Yoko Shimomura
| Yoko Shimomura | |
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| Born | October 19, 1967 (age 57)[?] |
| Super Mario–related role(s) | Music producer for theMario & Luigi series. Has also worked onSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars andits remake, theSuper Smash Bros. series, andMario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope. |
Yoko Shimomura (Japanese: 下村陽子Shimomura Yōko) (also creditedYouko Shimomura) is a Japanese video game composer and musician. She is well known for her work inStreet Fighter II, theKingdom Hearts franchise, and in theSuper Mario franchise for composing the music for theMario & Luigi series (with the exception ofMario & Luigi: Brothership) andSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
Early life[edit]
Yoko Shimomura was born on October 19, 1967 in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. At the age of four, she started taking piano lessons and after being inspired by classical music, she began to play the piano randomly. After attending Osaka College of Music, she intended to become a piano instructor, but because she had been an avid gamer for many years, she decided to send some samples of her work to various video game companies. Afterwards, she began working forCapcom.
Career[edit]
Shimomura later transferred to Squaresoft (now known asSquare Enix). In 1996, she composed and arranged the music inSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, arranging music fromKoji Kondo'sSuper Mario franchise music, and one track fromFinal Fantasy IV by Nobuo Uematsu.
After leaving Square Enix in 2002, she became a freelancer. She worked on the music for theMario & Luigi series starting withMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga in 2003 and has continued to compose the soundtracks for every entry, barringMario & Luigi: Brothership, withHideki Sakamoto composing in her stead. She has also created multiple arrangements forSuper Smash Bros. Brawl,Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS /Wii U, andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate. She is credited as a vocalist forPaper Mario: The Origami King. She is one of the composers forMario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.[1]
Games composed[edit]
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
- Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) (Music arrangement)
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
- Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013)
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS /Wii U (2014) (Music arrangement)
- Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015)
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) (Music arrangement)
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (2022) (withGrant Kirkhope andGareth Coker)
- Super Mario RPG (2023)[2]
Song credits[edit]
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope[edit]
- Prologue - On the Back of the Darkmess Manta — Composition/arrangement
- The Galaxy Awaits (Main Menu) — Composition/arrangement
- Battle of Beacon Beach — Composition/arrangement
- Dark Secrets on a Sunlit Planet — Composition/arrangement
- The Temple Under Siege — Composition/arrangement
- Beacon in the Darkmess — Composition/arrangement
- Cold, Dark Mask of the Mountain, Pt. I — Composition/arrangement
- Cold, Dark Mask of the Mountain, Pt. II — Composition/arrangement
- Warmth Amongst the Snow — Composition/arrangement
- Clash in the Outer Galaxy — Composition/arrangement
- Uphill Battle — Composition/arrangement
- Root of Corruption, Pt. I — Composition/arrangement
- Root of Corruption, Pt. II — Composition/arrangement
- Kaleidoscopic Canopy — Composition/arrangement
- Pixies and Poets — Composition/arrangement
- Yearning to Bloom — Composition/arrangement
- Planet in Pre-Bloom — Composition/arrangement
- Fuzzy and Fleeting — Composition/arrangement
- Sights and Scents of Terra Flora — Composition/arrangement
- Dancing in the Sand — Composition/arrangement
- Ride out the Storm — Composition/arrangement
External links[edit]
- Official website (Japanese)
References[edit]
- ^Ubisoft (June 29, 2022).MARIO + RABBIDS SPARKS OF HOPE SHOWCASE.YouTube. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ^@midiplex (June 22, 2023)."本日、Nintendo Directにて発表されましたリメイク版「スーパーマリオRPG」の音楽を担当しております。オリジナルのファンの皆さまにも今回初めてプレイする皆さまにも楽しんで頂けるように願って心を込めて全曲アレンジさせて頂きました!続報をお楽しみに♡ #NintendoDirectJP #スーパーマリオＲＰＧ".Twitter. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
