimomura - “Cherry blossoms falling in the snow” -November 18, 2008 - Imageepoch Inc./Atlus -Nintendo DS 18.) Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - Yoko Shimomura - "Final Battle” - September 14, 2009 - AlphaDream/Nintendo - Nintendo DS 19.) Radiant Historia - Yoko Shimomura - "An Earnest Desire of Grey" - February 22, 2011 - Atlus - Nintendo DS 20.) Xenoblade Chronicles - Yoko Shimomura - “Engage the Enemy(Confrontation with the Enemy)” - April 6, 2012 - Monolith Software/Nintendo - Nintendo Wii Info: Twitter @MoonSpiderHugs SITE: retrovgmrevival.blogspot.com/ FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/groups/vgmrevivalhour/ EMAIL: [email protected] (just put "retro VGM Revival" as the subject)