History Main / Composers

* TommyTallarico: Responsible for the music of many, many games, such as ''CoolSpot'' and ''Earthworm Jim''.

* AkariKaida: Composed for several ''MegaMan'' games, and notably for ''BreathOfFireIII'', ''ResidentEvil'' and ''{{Okami}}''.

* YasunoriMitsuda: Composed for the ''[[ChronoTrigger Chrono]]'' [[ChronoCross series]], ''{{Xenogears}}'', ''{{Xenosaga}} Episode 1'', and various other games.

* ShinjiHosoe: One of the "Sampling Masters" behind the music for RidgeRacer.

* YokoShimomura: Composer for ''[=~Gargoyle's Quest~=]'', ''StreetFighterII'', ''BreathOfFire'', ''LiveALive'', ''FrontMission'', ''SuperMarioRPG'', ''ParasiteEve'', ''LegendOfMana'', the ''KingdomHearts'' series, the ''MarioAndLuigi'' series, among others. Long list.

* NobuoUematsu: When you think of video game music, his name typically comes up, because he did all the music for the first nine ''FinalFantasy'' games.
* TommyTallarico: Responsible for the music of many, many games, such as ''CoolSpot'' and ''Earthworm Jim''.
* KoichiSugiyama: Aside from his work on several famous Japanese TV series, he is also the man behind the music of ''DragonQuest''. Uematsu considers him an influence.

* YuzoKoshiro
* ShinjiHosoe: One of the "Sampling Masters" behind the music for RidgeRacer.
* YasunoriMitsuda: Composed for the ''[[ChronoTrigger Chrono]]'' [[ChronoCross series]], ''{{Xenogears}}'', ''{{Xenosaga}} Episode 1'', and various other games.

* GeorgeFredericHandel

* EdvardGrieg

* AaronCopland : Mentioned in a few spots on the Wiki. Fanfare For the Common Man is CrowningMusicOfAwesome in distilled form, but he's probably most famous for Rodeo which you've almost certainty heard, either in a western or in the background while someone told you what Beef is for.

* Steve Jablonsky: Composed the new ''{{Transformers}}'' music.

* [[{{ptitleqovht46x}} György Ligeti]]

* DavidRaksin
* RichardRodgers: along with his frequent collaborators Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein, he was the king of the Golden Age of musical theater.

* MarcShaiman
* DmitriShostakovich
* AlanSilverstri: The composer of the music for the BackToTheFuture trilogy and ForestGump.

* W.G. "Snuffy" Walden: Most ABC dramas and comedies in the '90s featured Walden scores.
* IgorStravinsky

* DimitriTiomkin
* FranzWaxman

* Go Shiina: Lead composer for the SoulSeries. His soundtrack is also pretty much the only reason to play ''TalesOfLegendia''.

* ShojiMeguro: A composer who's well known for his ability to work with many types of music, including classical, jazz, rock, techno, and even rap. He's done music mainly for ''{{Atlus}},'' notably the majority of the ShinMegamiTensei franchise and TraumaCenter.

* Martin O'Donnell: Responsible for the music for the ''{{Halo}}'' francise
* JerryMartin: The music man behind ''SimCity'' and ''TheSims''. You might have even heard tunes from those games on PBS...
* KojiKondo and HipTanaka, whose work for Nintendo has earned them a godlike reputation among game composers.

* Jeremy Soule. If you want CrowningMusicOfAwesome, Jeremy's your man. Primarily does music for [=RPGs=], but may work with anything bombastic enough to not be overshadowed by his music. Composed music for, among others: IcewindDale, KnightsOfTheOldRepublic 2, [=~Unreal II: The Awakening~=], DawnOfWar, {{Morrowind}}, {{Oblivion}}, NeverwinterNights 2, TotalAnnihilation and both DungeonSiege-games.

Editor's Note: If we are to include more musicians from the 20th and 21st centuries, this page could balloon ''very'' greatly.

* Jeremy Soule. If you want CrowningMusicOfAwesome, Jeremy's your man. Primarily does music for RPGs, but may work with anything bombastic enough to not be overshadowed by his music. Composed music for, among others: IcewindDale, KnightsOfTheOldRepublic 2, [=~Unreal II: The Awakening~=], DawnOfWar, {{Morrowind}}, {{Oblivion}}, NeverwinterNights 2, TotalAnnihilation and both DungeonSiege-games.

* Jeremy Soule. If you want CrowningMusicOfAwesome, Jeremy's your man. Primarily does music for RPGs, but may work with anything bombastic enough to not be overshadowed by his music. Composed music for, among others: IcewindDale, KnightsOfTheOldRepublic 2, {{Unreal}} 2, DawnOfWar, {{Morrowind}}, {{Oblivion}}, NeverwinterNights 2, TotalAnnihilation and both DungeonSiege-games.

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* YoshihiroSakaguchi: Composer for Capcom, under the pseudonym Yuukichan's Papa. Created the "sound" of ''MegaMan'' and contributed to the ''StreetFighter'' series.

Editor's Note: If we are to include more musicians from the 20th and 21st centuries, this page could balloon ''very'' greatly.

* GioachinoRossini

* [[{{ptitleqovht46x}} Gy? Ligeti]]

* YasunoriMitsuda: Composed for the ''[[ChronoTrigger Chrono]]'' [[ChronoCross series]], ''{{Xenogears}}'', ''{{Xenosaga}} Episode 1'', and various other games.