Yoko Shimomura

Yoko Shimomura (下村 陽子, Shimomura Yōko, b. October 19, 1967) is a Japanese composer who makes video game music. She has worked with Capcom and Square Enix. She is best known for composing music for the Kingdom Hearts and Mario & Luigi series. Many of her works have been performed in video game music concerts. She left Square in 2002 and currently works as a freelancer but has or is working on six Kingdom Hearts games and the Mario & Luigi series. Shem is also working on Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

Yoko Shimomura
Yoko Shimomura performing at a concert in 2007
Background information
Born	(1967-10-19) October 19, 1967 Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Symphonic, electronic (chiptune, video game)
Occupation(s)	Composer, engineer, producer
Instruments	Piano
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Midiplex

Video game Soundtracks

• Samurai Sword (1988)
• F-1 Dream (1989)
• Final Fight (1989) (with Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (uncredited))
• Adventures in the Magic Kingdom (1990)
• Mizushima Shinji no Daikoushien (1990)
• Code Name: Viper (1990) (with Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (uncredited))
• Gargoyle's Quest (1990) (with Harumi Fujita (uncredited))
• Adventure Quiz 2: Capcom World (1990) (with Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Manami Matsumae, Junko Tamiya, H. Takaoka, and G. Morita (uncredited))
• Mahjong School: The Super O Version (1990) (with Masaki Izutani (uncredited))
• Buster Bros. (PC Engine) (1991) (with Tamayo Kawamoto)
• The King of Dragons (1991)
• Street Fighter II (1991) (with Isao Abe (credited as Pii♪))
• Block Block (1991) (with Masaki Izutani)
• Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (1992) (with Masaki Izutani and Toshio Kajino)
• The Punisher (1993) (with Isao Abe, Toshio Kajino, Syun Nishigaki and Nobu. Oouchi)
• Breath of Fire (1993) (with Bun Bun, Minae Fujii, and Mari Yamaguchi)
• Live A Live (1994)
• Front Mission (1995) (with Noriko Matsueda)
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
• Tobal No. 1 (1996) (with many others)
• Parasite Eve (1998)
• Legend of Mana (1999)
• Hataraku Chocobo (2000)
• Kingdom Hearts (2002)
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
• Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2004)
• Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005)
• Kingdom Hearts II (2005)
• Pop'n Music Carnival (13) (2005) (with many others)
• Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner (2006) (with Shinji Hosoe, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yasunori Mitsuda, Kenji Ito, Masaharu Iwata, Tsukasa Masuko, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Ayako Saso, and Takahiro Ogata)
• Heroes of Mana (2007)
• Luminous Arc 2 (2008) (with Akari Kaida, Yoshino Aoki, and Shunsuke Nakamura)
• Little King's Story (2008) (with Yutaka Minobe)
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (2009)
• Kingdom Hearts coded (2009)
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
• Pop'n Music The Movie (17) (2009) (with many others)
• Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2010) (with Tsuyoshi Sekito and Takeharu Ishimoto)
• Last Ranker (2010)
• Xenoblade (2010) (with ACE+, Manami Kiyota, and Yasunori Mitsuda)
• The 3rd Birthday (2010) (with Tsuyoshi Sekito and Mitsuto Suzuki)
• Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (2010)
• Radiant Historia (2010)
• Half-Minute Hero II (2011)
• Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (2012) (with Tsuyoshi Sekito and Takeharu Ishimoto)
• Demons' Score (2012)
• Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013)
• Exstetra (2013) (with many others)
• Final Fantasy XV (TBA)
• Kingdom Hearts III (TBA)
• "Future Mana Project" (TBA)

Other website

• Official website (in Japanese)