Game Music :: Composer List :: Major Composers

  - Atlus
  - Capcom
  - Cave
  - Falcom
  - Irem
  - Konami
  - Microsoft
  - Namco Bandai
  - Nintendo
  - Nippon Ichi
  - Grasshopper
  - Sega
  - Sony
  - Square Enix
  - Western Games

  - Castlevania
  - Chrono
  - Dragon Quest
  - Final Fantasy
  - Kingdom Hearts
  - Mana
  - Mario
  - Megami Tensei
  - Mega Man
  - Metal Gear
  - Resident Evil
  - SaGa
  - Silent Hill
  - Sonic
  - Star Ocean
  - Street Fighter
  - Suikoden
  - Tales
  - Ys
  - Zelda

  - Masashi Hamauzu
  - Norihiko Hibino
  - Kenji Ito
  - Noriyuki Iwadare
  - Koji Kondo
  - Yuzo Koshiro
  - Shoji Meguro
  - Yasunori Mitsuda
  - Manabu Namiki
  - Hitoshi Sakimoto
  - Motoi Sakuraba
  - Tenpei Sato
  - Yoko Shimomura
  - Koichi Sugiyama
  - Masafumi Takada
  - Nobuo Uematsu
  - Michiru Yamane
  - Akira Yamaoka

Composer List :: Major Composers

Below is a list of composers with comprehensive profiles on the site. You may also like to browse the composer pages for Square Enix, Nintendo, Konami, and Basiscape. Please see the other composers page for those who have contributed only a few works relevant to the site.

A

Takayuki Aihara
Prolific composer of Street Fighter EX and Drakengard

E

Takahito Eguchi
Square composer turned anime and vocal arranger

F

Kenichiro Fukui
Versatile arranger and keyboardist of The Black Mages

Motoaki Furukawa
Jazz fusion guitarist of Konami and Kukeiha Club fame

H

Shiro Hamaguchi
Prolific anime composer and Final Fantasy orchestrator

Masashi Hamauzu
Head Square Enix composer and piano arranger

Kentaro Haneda
Deceased pianist, composer, and conductor

Koji Hayama
Known for his outrageous Cho Aniki albums

Norihiko Hibino
Symphonic jazz composer and GEM Impact founder

Miki Higashino
Retired composer of Gradius and Suikoden fame

Yoshitaka Hirota
Shadow Hearts and DS Style sound producer

Shinji Hosoe
Electronic musician and Super Sweep founder

I

Takeharu Ishimoto
Programmer turned Square Enix rock composer

Daisuke Ishiwatari
Designer and composer of the Guilty Gear series

Kenji Ito
Composer of SaGa, Mana, and Culdcept series

Noriyuki Iwadare
Langrisser, Lunar, and Grandia composer

Hidenori Iwasaki
Programmer and composer of the Front Mission series

Masaharu Iwata
Basiscape composer behind the Ogre series

K

Hiroki Kikuta
Cult old-school composer and failed game designer

Koji Kondo
Legendary musician of the Zelda and Mario series

Yuzo Koshiro
Works include Ys, Streets of Rage, and Etrian Odyssey

M

Noriko Matsueda
Retired composer of Racing Lagoon and Front Mission

Hayato Matsuo
Chiefly orchestral game and anime composer

Shoji Meguro
Atlus' most popular and productive composer

Toru Minegishi
Nintendo composer with leading roles on the Zelda series

Yasunori Mitsuda
Chrono and Xeno composer at Procyon Studio

Norikazu Miura
Ambitious composer of the latest Suikoden titles

Naoshi Mizuta
Main composer of the Final Fantasy XI franchise

N

Kenta Nagata
Composer of The Wind Waker and Mario Kart

Junya Nakano
Focuses on rhythm and timbre in Square Enix works

Manabu Namiki
Electronica musician famous for shooter and fighter works

Tomohito Nishiura
Level 5 composer of Dark Cloud and Layton series

O

Asuka Ota
Nintendo composer already with many important roles

S

Hitoshi Sakimoto
Founder of Basiscape with distinctive musicality

Motoi Sakuraba
Composer of Star Ocean, Tales, and Mario Sports

Ryuji Sasai
Former Square composer and Queen Mania bassist

Ayako Saso
Versatile composer of Namco, Arika, and Super Sweep

Tenpei Sato
Composer of Nippon Ichi's Disgaea and Marl soundtracks

Tsuyoshi Sekito
The Last Remnant composer and Black Mages guitarist

Yoko Shimomura
Street Fighter, Mana, and Kingdom Hearts composer

Koichi Sugiyama
Classically-trained Dragon Quest composer

T

Masafumi Takada
Grasshopper Manufacture's musical craftsman

Hirokazu Tanaka
Classic Nintendo composer and Creatures director

Kumi Tanioka
Composer of Crystal Chronicles and Code Age

Kazumi Totaka
Composer of Yoshi, Animal Crossing, and Wii series

U

Nobuo Uematsu
Final Fantasy icon enjoying successful freelance career

W

Hajime Wakai
Composer of Star Fox, Pikmin, and Nintendogs

Y

Michiru Yamane
Composer of the Castlevania and Suikoden series

Akira Yamaoka
Silent Hill series producer and sound director