The greatest vidya composer of all time.
>>386519060
Jeremy Soule looks like that?!
>>386519151
I was going to make a similar joke.
Marty O'Donnell.
>>386519060
he got a sex change?
>Non-feminist Japan has female composers
>Pro-feminist America doesn't
I blame Christianity.
How can anyone even hope to compete?
>>386519060
You posted the wrong picture by mistake.
Top in my book.
>>386519760
Destiny: The Taken King and onwards essentially proved that Michael Salvatori was the real genius the whole time
>>386520119
Kinda Fender is that? MIJ?
>fighting for second place ITT
can't wait for his track in xenoblade 2 to BTFO everything
>>386519060
Wow, Stewart Copeland got even hotter than he was before!
>>386520940
strat, obviously
>>386519060
Shoji Meguro is just fucking awesome.
>>386519060
That's not akira yamaoka
>>386522453
Dude he was fucking amazing at Persona super live 2017, I was getting chills when he was performing The Fog
>>386522332
>Yasunori Mitsuda
My man.
Keiichi Okabe
>>386522697
Yeah, he is pretty fucking rad, his music just makes you feel good.
>posting pictures of the people but none of their work
>>386522332
This is the correct answer
>>386519060
Wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Qkzj5bStU
>>386519060
Jesper Kyd, you turboplebs.
Frank Klepacki.
>>386519060
dark souls
>>386519768
final fantasy
>>386520297
xenoblade x
>>386520119
persona
>>386520301
kingdom hearts
>>386522332
chrono trigger
chrono cross
>>386522554
mario
see
>>386523090
nier
tekken
>>386524839
assassin's creed 2
borderlands 2
>>386523198
>>386522332
>most recent work is on dogshit shovelware
>every review agrees that the music is the game's only saving grace
Even when he's working on trash, he's still amazing.
>no one posting Daytona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWnzfA9AqrA
>>386523090
My nigga,I have been replaying Nier1ost nonstop those past 3 weeks and I can't get enough of it
Fun fact:I still haven't played it,fuck me
>>386520301
I love Yoko Shimomura and her work! She did SMRPG and Mario & Luigi games, all Kingdom Hearts games, and Xenoblade. She's super underrated in my opinion
That's not Martin O'Donnell
>>386525016
>Persona
>not Digital Devil Saga
Also Yuzo Koshiro (EO, Ys, Street of Rage)
>>386525821
Which Ys games did he work on?
>>386524948
fuck yeah
>>386519060
LMAO
>>386525016
youre a good person
Jeremy Soule
Mark Morgan
Frank Klepacki
Eric Brosius
Sonic Mayhem
Matt Uelmen
are my favs
Deus Ex was done by a small team of composers whose names I forgot but they did a fucking incredible job that has yet to be surpassed by any other music going for that near future dystopian tone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX0hU7jQ5O4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FZ-12a3dTI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tDjJkFyL_Q
>>386526017
don't know anything about the western guys though aside from Jesper Kyd, sorry
>>386525853
I and II, I think
>>386519151
i dont care if soule is played out, hes the goat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FBuxs6oxZ4
>>386525016
>>>386524839
>assassin's creed 2
>borderlands 2
Try Darksiders 2 first
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4lwpYLlVvM
If we're talking about underrated...
https://youtu.be/WwsO5Hmoxzc
>>386519060
But that's wrong you cuck
>ctrl + f Yuzo Koshiro
>only one result
>>386525821
You, I like you.
nervous_testpilot is pretty great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB_jczxh7bE
Bit of a meme choice at the moment since everyone's been gushing about the Doom soundtrack but I've really liked all of Mick Gordon's work so far.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG_ZEovDDKk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kur41flzdQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TRdx2tbUFI
>>386526149
Good shit, To Make The End of Battle is still one of the best Ys tracks 30 years after the fact.
>>386522332
Good shit, and Xenoblade 2 has FOUR different groups of composers of his level
Has Joe ever done anything for games? He gets my voke times a million.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7IvGKkASuE
>>386519768
Is there a warmer smile in the entire industry?
>>386520301
Yoko Shimomura is so good she is kinda on the same level with men. Much respect.
>>386519060
Fuck Jesper Kyd is a babe. Who knew?
Also, the fucking musical idiots who have never touched an instrument and praise Jeremy Soule's bland and uncreative string loops should just go and kill themselves.
>>386526549
I think he worked on Ni No Kuni but it ended up not being as interesting as you would think. Also, Breath of the Wild was definitely trying to channel Hisaishi at times and some of the tracks I'd say succeeded.
>>386526623
I really liked his work on Secret of Evermore.
>>386526673
Thanks anon. Here's some more Joe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpr_ISfWFsk
>>386526623
>you need to be a virtuoso to recognize good music
Please make a cocktail of the bottles under the kitchen sink.
>>386525697
Did you forget she did FFXV? Imo the best soundtrack in vidya. I enjoyed chrono trigger, xenogears and many other game's music but this game was an unstoppable train of glorious sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGq5KNZxz7A
>>386519060
i honestly thought Grant would look more like a dude
>>386526949
No but understanding how compositions are made and structured and what kind of things require complicated, creative thought certainly helps in recognizing true talent.
Jeremy Soule is the same to game music as Justin Bieber is to pop music.
>>386526976
Who's the 5th?
>>386526984
Literally the elder scrolls theme.
>>386527083
thats nice, could you fuck off.
>>386527161
Holy shit, it fucking is. I guess plagiarism is ok when Japan does it.
>>386527138
ACE+ (3), kiyota, mitsuda
>>386526341
Agree with this. It's likely the most popular at the moment because he has an easy to remember name and he's been getting some decent publicity but the guy really does know how to make great soundtracks.
>>386527083
>complexity=quality
Spoken like a true dilettante trying to inflate his self-worth.
>>386522332
We don’t know much yet aboutXenoblade Chronicles 2, but Composer Yasunori Mitsuda has been recording the soundtrack, and recently he shared some information about it on his personal Twitter account.
>First of all, we hear that Mitsuda-sensei worked on the mix of the songs performed by the popular Irish chroal ensembleAnúna. When he received the data from the sound engineer, it made him cry, and he commented that this isn’t just a game’s music anymore.
>Violin over rock beat
>weebs actually think this is deep
>>386527313
You're forgetting Kenji Hiramatsu, so it's 6 if you count ACE+ separately
>>386527357
that's not all,
rough translation from his twitter post
>The mix of Xenoblade 2 is finished. This project is just over 1 TB with Protools data alone. I have not exceeded 500 GB so far, so 1 TB is an unknown world. The number of musicians also exceeds 300 people, and the score paper used also has more than 20,000. Projects beyond this will not be dead until (?).
>got Irish group Anuna on it
>went to Slovakia for orchestration
>own studio has a shitton of people working on it
>ACE+ and Kiyota also god tier
XC2's soundtrack is going to be insane
>>386526565
fucking coward can't even face sonic in a rap battle.
>>386527403
Kenji Hiramatsu is the + is ACE+, Don't know why him and ACE were separated in credits.
>>386522332
>We don’t know much yet about Xenoblade Chronicles 2, but Composer Yasunori Mitsuda has been recording the soundtrack, and recently he shared some information about it on his personal Twitter account.
>First of all, we hear that Mitsuda-sensei worked on the mix of the songs performed by the popular Irish chroal ensemble Anúna. When he received the data from the sound engineer, it made him cry, and he commented that this isn’t just a game’s music anymore.
Fuck me the formatting is fucky
>>386527161
literally the pirates of the caribbean theme
>>386527393
They also think making an Ubisoft open world game with cutesy art makes the greatest game ever. They're mentally defective and should be culled.
My current favourites are either Nobuo Uematsu for FFX or Yuka Kitamura for Dark Souls.
Also, I was a bit surprised I didn't see a thread when the Dishonored composer died a few days ago.
Wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxJE6SSX-aw
>>386527423
>Nintendo puts a shitload of budget into the game and resources
>barely fucking promotes it
They're worried it won't get finished on time, aren't they?
>>386527271
Anything is okay when japan does it
>>386527535
>Nobuo Uematsu for FFX
What? That's literally his worst work with the series. This is the worst song in the series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o23B5aWAmg4
>>386520301
I want to ____ Yoko
Akira Yamaoka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_PXTGdlGw
>>386527323
Spoken like a true ignoramus. How about you go grab a beer and watch some sports, uneducated fuck.
>>386527535
Dishonored composer did a good job but he was really more of a film guy if I remember right. The game certainly doesn't have anything close to the atmosphere of the Thief games (and Deus Ex) that it's imitating.
If you don't think Legend of Mana is Shimomura's best shit then get out of my face
https://youtu.be/CFi9BHlTaYo
https://youtu.be/dckSRGDwNlg
https://youtu.be/_hW-MHssUd8
Shoutouts to Kikuta, whoever composed the mother series, and whoever composed Ar Nosurge.
>>386527423
The new games "confrontation" already is the best track of the year
https://youtu.be/TMnl3W5QP7Q
>>386527638
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zi5InWwr_U
>>386527625
Disagree. I'll admit I love FFX so what might be considered his worst work is still strong for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWtJOIFRDao
>>386527718
He was a film and TV guy mostly but did Dishonored and recent Silent Hill games. I never really though about the Dishonored soundtracks despite playing 100+ hours in each which means he was good at his job but not amazing.
>Ryu Umemoto died just as he was starting to get more recognition in the west
YU-NO is seriously the best game soundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOvfINPELDg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_KWnPJvKy4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBgxoj6PtoA
>>386527693
>beer and sports are things to be hated as symbols of stupidity
Why don't you go read some XKCD to stroke your ego? Its particular brand of pretentious idiocy would probably appeal to you.
HAHAHA MIXING ROCK AND CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTS SO ORIGNAL XD
Yuzo Koshiro or Hitoshi Sakimoto for me
Koshiro is the king of arcade-style FM but Sakimoto is amazing at both FM and orchestral music
>>386527802
Nah, I love X's OST but Hamauzu did just about every good song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF-XlIS3keY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGOLjgXCJaE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_PjUvwHBs4
>>386527893
I already made that shitpost dumbass
>>386527786
>whoever composed the mother series
Believe it was a different person each game. Mother 2 was Keiichi Suzuki, I think Shogo Sakai did Mother 3 but that might have just been the Mother 3+ album.
>>386519060
Kirill Pokrovsky who basically did soundtracks for all Larian games until he died so Original Sin 2 is getting a new composer. Damn shame.
>>386527957
westerners do it better
>>386523090
This. Also some props for Keigo Hoashi because he's responsible for A Beautiful Song as an example.
>>386528046
And Amusement Park and Copied City.
>>386527161
>mfw the world of warcraft did the elder scrolls theme first
>>386519060
Miki Higashino for her work on Suikoden 1 and 2, especially the latter which she almost singlehandedly composed minus some remixes. Such a shame Japan's work culture around maternity leave struck and she could hardly find any work after having a child.
Really distinct sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW6t0QjSops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a3KhYrWB1M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOxylSeEH5Q
>ctrl+f
>"Tim Follin"
>0 results
Faggots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gObHt1uZA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGNSHNf-nlU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ODKKILZiYY
>>386528136
but that theme was made for morrowind...
>ctrl-f
>no Adolf "Wehrmacht" von Cheetahmanstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jA7nRwQp_E
>>386528291
>now making weird FMV mystery games on steam
What a strange turn of events.
>>386527998
This.
I heard they got the Crysis composer or something like that. Probably going to sound like generic cinematic orchestra trash now.
https://youtu.be/wWnzfA9AqrA
Never seen someone so happy
DAYTONAAAAAAA
>>386528352
why does this exist?
What about composers you know aren't the best of all time but you like their work?
I've been replaying Binding of Issac and remembered how great Danny Baranowsky's music for that was.
>>386519060
I had no idea Nobuo Uematsu was so cute!
Who did the music for Ghost Trick? That guy knew what he was doing.
>>386528483
Masakazu Sugimori, he's done a lot work for Ace Attorney too.
>>386527861
Yes, I am convinced someone like you simply loves to scream at TV while watching football and sipping piss-tasting beer, most definitely.
Here's one thing you do not understand: when you gather experience in any art in life, may it be music, mathematics or whatever else, you develop and begin to yearn for more creative and complicated experiences. A musician who does everything the same way everytime is barely an artist at all and it is an insult to everyone who has ever worked and developed themselves when Kanye West is told to be equally great musician as Sibelius because they misunderstand subjectivism. Simply because our experiences of the world are subjective, that does not mean there is no objectivity in the world and in the manner we develop.
People like you, Sir Ignoramus, are the reason the world is such a fucked up place.
>>386525821
Don't forget these two.
http://vgmdb.net/artist/700
http://vgmdb.net/artist/708
>>386528418
Pixel, Cave Story has a nice OST and knowing he did basically all of it gives it a special feel.
>Ctrl+F Viklund
>no results
I guess you need a name like Weebamoto to be considered great on this fucking cesspit board.
>>386528418
>tfw I've played around 300 hours of isaac across the flash version and rebirth
>I've never heard any of the soundtracks to either game because I've had the games muted that entire time
I wouldn't be playing it at all if I couldn't have podcasts/shows on while I'm doing it. It's always kind of surreal when I see people talking about how wonderful the music is.
Does anyone have the link to that site which had a ton of video game music and worked like a randomized jukebox?
>>386525387
Hello there my good taste friendo, do you also like Katamari Damacy and Jet Set Radio?
>>386528706
or, you know, YOU could post him and what game he's from and we could appreciate him with you
>>386528736
For a long time I did that as well. I'd play for an hour in between work sessions while listening to podcasts or something. I must've heard the soundtrack more on youtube than in-game, but it does have great songs.
Also to add to the list, Darren Korb. The guy from Supergiant Games. Guy makes some fucking stunning songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFrjMq4aL-g
Trent Rezn0r ofc
>>386528609
>one line reply telling you to fuck off means I'm the death of the human race
Guess I struck a nerve, I'm not the guy you were talking to before by the way so all those big assumptions you're making are pretty laughable.
God forbid you ever take a sip of a beverage that's been an integral part of human culture for more than seven thousand years. Yes, clearly you know best, all beer is piss-tasting swill and it's not just a matter of you having an underdeveloped underage palate.
You are aware that you type like teenager, right? You're so determined to prove your superiority and you think the answer is going on and on about what an incredible intellectual you are.
No one cares. No one respects you or your opinions on music. Every post you make makes you more of a laughingstock. You're such a convincing facsimile of a smug 15 year old that I almost suspect you're baiting.
>>386529287
I don't even drink beer or anything but the guy you're talking to is either a retard or baiting. Calm down, my dude
>>386526103
Alexander Brandon and Michel van der Bos where the main composers, also not posting this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vTvHsHx4TM
>>386528850
Of course.
>>386519982
It's not that, it's just that East Asian women do practical subjects at higher education. If an East Asian woman has risen high in an organization, you know she got there of her own merit (Yoko Shimomura, Yuka Kitamura etc).
>>386529343
>Not posting this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzvw8uSWucM
>>386529330
He reminds me of myself when I was twelve and you have no idea how angry that makes me.
Takayuki Nakamura
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DBgumroGS0&list=PLJx3LQtOJwN0kCK2O2LsweWBGoHPVSp9b&index=3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCkxpJl0fgg&index=10&list=PLJx3LQtOJwN0kCK2O2LsweWBGoHPVSp9b
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U16gmeuofFI&list=PLJx3LQtOJwN0kCK2O2LsweWBGoHPVSp9b&index=17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLt2x7AvmEQ&list=PLJx3LQtOJwN0kCK2O2LsweWBGoHPVSp9b&index=28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idbs0-OIC-I&index=40&list=PLJx3LQtOJwN0kCK2O2LsweWBGoHPVSp9b
also
>no Hitoshi Sakimoto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqJQxWgOjJo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ZojXDhXRw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcU2pesdu3w
>>386529394
Was already posted
>>386520301
i really like yoko's work but i think he music is getting a bit samey these days
her different soundtracks don't really have their own identity and you could probably take the soundtracks of all her games from the past few years and interchange them and no one would notice
that being said she has made some pretty good stuff
>>386527161
The game of thrones too. Some melodies just sound better. That said the soundtrack had already been worked as early as 06.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FinalFantasy/comments/51myl0/are_parts_of_apocalypsis_noctis_song_very_similar/
>>386530016
Could they really put her Super mario rpg, mario & luigy and kingdom hearts music into Final fantasy 15 without anyone batting an eye?She needs to layoff the piano
>>386530016
Fucking this. I once shit talked her because I had only really heard her samey shit and someone showed me the stuff she did for Street Fighter and my eyes were opened but she's been phoning shit in.
>>386527905
>Hitoshi Sakimoto
Spot on! Sakimotos works puts him miles beyond the competition imo.
>>386524839
>>386524948
Came here for exactly these two. You made me proud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa0kmgysf2Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-H4hwmM1qk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th2jeYakyAY
>>386528609
Jesus christ this is the most commited fedoraposting i've seen in a while
>>386528409
It's fake
>>386530087
So that's only 4 years after Morrowind, and I've never played Arena or Daggerfall so it might have existed before then.
>>386529287
Instead of discussing about the topic at hand, you simply spout meaningless insults and pretend to be a psychologist with very little success. Who I am matters very little on an anonymous image board, so how about you provide some argument concerning the quality of music or simply move on with your piss-tasting life.
>>386532978
>Instead of discussing about the topic at hand, you simply spout meaningless insults
>>386533256
Not a single argument has been provided by him, it has all been insecure rambling about his threatened status as a member of society. Meanwhile my argument stands and awaits.
>>386522554
My dude.
>>386533360
I don't even know what you kids are arguing about, but you both look like idiots for caring that much about literally nothing.
>>386530087
Final Fantasy has been doing this a while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxBQPcfFJnM
Sound familiar?
>>386533503
Admittedly somewhat true, but the world is filled with idiots and I can't always cope with that. That's my weakness.
TanakaKouhei
Step aside, retards.
satoru kosaki
>>386533546
That's not within the realm of taking any action. Now the dragon ball z guy, his was pretty bad.
http://www.kanzenshuu.com/features/kenji-yamamoto-retrospective/
Needless to say his career is done.
>>386533916
this name rings a bell
>>386529343
Alexander Brandon was on vgmpire (a podcast) and they talk about the Deus Ex 1 & 2 OST and play a few songs.
>>386534365
Tekken
>>386534501
how many people do Tekken anyway
>>386524948
him and pic related
>>386534834
Lots, Tekken 5 had seventeen composers for its soundtrack for example.
>>386519060
Soule and Uematsu
>>386519060
whoever composed the Bravely Default OST
H I D E K I
N A G A N U M A
>>386535765
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUTglhRydZ8
>>386535765
>>386536141
My brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT1yiLP4oMY
>>386519060
Whatever sorcery Rockstar employed in Red Dead Redemption : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVfczLhb7yY
Masafumi Takada.
Kelly Bailey.
>>386533623
Dude, isn't it warm wearing that fedora all day even in summer? Cool down, grab a beer and jerk off or something. You're embarrassing yourself
>ctrl+F 'Uematsu'
>4 results (though one is a quote)
My negroes. Jeremy Soule and Harry Gregson-Williams get honorable mentions too.
>>386537575
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1JgIg38QBU
Gives me the chills every fucking time, all the tragedy of the story is expressed in this piece
>>386528291
THANK FUCKING GOD SOMEONE POSTED HIM
>>386528378
he's been out of the industry since the 90's
>ctrl+f tenpei sato
>no results
I though /v/ was cultured enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nRocYkjyRk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSdK7U8XakA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cucJtLSE7Pc
>>386530016
So much of her work in FFXV sounds so similar to KH. The startup of the post game menu screen of FFXV sounds just like dearly beloved