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Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura discusses balancing Disney and Final Fantasy in emotional RPG scores ahead of BAFTA win
Eurogamer speaks to Shimomura about her career, the evolution of game music, and why she was drawn to RPGs in particular.
She left Square Enix in 2002, but has continued working freelance, composing scores for the Mario & Luigi series and Final Fantasy 15, as well as the Kingdom Hearts games for which she has become particularly beloved. Kingdom Hearts 3 – Opening Movie Trailer Watch on YouTube I read that after music college your family and tutors were worried about you moving into the games industry. And when that changed to the Super Nintendo era, the internal sound generation capabilities became that much higher and you got the ability to sample pre-recorded music even at a low level, but that was something you just could not do before.
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