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Koji Kondo is definitely the first name that pops to my mind. I would certainly argue he's the most iconic composer being behind the most iconic themes of Mario and Zelda. 

But is he the best? That's where he has some stiff competition.

Nobuo Uematsu and Yoko Shimomura are the two names that immediately jump to mind - Given their fingerprints are all over iconic JRPG franchises like Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts

Yasunori Mitsuda is another that definitely deserves to be in this conversation given his work with games like Chrono Trigger and the Xenoblade Chronicles series

I also think David Wise deserves a mention for his work with the Donkey Kong games.

And to put some Sonic representation, I gotta throw Jun Senoue and Tomoya Ohtani's names in there.