Yoko Shimomura is not a good compose-

I'm not nearly as sorry as the weeaboos that enjoy Kingdom Hearts

>>380812152
No one has ever said Yoko Shimomura is not a good composer

>>380812152
It sounds generic as fuck.

>>380812497
Fits the gameplay to Kingdom Hearts well then.

>>380812152
Her best work comes in Mario and Luigi series.

Her work on KH and Mana are godly.

It makes me wonder what the fuck happened on FFXV though. Most of the tracks are either unremarkable or unexciting, Latin-chanting borefests in an attempt to emulate Yuki Kajiura.

Shimomura's great.
When she's doing music in a different style and not just rehashing the KH style.

Oh shit I'm sorry.

>>380812613
Ouch

Who the fuck said Shimomura isn't a good composer and meant it? She's heaps above the overhwelming majority of composers.

>>380812801
she thrives when there is little direction thrown her way and she really is into the game.

I read an article about the music in radiant historia, easily some of her best work, and she was really into the project and they let her practically do what she wanted.

She really hates hand holding

>>380812152
sounds like it was made for a marching band but it has strings

>>380812801
Probably SE were super stifling over the music she could create, and probably also just a small window to compose anything at all. Even if it was just a case of her fucking up, when you put out as much shit as she does, I think you can forgive her.

>>380812152
She's brilliant in Kingdom Hearts, but her contributions to Xenoblade were lackluster.

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>>380813108
She seems to take it pretty well from Nomura though.

Her music has gotten too samey. I don't want her to become a washed-up hack like Grant Kirkhope.

>>380812152
Mechanical Kingdom is still her best work for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82d6NBRFjA

>>380812152
She's great though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckxy-i7Dc5U

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>>380812152
One of the few women who touched my heart.
Like all of them (except for one) we never met

>>380813539
like I said, she was really into the project. Plus I personally really don't care that much for her kingdom heart music.

>Yoko Shimomura is a good compose-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCR7pXMTiwU

>>380813885
wtf, this sounds amazing. What's wrong with it?

>>380812152
Legend of Mana remains her best work yet.

>>380812152
Wish she would have done more CAVE arrange.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KKVP9GoaVk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz0x4IgMrxg
>look through a dozen videos of this
>not a single comment mentions Etrian Odyssey despite it sounding 100% like it could have come from one of those

Is EO even more obscure than I thought?

>>380814043
radiant historia would like a word.

https://youtu.be/ICvr93Bz1S4

>>380814023
he probably got sick of hearing it after dozens of hours

What the fuck? Is thread real?
The only even slightly mediocre thing she's ever done is the soundtrack for Paper Jam.

>nobody mentions Megalomania
Fuck you undertale.

https://youtu.be/p1Nmc84Noos

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>>380813669
Whoa, now I'm interested in this game. Is it good?

I've never said Shimomura was a bad composer. She's great.

>>380814463
Are you for real? Best fucking jrpg released this past decade.

https://youtu.be/j37_JS1cQQI

>>380812801
She wasn't the sole composer for FFXV.

>>380814463

There's a 3DS remake coming westward, so just wait. But yes.

>>380812613
(you)

>>380814463
It's good, though not as good as the rabid fanbase would have you believe. The time shit is neat but the pace drags around the middle, and the battle system doesn't really evolve or make you think much, and once you get the little girl and her traps, you can break the game over your knee.

Story and character writing is damn good though. Stocke especially deserves mention for being a fantastic main character and I didn't expect much from him at first. It's getting a 3DS remake so maybe check that out. I'm iffy on some of the redesigns in it though.

Who does the Dissidia OST? He/She is better than Shimomura.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJpgPiwURMM

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I like pic related a lot more.

>>380814663
Hellfire was the best song from the OST and wasn't her.

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>>380812801
Her work on XV pre-Tabata was godly and you can tell there's a difference.

>tfw Somnus will always belong to Versus and not that bullshit we got.

>>380814769
isn't dissidia just remakes of older FF songs? Unless that's what you meant then yes, many people would consider uematsu her superior.

I disagree but they're both great

>>380814769
Takeharu Ishimoto is the lead composer he also did The World Ends With You.

>>380814163
I was going to call you stupid, but this does kind of sound similar to EO's battle themes. EO is definitely too obscure for most Final Fantasy fans. Hell, any other RPG series is too obscure for most Final Fantasy fans.

>>380814769
Takeharu Ishimoto. Who also did TWEWY.

He did work on KH DDD however.

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How the fuck has this not been posted?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGw8DWctAts

>>380812152
>Yoko Shimomura isn't a good composer
Said no one ever.

Also, not posting best KH song.
https://youtu.be/ttZ7WKNroYE

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>>380814817
You think tabata is to blame? That's a first but it makes sense I guess

>>380814991
you're one of those people

>>380814163
EO is a Nintendo fanbase, while ff is mostly a Sony fanbase now. EO is a dungeon crawler while most ff fans barely look into other RPGs. EO isn't really obscure but for ff fandom it sure is.

>>380815394
I dont blame Tabata directly but the quality of the music did go down significantly after he took hold, much of it feels pretty bland, not to mention all those licensed tracks.

its more of a "we're in full damage control so make some shit up and we're good" thing

>>380815075
no matter what shit she puts out, she will always be a legend because of Street fighter

>>380815547
Whoever thought bringing in the DMC3 composer to a Final Fantasy game was a good idea should be fired, I hate this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DfeH3ImGY

>>380815696
But doesn't it just give you that ROAD TRIP VIBE anon?? :^)

Please post more smug Yoko Shimomura.

>>380815696
It's not terrible but holy hell it doesn't fit

>>380812152
The song she composed for the main menu of Xenoblade Chonicles is GOD tier and that's all I care.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OxpAqDc4JE

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>>380816196
>bicycle bandana

>tfw nomura initially rejected "dearly beloved"

>Shimomura:Actually, this tune was originally written for a certain event in the game, and I created it instantly, intuitively...and there were no thoughts running through my mind while I was at it. But eventually, the tune was [cut from the game]. And when I was asked to compose something for the title music (they said it could be a temporary song; just give us anything), I proposed "Dearly Beloved." The next thing you know, this tune was chosen to be the title music! Quite a reversal of fortune!

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>>380815075
Wait, really? No fucking way.

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>>380816409
You didn't know she composed it?

>>380813108
>>380813539
>>380813882
found one of the articles

>>380813525
Maybe because the game itself is lackluster??

>>380816859
Shots fired

>>380816409
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3hGRPe66I
10:16

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>>380816952
DELET THIS

>>380812152
She was good especially when she was during SNES, making for the games such as SF2, SMRPG

But, unfortunately she was clearly declining after that, and FF15 is really boring one

step aside niggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WjMytgvcus

>>380816341
>we almost didn't have "Dearly Beloved"
Holy fuck Nomura how many times have you almost fucked everything up?

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>>380817182
what the fuck are you talking about? Mario and Luigi, and radiant historia are her best work, you mongrel

>>380817272
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkailb3xcTI

>>380817294
When composing shit for visual media, some music doesn't end up fitting in some areas but works well. It happens all the time, calm down

>>380817182
FF15 went through so many changes over like 10 years that you can't fault her for how lackluster her music in the game might of been.

She was doing music for at least five other games, that all sounded great besides paper jam, during the entire development of FF15.

>>380817529
*well in others

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>>380817121
>>380816686
Holy shit this woman is amazing. She created one of iconic songs in video game history and she's barely talked about at all. What a god damn champ.

>>380815775
Speaking of which, having old FF songs play on the car radio was stupid nostalgia b8. That's not the kind of music you'd be listening to on a road trip. It just seemed awkward.

>>380817704
>she's barely talked about at all.
wat, she's one of the most well known composers in the industry

>>380812859
Sorry for what?

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>Still no KH3 tracks yet

>>380817853
I think personally it's the fact that a lot of her older works are overshadowed by her new ones, especially FFXV and KH. I didn't know she mostly composed SF2 besides Sagat's theme and the VS and Character Select stuff until last year.

>>380817748
The worst part is they didn't even include Besaid.

>>380818043
Oh ok I see your point

>>380818014
Just listen to the 2.8 tracks

>>380816409
and the original guile theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1vwlTZ5EGQ

>>380818305
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0SuIMUoShI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDvMuGz-PWY

DEEPEST LORE

>>380818496
>>380818305
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jATw8MvJNoo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj__jhmPMgI

>>380818625
>>380818496
Take your shit somewhere else fgt

>>380818043
So because you're dumb that somehow makes a not talked about?

>>380818625
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq8Ezv00geo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18dBU55S6P0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgijHdvuz40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8awdVOrixE

>>380818305
Thanks, faggot. Because of you, I'm going to be listening to T-SQUARE for the rest of the night.