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Biography
Yoko Shimomura is a Japanese composer and pianist known for her work in video games. She graduated from the Osaka College of Music in 1988 and began working at the video game studio Capcom the same year. Shimomura wrote music for several games there, including Final Fight, Street Fighter II, and The King of Dragons. She left Capcom and joined Square in 1993, with her first project there being Live A Live. There she would compose the music for games such as Super Mario RPG, Legend of Mana, and Parasite Eve. Shimomura received the BAFTA Fellowship award in 2025.
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Awards & recognition
- BAFTA Fellowship · 2025
Filmography4 titles
Napping Princess
2017Original Music Composer
2017Original Music Composer
Here Comes a New Challenger
2023as Self
2023as Self
The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians
2024Original Music Composer
2024Original Music Composer
Legend of Mana -The Teardrop Crystal-
2022Original Music Composer
2022Original Music Composer