Game Informer
Meet Final Fantasy XV's Legendary Composer: Yoko Shimomura
Game Informer interviews Final Fantasy XV’s legendary composer Yoko Shimomura about her writing process, how her work on this proejct dates back to the Versus XIII days, and how the soundtrack compares to previous entries.
YOKO!! YOU FUCKIN ROCK!!!!
I hate dubs. I'd rather hear her voice and read subtitles. Might as well paste a photo of someone else's face over her if I can't experience getting to actually know her.
five fav composers Yoko Shimomura , Nobou Uematsu Yasunori Mitsuda yuzo koshio and koji kondo five legends of video games
The best work of any composer of all time of all existence. The Final Fantasy XV soundtrack is untouchable.
I think this is her most generic, copied work to date. Final Fantasy XV music is even more forgettable for me than FFXII. Just too generic and has no real melodies. It's like she just did an orchestral jam session and then added her "bang the piano keys" style she spammed in KH.
What an amazing composer. She deserves so much more recognition for her work.
Oh and by the way, this interviewer's questions were terrible
The third person is ugh.. enjoyed it none the less.
bitch let her speak, not this 3rd person shit.
Why is the translator using the "third person"? It's really annoying.
shimomura is hot af.
I love u ????☺️
Everyone in this comment section talking about I love her music in kingdom Hearts I'm just sitting here like no love for her music in xenoblade? I loved time to fight
This woman is fucking phenomenal! I have no words to describe her music.
Although FFXV is not the best game, but the soundtrack is the best out of all games existed.
OMG! I love this woman!
Don't worry! Your work on FFXV was worth the wait. It is majestic. Dawn theme is my favorite piece (I cry everytime ;_;). Please! Do all FF soundtracks from here on. <3
A fuckn' leeegeeend!
Some fantastic game soundtracks on her resume but the one that will always be my favorite is Street Fighter II. Can listen to that soundtrack on a constant loop and never get tired of it.
My god its the composer of scherzo di notte. I am glad she decided to work for game companies regardless of what what her parents though.
So she listens to her own music for inspiration…can't blame her.
Everyone's talking about Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy but her best work is actually Street Fighter 2. Ryu's theme is a masterpiece, as is Guile's theme.
if only i had a White Chronicle to go back in time when something bad happened
3rd person dubbing is just so awful and weird…
she composed guile's theme , she can do anything.
Yoko Shimomura is the female Koji Kondo when it comes to importance and pure musical talent.
Because it's so hard for a translator to just type out the text and apply that to the Youtube captions setting? Seriously… Red Bull did it.
It's so crazy. Her music is so transcendent throughout the years. That's gotta go through her mind sometimes. I can go on sound cloud and listen to remixes from any her street fighter 2 themes
Legend of Mana is the only one I care about and PE.
whats the name of the music on 6:58
I believe Yoko Shimomura is considered the highest regarded female game composer, even more so than other famed female composers like Michiru Yamane (Vampire Killer, Castlevania – Nocturne in the Moonlight, etc.).
??? I love your music
She speaks like Shiva LMAO
Yoko = legend of mana as well (everybody forget it snif)
Totally annoying. Not only it was best to simply have subtitles, the translator uses third person? WTF? It is the fist time in my life I have seen such a nonsense.
On the other hand… beautiful interview. All the FFXV epic moments are epic thanks to her music. As she said, music instilled in my memory. Thank you Shimomura.
Man, just learning that she did the music sorta makes me wanna play this despite basically giving up on Final Fantasy after XIII. Street Fighter II and Live A Live have ridiculously great music.
I also would have preferred subtitles, however I didn't think the translator did a bad job at all. I found her voice pleasant.
I dont get it, is the translator retarded or is Yoko referring to herself in the third person?
Wow, she seems so lovely, relaxed and humble. Thankyou Ms Shimomura, your amazing talent has given me and my friends so many wonderful memories and nostalgia growing up 🙂 You are a true legend of the videogame industry.
Oh shit, she did Xenoblade? Damn. Love that game.
shoryuken , monado
Best FF composer since Uematsu. Hands down
Say what you will about the imperfections of FFXV but the music of that game is phenomenal. Gosh, so much emotion even without lyrics, the pieces were so moving.
The ost is amazing for this game. I am grateful for her great work on the soundtrack.
just put subbed the translators voice is incredibly irritating.
A true legend!
froths at mouth immediately at the mention of the legendary yoko shimomura