Yoko Shimomura

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yoko Shimomura
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Oct 19, 1967(1967-10-19)
Age	57
Birthplace	Hyōgo Prefecture
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Libra

Yoko Shimomura Biography

Yoko Shimomura is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on October 19, 1967 in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. She is considered the most well-known female game designer in the world with Street Fighter II and Final Fight.

She was influenced a lot by classical music, such as the works of Frederic Chopin, Maurice Ravel and Ludwig Van Beethoven.

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. Shimomura has worked in the video game industry ever since graduating from the Osaka College of Music in 1988. From then until 1993, she worked for Capcom, where she composed wholly or in part the scores for 16 games, including Final Fight and Street Fighter II: The World Warrior.

While working for Capcom, Shimomura contributed to the soundtracks of over 16 games, including the successful Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, which she composed all but three pieces for. The first soundtrack she worked on at the company was for Samurai Sword in 1988. Final Fight, in 1989, was her first work to receive a separate soundtrack album release, on an album of music from several Capcom games. The first soundtrack album to exclusively feature her work came a year later for the soundtrack to Street Fighter II. While she began her tenure at Capcom working on games for video game consoles, by 1990 she had moved to the arcade game division. She was a member of the company’s in-house band Alph Lyla, which played various Capcom game music, including pieces written by Shimomura. She performed live with the group on a few occasions, including playing piano during Alph Lyla’s appearance at the 1992 Game Music Festival.

Although her parents encouraged her to learn the piano, they weren’t impressed by her desire to compose for video games.

Yoko Shimomura Net Worth

Yoko Shimomura is one of the richest Composer from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yoko Shimomura 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She studied piano at Osaka College of Music and was awarded her diploma in 1988.

“Dearly beloved” from Kingdom Hearts was her personal favorite song.

Shimomura was born on October 19, 1967, in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. She developed an interest for music at a young age, and started taking piano lessons “at the age of four or five”. She began composing her own music by playing the piano randomly and pretending to compose, eventually coming up with her own pieces, the first of which she claims to still remember how to play. Shimomura attended Osaka College of Music, and graduated as a piano major in 1988.

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After composing soundtracks to over 45 different games, Shimomura has become one of the biggest names in video game music industry, and has been described as “one of the most famous video game music composers in the world”. Shimomura’s best works compilation album, titled Drammatica: The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura, was released in March 2008. The album contains compositions from Kingdom Hearts and many other games she worked on in full orchestration, with Shimomura stating that she chose music that was popular among fans and well-suited for orchestration, but had never been performed by an orchestra before. In a 2008 interview with Music4Games regarding the project, Shimomura commented that with the sheet music generated for the project, she would be interested in pursuing a live performance of Drammatica for fans if the opportunity arose. In March 2009, that wish was realized when it was announced that Arnie Roth would conduct the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the concert Sinfonia Drammatica in the Stockholm Concert Hall, which would combine music from the album with performances of Chris Hülsbeck’s Symphonic Shades concert. The concert took place in August 2009. In March 2007, Shimomura released her first non-video game album, Murmur, an album of vocal songs sung by Chata.

Facts & Trivia

Yoko Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yoko Shimomura celebrates birthday on October 19 of every year.

Shimomura’s first dedicated concert performance outside Japan was held at the Salle Cortot in Paris in November 2015. Later that same month, she performed at the El Plaza Condesa in Mexico City. In September 2016, some of her music for Final Fantasy XV was performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London, as well as in Boston, with Shimomura herself performing on piano.

What games has Yoko Shimomura composed for?

• Kingdom Hearts. Kingdom Hearts is a role-playing adventure game, co-produced by Disney and Squaresoft. …
• Final Fantasy XV. …
• Parasite Eve. …
• Legend of Mana. …
• Front Mission. …
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. …
• Street Fighter II: The World Warrior.

Who made the music in Kingdom Hearts?

The music of the Kingdom Hearts video game series was composed by Yoko Shimomura with orchestral music arranged by Kaoru Wada.

Who did the music for Street Fighter 2?

The music for the game was the work of Japanese musician Yoko Shimomura , who has since gone on to be recognised as one of the most famous video game composers of all time for her work on the Kingdom Hearts series and Final Fantasy XV – performing packed-out concerts in her native Japan and overseas.

What does Shimomura mean in Japanese?

Shimomura Name Meaning Japanese: ‘ lower village ‘; the name is not common in Japan and is found mostly in the western part of the country.

Who did the music for Skyrim?

Jeremy Soule (/ˈsoʊl/) is an American composer of soundtracks for film, television, and video games. He has composed soundtracks for over 60 games and over a dozen other works during his career, including The Elder Scrolls, Guild Wars, Icewind Dale, and the Harry Potter series. Keokuk, Iowa, U.S.