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Yoko Shimomura is a freelance sound composer. She is most notable for composing music for the Kingdom Hearts and Mario & Luigi franchises, among many other games.

History[]

After graduating from the Osaka College of Music in 1988, she was hired at Capcom and worked on projects like Street Fighter II. In 1993, she moved to Square and worked there until 2002, when she became a freelance composer under the brand of Midiplex Co., Ltd.

After her work on Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, AlphaDream hired her to work on every installment of the Mario & Luigi series. She has also worked on other Nintendo projects, like Xenoblade Chronicles, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and the Super Smash Bros. series.

Game Works[]

Special Thanks[]

Song Credits[]

Please note that this section does not include soundtracks where Yoko Shimomura was the sole composer.

Final Fight[]

  • Round 5 Bay Area 2 -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
  • Round 5 Bay Area 3 / Round Clear -- Composition & Arrangement[1]

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior[]

With the exception of "Versus Screen", "Sagat's Theme" and "Here Comes a New Challenger", Yoko Shimomura composed all the rest of the soundtrack[2]

Breath of Fire[]

  • Trade City -- Composition & Arrangement[3]

Front Mission[]

  • A Minefield -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Canyon Crow -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Advanced Guard -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Mercenaries -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Take the Offensive -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • The Evils of War -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Decline -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Manifold Irons -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Holic Shot -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Hard Drag -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • More and More -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Win Back -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Shallow Twilight -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Coaxial Town -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Field Hospital -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Arena -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Setting Up -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Martial Ecologist -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Rage! Rage! Rege! -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Elegie -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
  • Destructive Logic -- Composition & Arrangement[4]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[]

  • Gritzy Desert (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time) -- Composition & Arrangement
  • King Dedede's Theme (Kirby's Dream Land) -- Arrangement
  • Tetris: Type A -- Arrangement

Luminous Arc 2[]

  • Rosefall -- Composition & Arrangement[5]
  • Already! -- Composition & Arrangement[5]
  • The Dark Wings, Hugging to Freeze -- Composition & Arrangement[5]
  • The Ice-Shaped Witch -- Composition & Arrangement[5]
  • Black Flames -- Composition & Arrangement[5]
  • What the Heck are Kopin? -- Composition & Arrangement[5]
  • Rosette Rosso -- Composition & Arrangement[5]
  • Raging Flames -- Composition & Arrangement[5]
  • The Future in These Hands! -- Composition & Arrangement[5]
  • The Day That Falls Upon the World -- Composition & Arrangement[5]

Little King's Story[]

  • Bolero -- Arrangement

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days[]

  • Dearly Beloved -- Composition & Arrangement[6]
  • Results and Rewards -- Composition & Arrangement[6]
  • Mystic Moon -- Composition & Arrangement[6]
  • Critical Drive -- Composition & Arrangement[6]
  • Sacred Moon -- Composition & Arrangement[6]
  • Musique pour la tristesse de Xion -- Composition & Arrangement[6]
  • Xemnus -- Composition & Arrangement[6]
  • Secret of Neverland -- Composition & Arrangement[6]
  • Crossing to Neverland -- Composition & Arrangement[6]
  • At Dusk, I Will Think of You... -- Composition & Arrangement[6]
  • Fight and Away -- Composition & Arrangement[6]
  • Vector to the Heavens -- Composition & Arrangement[6]
  • Another Side -Battle Ver.- -- Composition & Arrangement[6]

Xenoblade Chronicles[]

  • Main Theme -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Prologue A -- Composition, Arrangement (w/T[8]
  • Prologue A -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Tsutomu Narita)[7][8]
  • Prologue B -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Tsutomu Narita)[7][8]
  • Colony 9 -- Composition & Arrangement[7][8]
  • Colony 9 (Night) -- Composition[7][8]
  • Time to Fight! -- Composition & Arrangement[7][8]
  • Hometown -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Hometown (Night) -- Composition[7][8]
  • Unfinished Business -- Composition & Arrangement[7][8]
  • Shulk and Fiora -- Composition[7][8]
  • Epilogue -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Tsutomu Narita)[7][8]

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance[]

  • Dearly Beloved -- Composition[9]
  • Traverse in Trance -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Hand to Hand -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Dream Eaters -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • The World of Dream Drops -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Le Sanctuaire -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • La Cloche -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Sweet Spirits♡ -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Ever After -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • The Nightmare -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Rinzler Recompiled -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • The Fun Fair -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Prankster's Party -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Broken Reality -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • The Dream -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • One for All -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • All for One -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Xigbar -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Distant From You... -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Sacred Distance -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Deep Drop -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • L'Oscurità dell'Ignoto -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Xehanort -The Early Years- -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • The Dread of Night -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • L'Eminenza Oscura I -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • L'Eminenza Oscura II -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • L'Impeto Oscuro -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • My Heart's Descent -- Composition[9]
  • The Eye of Darkness - Composition[9]
  • Link to All -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Sora -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • Dream Drop Distance -The Next Awakening- -- Composition[9]

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U[]

  • Try, Try Again (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team) -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Route 10 (Pokémon Black / Pokémon White) -- Arrangement
  • Magicant / Eight Melodies (Mother) -- Arrangement

DLC[]

  • Ryu Stage (Street Fighter II) -- Composition & Arrangement

Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition HD[]

  • Somnus (Instrumental Version) -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Kaoru Wada)[10]
  • Departure -- Composition (w/ Yoshitaka Suzuki) & Arrangement (w/ Yoshitaka Suzuki & John Graham)[10]
  • Wanderlust -- Composition (w/ Yoshitaka Suzuki)[10]
  • Encroaching Fear -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Stand Your Ground -- Composition[10]
  • Relax and Reflect -- Composition[10]
  • Day's End Fanfare -- Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Horizon -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Lurking Danger -- Composition & Arrangement[10]
  • CINDY -- Composition[10]
  • Urban Chrome -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • A Quick Pit Stop -- Composition[10]
  • Love Lost -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • ARDYN -- Composition (w/ Yoshitaka Suzuki)[10]
  • The Aggressors -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • NOX AETERNA -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • What Lies Within -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Daemons -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Fantastica! -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • The Niflheim Empire -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Veiled in Black -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Valse di Fantastica -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Crystalline Chill -- Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • What a Hoot -- Composition[10]
  • The Fight Is On! -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Unsettling Aura -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Don't Panic! -- Composition[10]
  • APOCALYPSIS NOCTIS -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Sachiko Miyano)[10]
  • Cosmogony -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Melancholia -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • A Premonition -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • NOX DIVINA -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Kaoru Wada)[10]
  • Labyrinthine -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Imperial Infiltration -- Composition & Arrangement[10]
  • Veiled in Black (Arrangement) -- Composition[10]
  • Invidia -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Sorrow Without Solace -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Sunset Waltz -- Composition[10]
  • Disquiet -- Composition (w/ Nobuo Uematsu) & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • OMNIS LACRIMA -- Composition[10]
  • Listen Up -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Creeping Shadows -- Composition & Arrangement[10]
  • Impeding Peril -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Up for the Challenge -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Bros on the Road II -- Composition[10]
  • NOCTIS -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Starlit Waltz -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Prayer de LUNA -- Composition[10]
  • No Time Left -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Nicolas Alvarez)[10]
  • Song of the Stars -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ John Graham)[10]
  • The Hydraean's Wrath -- Composition (w/ Yoshitaka Suzuki)[10]
  • ARDYN II -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • LUNA -- Composition & Arrangement[10]
  • APOCALYPSIS AQUARIUS -- Composition[10]
  • Dining Car -- Composition[10]
  • Relax and Reflect - Pensive -- Composition[10]
  • Careening Into Danger -- Composition & Arrangement[10]
  • Tenebrae -- Composition[10]
  • Horrors of the Night -- Composition[10]
  • End of the Road -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • An Empire In Ruins -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • RAVUS AETERNA -- Composition[10]
  • In The Light of the Crystal -- Composition (w/ Nobuo Uematsu) & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Neverending Nightmare -- Composition[10]
  • Somnus -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Kaoru Wada)[10]
  • Hellfire -- Composition (w/ Yoshitaka Suzuki)[10]
  • Magna Insomnia -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Dawn -- Composition[10]
  • Somnus Ultima -- Composition[10]
  • Dewdrops at Dawn -- Composition & Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]
  • Main Theme of FINAL FANTASY -- Arrangement (w/ Shota Nakama)[10]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]

  • Kass's Theme (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) -- Arrangement
  • Vega Stage (Street Fighter II) -- Composition & Arrangement

DLC[]

  • Treasure Trove Cove (Banjo-Kazooie) -- Arrangement
  • Pasta (FATAL FURY 2) -- Arrangement
  • Dance of the Blocks (Minecraft) -- Arrangement
  • Cosmo Canyon (FINAL FANTASY VII) -- Arrangement
  • Moonsiders 1st (Tekken 7) -- Arrangement

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition[]

  • Colony 9 -- Composition, Original Arrangement, Arrangement Supervisor[11]
  • Time to Fight! -- Composition, Original Arrangement, Arrangement Supervisor[11]
  • Hometown -- Composition, Original Arrangement, Arrangement Supervisor[11]

Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope[]

  • Prologue - On the Back of the Darkmess Manta -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • The Galaxy Awaits (Main Menu) -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Battle of Beacon Beach -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Dark Secrets on a Sunlit Planet -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • The Temple Under Siege -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Beacon in the Darkmess -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Cold, Dark Mask of the Mountain, Pt. I -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Cold, Dark Mask of the Mountain, Pt. II -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Warmth Amongst the Snow -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Clash in the Outer Galaxy -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Uphill Battle -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Root of Corruption, Pt. I -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Root of Corruption, Pt. II -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Kaleidoscopic Canopy -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Pixies and Poets -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Yearning to Bloom -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Planet in Pre-Bloom -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Fuzzy and Fleeting -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Sights and Scents of Terra Flora -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Dancing in the Sand -- Composition & Arrangement[12]
  • Ride out the Storm -- Composition & Arrangement[12]

Interviews[]

External links[]

References[]

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