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drbunnig said:
Koji Kondo
David Wise
Grant Kirkhope
Nathan McCree
Satoshi Okubo
Yoko Shimomura
Taro Bando
Michiru Yamane
Nobuo Uematsu

Hopefully these all meet the criteria. I wanted to put someone who worked on the original Resident Evil, but there's a few names and I'm not sure who composed what.
I'd like to put someone.

Yes, all of them are good. From what I was able to find out most of the original Resident Evil's soundtrack was composed by Koichi hiroki. He doesn't seem to have many credits to his name as far as I can see, but he was the main composer in Resident Evil. The other two composers who worked on it composed seven of the soundtrack's 34 songs.



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I'm going to post some composer highlights maybe once every day here for people who might be struggling to come up with ten composers for their lists. I'll include a few composers each time. With that in mind here are some of Yoko Shimomura's best works:

Next up, Motoi Sakuraba:

One more. How about Matt Uelmen:



Let's highlight some more composers. First up, Mahito Yokota:

Next, Grant Kirkhope:

Finally, Austin Wintory:

I'll highlight another set of composers later.



1. Alexander Brandon.

2. Jesper Kyd.

3. Nobuo Uematsu.

I will have to owe you the rest.



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Deus Ex (2000) - a game that pushes the boundaries of what the video game medium is capable of to a degree unmatched to this very day.

Here's another few composers that have already gotten votes. First, Shoji Meguro:

Next, Koichi Sugiyama:

Third, Christopher Larkin:



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Just my effort to swing some voters maybe.

Just wanna showcase some of Tim Follins achievements.

The ZX Spectrum was a pretty primitive micro computer. It came with a very simple pc speaker that could only do beeps and boops. However, Tim found a way to manipulate the frequency and the pitch of the beeps and boops in such a way that he could make pretty kick ass music with it. Now it may sound like screeching noise to you but in those times it was mindblowing. Also factor in that Tim was 17 when he made this.



Though his favourite console to make music for was the C64, it didn't stop him from making some of the best tunes on the NES.



He made even more awesome stuff on the SNES, as you can listen here:






1. Nobuo Uematsu
2. Koji Kondo
3. Koichi Sugiyama (for the quality of his music)
4. Hitoshi Sakimoto
5. Hip Tanaka
6. Yoko Shimomura
7. Motoi Sakuraba
8. Shoji Meguro
9. Bobby Prince
10. George "The Fat Man" Sanger



Time for another set of composers to get highlighted. Here are some less well known ones that haven't come up in anyone's lists so far. First, Daisuke Ishiwatari:

Next, Noriyuki Iwadare:

And finally, Michiko Naruke:



1. Nobuo Uematsu
2. Koji Kondo
3. Yoko Shimomura
4. Masayoshi Soken
5. David Wise
6. Shoji Meguro



Here's the next few composers for your consideration. Let's start with Akira Yamaoka:

Next, Graeme Norgate:

Let's end this one with Takashi Tateishi: