List of video game musicians
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The following is a list of computer and video game musicians, those who have worked in the video game industry to produce video game soundtracks or otherwise contribute musically. A broader list of major figures in the video game industry is also available.
For a full article, see video game music. The list is sorted in alphabetical order by last name.
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[edit] A
- Isao Abe (usually credited as Oyaji) – Alph Lyla sound team, Street Fighter II and its updates (with Yoko Shimomura (II, II′and II′Turbo only) and Syun Nishigaki (Super II and Super II Turbo only)), Knights of the Round, Quiz & Dragons, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (with Syun Nishigaki and Kiyo), The Punisher (with Yoko Shimomura and Syun Nishigaki), Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom (with Takayuki Iwai and OK Production), Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters 2, X-Men: Children of the Atom (with Takayuki Iwai, Syun Nishigaki and Hideki Okugawa), Street Fighter Alpha (with Syun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto, Yuko Kadota, Kuru-Kuru Chance Iwami and Mizuta Naoshi), Pang! 3, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (with Tatsuro Zuzuki, Yuko Kadota, Syun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto and Takayuki Iwai), Quiz Nanairo Dreams (with Setsuo Yamamoto and Masato Koda), Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix (with Yuki Iwai and Setsuo Yamamoto), Street Fighter Alpha 3 (with Takayuki Iwai, Yuki Iwai, Hideki Okugawa and Tetsuya Shibata)
- Takahito Abe – Xanadu Scenario II, Romancia, Asteka 2 – Templo de Sol, Susa-no-O Densetsu, Hagane: The Final Conflict
- Yasuhiro Abe – Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2
- Rod Abernethy – The Hobbit, Star Trek: Legacy, King Arthur, Rise of the Kasai, Blazing Angels, Marvel Universe, The Gauntlet, The Sims Bustin' Out
- Alph Lyla (CAPCOM's sound team)
- Masamichi Amano – Quest 64, Meltylancer: The Animation
- Shinobu Amayake – Stunt Race FX
- Hirokazu Ando – Super Smash Bros. series, Kirby's Dream Course, Kirby's Dream Land 2, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards and Kirby's Adventure (with Jun Ishikawa), Arcana
- Hidehito Aoki – Persona
- Yoshino Aoki – Mega Man X3 (Capcom Sound Team), Breath of Fire III (with Akari Kaida), Breath of Fire IV, Mega Man Battle & Chase
- Satoshi Arai – Ys V: Ushinawareta Suna no Miyako Kefin (from the Ys series)
- Noriyuki Asakura – Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins, Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven, Way of the Samurai, Way of the Samurai 2, Kamiwaza
[edit] B
- Clint Bajakian – Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- James Banana – see Kinuyo Yamashita
- Taro Bando – F-Zero X, Super Mario Kart (with Soyo Oka)
- Stephen Barton – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- David Bergeaud - Ratchet and Clank (series), Resistance: Fall of Man
- Allister Brimble – Alien Breed, Superfrog
- Michael Bross – Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Ripper, Black Dahlia'
- Bill Brown – Command and Conquer: Generals, Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Black Thorn, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
[edit] C
- Scott Cairns – Stargate SG-1: The Alliance, Melbourne cup challenge, Jackass: The Game, Starshatter, World at War
- Sean Callery – James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, 24: The Game
- Pedro Camacho (aka Pedro Macedo Camacho) – Audiosurf (Invisible Handlebar, Independent Games Festival 2008 Excellence in Audio Award Winner), Fury (Auran, Gamecock, Codemasters), A Vampyre Story (Autumn Moon Entertainment, Crimsom Cow), Darwin the Monkey (Rock Solid Games), Days of Sail (immersionFX)
- Stuart Chatwood – Road Rash 3D,NHL 2002, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones , Battles of Prince of Persia , Prince of Persia: Revelations, Prince of Persia: Rival Swords
- Jun Chiki Chikuma – Faxanadu, Adventure Island, Bomberman series
- Donnie Christianson – Damnation the Game, Posertrax music library
- Jamie Christopherson – Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle, Lost Planet. Lord of the Rings: The Battle For Middle-Earth
- Simone Cicconi – Tony Tough 2: A rakes's progress, DroneZ. Twin Strike: Operation Thunder
- Mike Clarke – Formula 1 series, Destruction Derby series, LifeForce: Tenka, Psybadek, Music, Music 2000, MTV Music Generator 3, Globdule, Lemmings Paintball
- Paul Clansey – AlienC64/Zx Spectrum
- Peter Connelly – Three Tomb Raider games from the Tomb Raider series
- Stewart Copeland – Spyro the Dragon series
- Brad Cross – Descent II
- Crush 40 – Most games in the Sonic the Hedgehog game series since Sonic Adventure.
- Jim Cuomo – Defender of the Crown
[edit] D
- Ben Daglish
- Will Davis
- Duane Decker – MechCommander, MechWarrior 3, MechWarrior 3 : Pirates' Moon, MechWarrior 4, MechWarrior 4 : Black Knight, MechCommander 2, MechAssault, Rise of Nations series
- Charles Deenen – M.C. Kids, The Lost Vikings (with Allister Brimble), Descent II (mixing)
- Joris de Man – Killzone Series
- Michael Delaney – Audio programmer and composer Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and Jakks TV-Games
- Fabian Del Priore – Main composer of the Merregnon project
- Chuck Doud – Syphon Filter, Syphon Filter 2
- Howard Drossin – Comix Zone, Sonic Spinball
- Snezana Durich – Mograpper
- David Dunn – Flight Path 737, Fourth Protocol, 'Elite' on the Commodore 64 (arranger)
- Jonathan Dunn – Jurassic Park (NES), Darkman (NES), The Addams Family (SNES)
[edit] E
- Takahito Eguchi – The Bouncer, Final Fantasy X-2
- Eminence Symphony Orchestra - Odin Sphere, Deltora Quest: The Seven Jewels, Valkyria Chronicles, Diablo III, Soulcalibur IV
- Hidehiko Enomoto – Dragon Knight 2, Feda: The Emblem of Justice, Linkle Liver Story
[edit] F
- Frank Klepacki - Command & Conquer series, Lands of Lore series, Dune games
- Eveline Fischer (now Eveline Novakovic) – Donkey Kong Country (with Robin Beanland and David Wise), Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (with David Wise)
- Geoff Follin – Gauntlet III (with Tim Follin), Psycho Pigs UXB (with Tim Follin), Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (with Tim Follin), Altered Space, Sly Spy
- Tim Follin – Ghouls and Ghosts (Commodore Amiga and C64 versions), Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (Dreamcast), X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (Super Nintendo), and various assorted tracks for 8- and 16-bit videogames.
- Troels Brun Folmann – Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary
- Dan Forden – Mortal Kombat series
- Sota Fujimori – Gungage (with Michiru Yamane), Castlevania Chronicles
- Hiroshi Fujioka – Growlanser II, Growlanser III, Langrisser III
- Hirohiko Fukuda - Emerald Dragon (SNES)
- Brad Fuller - Tengen Tetris , Tetris Arcade, Marble Madness
- Matt Furniss – Many videogames from the 1980s onwards for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, IBM PC, Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation
[edit] G
- Martin Galway – Commodore 64 sound programmer and composer for Ocean Software and Imagine Software (after Ocean bought the company).
- Gameboys - Brazilian band. [link here].
- Andrew Gannon (as part of Nimrod Productions) – Furious Karting, Gran Turismo 4, Race Driver 3
- Michael Giacchino – Medal of Honor series (1999–2003, 2007), Secret Weapons Over Normandy, BLACK
- Adam Gilmore – 8-bit Atari composer, games: Arcade Fruit Machine Simulator, Blinky's Scary School, Draconus, Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge, Jocky Wilson's Darts Compendium, Las Vegas Casino, Mountain Bike, Ninja Commando, Zybex
- Gary Gilbertson – The Tail of Beta Lyrae, Alternate Reality.
- Simon Gosling – Croc 2
- Gustaf Grefberg – Enclave (video game), The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
- Harry Gregson-Williams – Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Aaron Grier – Star Control 2 (with Dan Nicholson, Erol Otus, Kevin Palivec, Marc Brown, Riku Nuottajärvi, Tommy Dunbar)
- Mark Griskey – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords, Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
- Olof Gustafsson – Pinball Fantasies, Pinball Illusions, Pinball Dreams, Benefactor
[edit] H
- Minako Hamano – Super Metroid (with Kenji Yamamoto), Metroid Fusion, Metroid: Zero Mission
- Rio Hamamoto – Soulcalibur II Original Soundtrack
- Masashi Hamauzu – SaGa Frontier 2, Tobal No. 1, Final Fantasy X (with Nobuo Uematsu and Junya Nakano), Final Fantasy XIII
- Kentaro Haneda – Wizardry 1, 2, and 3; Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom
- James Hannigan – Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Primeval (ITV), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,Red Alert 3 Uprising,Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,Red Alert 3, Republic: The Revolution, Freelancer, Brute Force, Sim Theme Park, Mr Bean, Grand Prix 4, Reign of Fire, Jetix, Privateer: The Darkening, Evil Genius, Catwoman, Warhammer, FIFA Soccer Manager, FA Premier League Manager, F1 Series, Conquest: Frontier Wars, Infestation, Action Man, Sim Coaster, F1 Manager
- Norio Hanzawa (occasionally credited as NON) – The Simpsons, Bucky O' Hare (arcade version), Gunstar Heroes , Dynamite Headdy (with Aki Hata and Nazo² Suzuki), Alien Soldier, Mischief Makers
- Chihiro Harada – Gitarooman
- Crispin Hands – Need For Speed 2 through 5, Impossible Creatures, Neverwinter Nights, Dungeon Siege 2,
- Kurt Harland – Soul Reaver
- Saki Haruyama – Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- Hikoshi Hashimoto – Run Saber, Cosmic Carnage
- Aki Hata (occasionally credited as AKI) – Rocket Knight Adventures (with Masanori Ohuchi, Masanori Adachi, Hiroshi Kobayashi and Michiru Yamane), Dynamite Headdy (with Norio Hanzawa and Nazo² Suzuki)
- Kouji Hayama - Ape Escape 2, Super Robot Wars
- Katsuhiro Hayashi - Columbus: Ougon no Yoake, Black Belt (aka Hokuto no Ken, for the Sega Master System), Galaxy Force (Sega Master System port), Quartet (aka Double Target, Sega Master System port), Zero4 Champ RR
- Jason Hayes – World of Warcraft
- Tim Haywood – Shadowman
- Jim Hedges – Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
- Steve Henifin – Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
- Christophe Heral – Beyond Good & Evil
- Dan Hess – Pilotwings 64
- Scott Hess – Mevo & The Grooveriders
- Norihiko Hibino – Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, Zone of the Enders, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Boktai, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
- Miki Higashino – Genso Suikoden II, Genso Suikogaiden series
- Masanori Hikichi – Terranigma
- Steve Hillage – Cyberwar
- Yoshito Hirano – Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- Hajime Hirasawa – Star Fox
- Michael Hoenig – Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
- Toshihiko Horiyama – Mega Man X, Mega Man X3, Mega Man X4, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
- Shinji Hosoe – Ridge Racer series, Street Fighter EX series
- Rob Hubbard – Many games for Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64 including Extirpator, International Karate, Jet Set Willy, Warhawk
- Chris Hülsbeck – Apidya, Great Giana Sisters, Turrican series
- Jeehun Hwang – Battlezone, Interstate '76, Interstate 82, Heavy Gear, Dark Reign, Shanghai, Spycraft, Apocalypse, Blast Chamber, Fighter Squadron, Grand Tour Racing, Hyperblade, Mechwarrior : Ghost Bear's Legacy, Mechwarrior 2, Mechwarrior : Mercenaries, Three Kingdoms, Quake : Dissolution Of Eternity, Quake : Scourge Of Armagon, Uprising
- Tsukumo Hyakutarou – Blast Wind, Hyper Duel, Thunderforce V
[edit] I
- Go Ichinose – Main Pokémon series (with Junichi Masuda)
- Tadashi Ikegami – Super Smash Bros. Melee, Kirby series
- Illreme – Katamari Damacy
- Tsuneo Imahori – Gungrave
- Naoto Ishida – F-Zero (with Yumiko Kanki)
- Jun Ishikawa – Kirby series, Alcahest
- Kozue Ishikawa - Wario Land 2, Wario Land 3, Star Fox 2 (with Yumiko Kanki)
- Mieko Ishikawa – Ys series
- Takayuki Ishikawa - Bemani, Mostly Beatmania and Beatmania IIDX
- Daisuke Ishiwatari – Guilty Gear series
- Kenji Ito – SaGa series, Seiken Densetsu 1, Koi ha Balance: Battle of Lovers, Tobal No. 1, Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu
- Noriyuki Iwadare – Lunar series, Langrisser series, Grandia series, Growlanser, Radiata Stories, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations
- Takayuki Iwai (usually credited as Anarchy Takapon to differentiate from Yuki Iwai (see below)) – Armored Warriors, Darkstalkers series (with Hideki Okugawa and others), X-Men: Children of the Atom (with Syun Nishigaki, Hideki Okugawa and Isao Abe), Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom (with Isao Abe and OK Production), Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness (with Akari.K -Lemon-, Kda Mto and Super 8 Iwami), Marvel Super Heroes, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (with Tatsuro Zuzuki, Isao Abe, Yuko Kadota, Syun Nishigaki and Setsuo Yamamoto), Warzard, Street Fighter Alpha 3 (with Yuki Iwai, Isao Abe, Hideki Okugawa and Tetsuya Shibata), Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein (with Tetsuya Shibata (credited as Cyber-T))
- Yuki Iwai – X-Men vs. Street Fighter (with Yuko Kadota), Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (with Yuko Kadota), Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix (with Isao Abe and Setsuo Yamamoto), Street Fighter III: New Generation and 2nd Impact: Giant Attack (with Hideki Okugawa), Street Fighter Alpha 3 (with Takayuki Iwai, Isao Abe, Hideki Okugawa and Tetsuya Shibata), Tech Romancer, Mega Man X, Mega Man X2
- Tappy Iwase – Policenauts, Metal Gear Solid
- Masaharu Iwata – Final Fantasy Tactics (with Hitoshi Sakimoto), Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity (with Hitoshi Sakimoto)
- Hiroyuki Iwatsuki - Choujin Sentai Jetman (NES), Mitsume ga Tooru (NES), Wild Guns (with Haruo Ohashi), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition (with Haruo Ohashi), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (SNES, with Haruo Ohashi), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (SNES, with Kinuyo Yamashita and Iku Mizutani)
[edit] J
- JAM Project - Super Robot Wars series
- Jeroen Kimmel / RED (The JudgeS) – Alien Syndrome, Traz, Frightmare, Playboy, The Big Deal
- Lee Jackson – Rise of the Triad, Duke Nukem 3D
- Richard Jacques – Sonic R, Metropolis Street Racer, Headhunter, DarXide (with Adam Salkeld), Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
- Richard Joseph – Sensible Software, Bitmap Brothers, many others from 1986 to the present day.
- Zach Julin
- Jph Wacheski
- Junko Tamiya – Bionic Commando (NES), Darkwing Duck, Gun.Smoke, Little Nemo: The Dream Master, Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight, Strider (NES), Sweet Home (video game)
[edit] K
- Yuko Kadota – X-Men vs. Street Fighter (with Yuki Iwai), Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (with Tatsuro Zuzuki, Isao Abe, Syun Nishigaki, Setsuo Yamamoto and Takayuki Iwai), Star Gladiator (with Isao Abe), Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (with Yuki Iwai)
- Toshio Kai – Pac-Man
- Akari Kaida – Breath of Fire III, Rockman & Forte, the Battle Network Rockman.EXE series, Resident Evil
- Yuki Kajiura – Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse, Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
- Toshiyuki Kakuta – Z.O.E ~Zone of the Enders~, Beatmania, Beatmania IIDX, GuitarFreaks, DrumMania, and Dance Dance Revolution
- Tomoki Kanda – Katamari Damacy
- Naoki Kaneda – Ys V: Ushinawareta Suna no Miyako Kefin (from the Ys series)
- Yumiko Kanki – F-Zero (with Naoto Ishida), Star Fox 2 (with Kozue Ishikawa)
- Yoko Kanno – Genghis Khan, Nobunaga's Ambition series, Uncharted Waters series
- Sanae Kasahara – Cho Aniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko
- Jake Kaufman – Shantae, M&M's Minis Madness, Legend of Kay, TMNT (Nintendo DS), Contra 4 (upcoming)
- Tamayo Kawamoto – Zuntata sound team, Black Tiger, Last Duel, Forgotten Worlds, Ghouls n' Ghosts, Pang, Night Striker, Raycrisis, Rayforce, Raystorm
- Yasuhiro Kawasaki – Illusion of Gaia
- Hiroki Kikuta – Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu 3, Soukaigi, Koudelka, Soranoiro, Mizunoiro
- Tadashi Kimijima - Bubble Bobble (Sega Master System), Rainbow Islands (Sega Master System port, with Hisayoshi Ogura)
- Akemi Kimura – Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice For All, Mega Man X6, Mega Man X7, Mega Man X8
- Masahiko Kimura – Castlevania 64, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Suikoden III
- Steve Kirk – Voodoo Vince, Zodiac, Realms of Gold, Word Spiral, Four Houses, Flying Leo
- Grant Kirkhope – Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, GoldenEye 007, Perfect Dark, Blast Corps
- Yoshihiko Kitamura – Fire Emblem: Seima no Kouseki
- Frank Klepacki – All of Westwood Studios' games while the developer was independent, including the popular Command & Conquer series.
- Mark Klem – Wacky Wheels
- Chris Kline aka vertexguy – Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection, Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
- Mark Knight – Dungeon Keeper 2, Populous the Beginning, Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown, Warhammer: Dark Omen and more.
- Chiho Kobayashi – Key of Avalon
- Keiki Kobayashi – Soulcalibur III Original Soundtrack ~Legend of Sounds~, Ace Combat 04, Ace Combat 5, Ace Combat Zero, Ace Combat 6
- Miyoko Kobayashi – Terranigma, Atelier Lilie ~Alchemist of Salburg 3~, Hermina & Culus ~Another Side Story of Atelier Lilie~, The Granstream Saga
- Saori Kobayashi – Panzer Dragoon series, Shadowgate 64: Trial of the Four Towers
- Masato Koda – Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara, Magical Tetris Challenge
- KONAMI KuKeiHa CLUB (KONAMI's sound team)
- Koji Kondo – Super Mario Bros. series, The Legend of Zelda series, Star Fox series, Yume KouJou Doki Doki Panic, New Demon Island, The Mysterious Castle of Murasame, Super Smash Bros. Brawl (with many others)
- Yuzo Koshiro – Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (with Michiru Yamane), ActRaiser, ActRaiser 2, Ys series, Streets of Rage series, Revenge of Shinobi, Super Adventure Island
- Taro Kudou – Axelay, Super Castlevania IV (with Masanori Adachi)
- Club Kukeiha – see KONAMI KuKeiHa CLUB
- Masaya Kuzume – Tetris Attack
- Jesper Kyd – Hitman series, Freedom Fighters, MDK2, Adventures of Batman & Robin, Assassin's Creed
- Koichi Kyuuma – Metroid Prime
[edit] L
- Michael Land – Monkey Island series, Star Wars games, The Dig
- Gita Langley – Croc 2
- Noel Langley – Croc 2
- Johann Langlie – Descent II
- Jean-Marc Lederman – Atlantis, Atlantis Sky Patrol, Fairies, Mystic Inn, Titanic Hidden Expedition, Snow Racer 1998, Solar Crusade, Turbogems, Fever Frenzy, SocioTown, Force of Arms
- Barry Leitch – Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Rush 2, Rush 2049, Spider, Privateer Righteous Fire, TFX, Lotus 2, Utopia, Top Gear, Pixter, Supercars 2
- Christopher Lennertz – Medal of Honor series (2003–2005), From Russia With Love
- Russell Lieblich – Early Intellivision games
- Rob Lord – Discworld 1,2, Noir, Aladdin
- Brian Luzietti – Descent II
- Bjørn Lynne – Worms series
[edit] M
- Naoki Maeda – Bemani series
- Jun Maeda – Moon., Kanon, Air, Clannad, Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life, Little Busters!, Rewrite
- Steve Maloney – Blastball CBM-64, Dogs of War: Battle On Primus IV (with J. Hancock & S. Bawler), Lego Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge (Conversion), Lego Racers 2 (with J. Hancock), Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000 Euro Edition
- Josh Mancell – Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (with Mark Mothersbaugh)
- Christopher Mann – Independence War Deluxe Edition and Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
- Kevin Manthei – Kung Fu Panda, Marvel Universe Online, Upshift Strikeracer, Xiaolin Showdown, Ultimate Spider-Man, Kill Switch, Twisted Metal Black, Civilization II
- Mari – see Mari Yamaguchi
- Jerry Martin (musician) – SimCity 4: Rush Hour
- Izutani Masaki – Strikers 1945, Strikers 1945 II, Strikers 1999, Zero Gunner
- Yuge Masanori – Fire Shark (Zame! Zame! Zame! in Japan), Grind Stormer (V-Five), Truxton, Truxton II (Tatsujin and Tatsujin-Ou)
- Junichi Masuda – Pokémon Red and Blue, Pokémon Gold and Silver (with Go Ichinose), Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (with Go Ichinose), Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (with Go Ichinose and Hitomi Sato), Pulseman, Mario & Wario, BUSHI Seiryuuden
- Tsukasa Masuko – Megami Tensei series, Shin Megami Tensei series, Blazeon, Kabuki Rocks (with Ichiban Ujigami), Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei
- Sami Matar – Timeless
- Noriko Matsueda – Bahamut Lagoon, Chrono Trigger, Tobal No. 1, The Bouncer, Final Fantasy X-2
- Kimitaka Matsumae – Jade Cocoon
- Jonathan Mayer – Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
- Michael McCann – Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Tom Clancy's EndWar (trailers), Audiokinetic
- Peter McConnell – Grim Fandango, Psychonauts
- Nathan McCree – Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider 2 and Tomb Raider 3
- Joe Mcdermott – Zombies Ate My Neighbors
- Okkun Medaka - Adventure Island II, Adventure Island III
- Shoji Meguro – Digital Devil Saga series
- Robyn Miller – Myst, Riven
- Toru Minegishi – The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (with Koji Kondo and Hajime Wakai)
- Yuri Misawa – Namco sound team, Katamari Damacy
- Darren Mitchell – Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Turok: Rage Wars ,Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion
- Yasunori Mitsuda – Chrono Trigger, Front Mission: Gun Hazard (with Nobuo Uematsu, Junya Nakano, and Masashi Hamauzu), Radical Dreamers, Chrono Cross, Mario Party, Xenogears, Legaia 2: Duel Saga, Shadow Hearts, Xenosaga
- Yu Miyake – Namco sound team, Katamari Damacy
- Shigeru Miyamoto – Donkey Kong
- Naoshi Mizuta – Rockman & Forte, Parasite Eve 2, Final Fantasy XI and its expansion packs
- Iku Mizutani - Shadow of the Ninja (aka KAGE or Blue Shadow, with Kouichi Yamanishi), Shatterhand (aka Tokkyuu Shirei: Solbrain, with Kouichi Yamanishi), Toukon Club Sagaia (Sega Master System, with Hisayoshi Ogura), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (SNES, with Kinuyo Yamashita and Hiroyuki Iwatsuki)
- Lennie Moore – Magic the Gathering: Duel of the Planeswalkers, Sonic and the Black Knight (additional music), Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (additional music), Dirty Harry (unreleased), Dragonshard, Plague of Darkness (unreleased), War of the Ring, Outcast,
- Mark Morgan – Fallout, Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment, Descent II
- Akihiko Mori (deceased, cancer) – Mystic Arc, Wonder Project J series
- Ayako Mori – Ghosts 'n Goblins, Side Arms Hyper Dyne, Trojan
- Mark Mothersbaugh – Crash Bandicoot, The Sims 2, Sewer Shark
- Rika Muranaka – Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid series (all ending themes)
- Kazuki Muraoka – Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid
- Osamu Murata – Shenmue (with Ryuji Iuchi, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Takeshi Yanagawa)
- Mutato Muzika – see Mark Mothersbaugh
[edit] N
- Hideki Naganuma – Jet Set Radio, Jet Set Radio Future, Sonic Rush
- Kenta Nagata – Mario Kart 64, 1080° Snowboarding, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
- Masaru Nakajima – Ys V: Ushinawareta Sunano Miyako Kefin (from the Ys series)
- Kaz' Hige' Nakamura – Time Crisis, Time Crisis II, Crisis Zone
- Keizou Nakamura – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
- Masato Nakamura – Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Takayuki Nakamura – Virtua Fighter, Tobal 2, Ehrgeiz
- Tetsukazu Nakanishi – Ace Combat series, Ridge Racer series
- Junya Nakano – Front Mission: Gun Hazard, Dewprism (Threads of Fate in the U.S.), Tobal No. 1, Final Fantasy X
- Akito Nakatsuka – Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Ice Climber
- Junichi Nakatsuru – Soul series, Ace Combat series
- Michiko Naruke – Wild Arms series
- Robert Anthony Navarro – L.A. RUSH, American Chopper: Full Throttle, Driver 76, Surf's Up, RUSH, Naruto: Rise of a Ninja (with Inon Zur), Naruto: The Broken Bond (with Inon Zur), Lips
- Jens Nilsson – Nanosaur (with Mike Beckett)
- Nimrod Productions – Heavenly Sword, Gran Turismo 4, 24: The Game, DJ decks and FX, 7 Sins, Getaway 2, Act of War, Driver 2, Driver 3, Stuntman, Ground Control 2, Race Driver 2, Race Driver 3, Vietcong, Ghosthunter, Mario Pinball Land, Apex, Loons, Taz: Wanted, Largo Winch, Endgame, Gunfighter
- Riku Nuottajärvi – Star Control II
- Tomohito Nishiura – Dark Cloud, Dark Cloud 2
- Graeme Norgate – Timesplitters, Timesplitters 2, Timesplitters: Future Perfect
[edit] O
- Martin O'Donnell – Halo series
- Ikko Ogawa – Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou
- Hisayoshi Ogura – Zuntata sound team, Darius, Darius II (also called Sagaia), Darius Gaiden, G Darius, Night Striker, The Ninja Warriors, Rainbow Islands (Sega Master System port, with Tadashi Kimijima)
- Haruo Ohashi - Wild Guns (with Hiroyuki Iwatsuki), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (SNES, with Hiroyuki Iwatsuki), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition (with Hiroyuki Iwatsuki)
- Asuka Ohta – The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, Yoshi Touch & Go, New Super Mario Bros.
- Tomoya Ohtani – Sonic Heroes, Sonic the Hedgehog
- Soyo Oka – SimCity, Super Mario Kart (with Koji Kondo and Taro Bando)
- Hiroshi Okubo – Ace Combat series, Katamari Damacy
- Masanori Oodachi – Super Castlevania 4 (With Sotaro Tojima, also known as Souji Taro)
- Kenichi Ookuma – Melty Lancer series
- Shinji Orito – Dōsei, Moon., One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e, Kanon, Air, Clannad, Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life, Little Busters!, Rewrite
- Michiru Oshima – Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Grey Wolf, ICO
- OverClocked ReMix – Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
- Waichiro Ozaki – Mitsumete Knight R, Emphemeral Fantasia, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
[edit] P
- Larry Peacock – Descent II
- Winifred Phillips – Speed Racer, Shrek the Third, The Da Vinci Code, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, God of War
- Stéphane Picq – MegaRace, Qin, KULT: The Temple of Flying Saucers, Dune, Extase, Jumping Jackson, Purple Saturn Day, Full Metal Planete, Lost Eden, KGB (computer game), Commander Blood
- Seth Podowitz – Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
- Robert "Bobby" Prince – Doom, Doom II, The Ultimate Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, Commander Keen in Goodbye Galaxy!, Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Babysitter, Duke Nukem 3D, Black Knight, Marine Strike Fighter, Terrace, Rise of the Triad, Axis & Allies 1.0, Axis & Allies 1.5, DemonStar, Abuse, Word Rescue, Pickle Wars, Math Rescue, Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport, Catacomb 3D
- Starsky Partridge – Unreal Tournament 2004
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Richard Dakkard – Auto Assault
- Eko Ramaditya Adikara
- Chris Rezanson – Lego Battles, Sonic Rivals, Sonic Rivals 2, Age of Empires: The Age of Kings, Rifts: Promise of Power, Nicktoons Basketball
- Trent Reznor – Quake
- Chris Rickwood – Evil Dead: Hail to the King, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- Stephen Rippy – Age of Empires series, Halo Wars
- Gene Rosenberg – Abuse, Furcadia
- Stuart Ross – Body Harvest, Space Station Silicon Valley
- Kevin Riepl – Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict, The Bible Game, Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3, Huxley
- Lior Rosner – Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
- Runblebee – Sonic Riders, Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
[edit] S
- Toshihiko Sahashi – Blue Stinger
- Asuka Sakai – Katamari Damacy, Soulcalibur II Original Soundtrack
- Shogo Sakai – Hercules' Glory IV, Mother 3, Super Smash Bros Brawl
- Taku Sakakibara (also known as TaQ) – Bemani series
- Yuusuke Sakamoto – Galaxy Angel series
- Sakari – Independent game musicians from around the world.
- Hitoshi Sakimoto – Super Hockey '94, Hourai Gakuen no Bouken, Radiant Silvergun, Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Final Fantasy XII, Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter
- Motoi Sakuraba – Tales of Phantasia (with Shinji Tamura), Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori, Zan Series, Star Ocean series, Golden Sun series, Arcus Series, Hiouden Series, Valkyrie Profile, Mario Tennis and Mario Golf series, Baten Kaitos series.
- Adam Salkeld – DarXide (with Richard Jacques)
- Tom Salta – Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, Cold Fear, Red Steel, Need For Speed Underground 2, The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift, Project Gotham Racing 3, Full Auto 2: Battlelines
- Michael Salvatori – Halo series
- George 'The Fat Man' Sanger – Wing Commander, The 7th Guest, Master of Orion
- Nobuyoshi Sano – Drakengard, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (PS2), Ridge Racer series, Tekken series
- Ryuji Sasai – Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, Bushido Blade 2, Final Fantasy Legend III (with Chihiro Fujioka), Rudora no Hihou (Rudra's Secret Treasure), Tobal No.1 (with Yasunori Mitsuda, Masashi Hamauzu, Kenji Ito, Yasuhiro Kawakami, Junya Nakano, Yoko Shimomura & Noriko Matsueda), Xak (with Tadahiro Nitta)
- Akira Sato – Raiden
- Go Sato – Raiden II, Raiden DX, Viper Phase 1, Raiden Fighters, Raiden Fighters 2, Raiden III
- Tenpei Sato – Marl Kingdom series, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Phantom Brave
- Kevin Saville – Independence War aka I-War
- Kazuo Sawa – Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-Kun, River City Ransom, Super Dodge Ball
- Justin Scharvona – Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, Croc 2 and many others.
- Brian Schmidt – NARC (video game), John Madden Football and many others.
- David Schooley – Into the Forest
- Lawrence Schwedler - Bionic Commando: Elite Forces
- Garry Schyman – Voyeur, Destroy All Humans!, BioShock
- Andrew Sega – Unreal
- Mark Seibert – Quest for Glory series, King's Quest series
- Tsuyoshi Sekito – All-Star Pro Wrestling series, Brave Fencer Musashi, Final Fantasy II (WonderSwan Color and Final Fantasy Origins versions), Chrono Trigger (PlayStation version), Romancing SaGa: Minstrel's Song, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
- Jun Senoue – Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Sonic and the Black Knight
- Alex Seropian – Marathon
- Miyamo Shant – Guardian Legend and Zanac
- Russell Shaw – Dungeon Keeper, Syndicate, Fable and Fable 2
- Ichiro Shimakura – Mario Party 3, Mario Party 4'
- Yoko Shimomura – Street Fighter II, Front Mission series, Live-A-Live, Super Mario RPG (with Nobuo Uematsu and Koji Kondo), Chocobo Stallion, Parasite Eve, Legend of Mana, Mario & Luigi series, Kingdom Hearts series, Final Fantasy Versus XIII
- Yasunori Shiono – Lufia series
- Atsushi Shirakawa – Ys V: Ushinawareta Sunano Miyako Kefin (from the Ys series)
- Adam Skorupa – The Witcher
- Mark Snow – Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
- Jeremy Soule – Secret of Evermore, Total Annihilation, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, Morrowind, Oblivion ,Dungeon Siege, Guildwars, Guildwars Factions, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series
- Spiralmouth – Crash Twinsanity, Crash Tag Team Racing
- Leslie Spitzer – Descent II
- Glenn Stafford – Justice League Task Force, The Lost Vikings, Blackthorne, StarCraft, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Diablo II
- Christopher Stevens - Syphon Filter 3
- Kennosuke Suemura – Shadowgate 64: Trial of the Four Towers, Super Bonk, Tengai Makyou Shinden, Saturn Bomberman
- Koichi Sugiyama – Dragon Quest series, E.V.O.: Search for Eden, Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer, Gandara, Hanjuku Hero series, Itadaki Street 2: Neon Sign ha Bara Shoku ni, Monopoly (Japanese version), Wingman, Wingman Special, Tetris 2+BomBliss
- Keiichi Suzuki – EarthBound
- Nazo Suzuki – Dynamite Headdy
- David Font "synchrnzr" – Yume, Legend of the Dragon, ONE Sequel
[edit] T
- Katsuro Tajima – Ace Combat 04, Katamari Damacy
- Masafumi Takada – killer7, God Hand, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, No More Heroes
- Ryuichi Takada – Soul series, Ace Combat 6
- Junichi Takagi – Soul series, Ace Combat Zero
- Yasuhiko Takashiba – Super Earth Defense Force, Tuff Enuff
- Hirohiko Takayama – Xexyz
- Yukihide Takekawa – Soul Blazer
- Izuho Takeuchi – Phantasy Star III , Phantasy Star IV
- Tommy Tallarico – Earthworm Jim series (Earthworm Jim 2 on), Spot Goes To Hollywood, MDK, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, Wild 9
- Hiroshi Tamawari – Vandal Hearts, Vandal Hearts II, Suikoden
- Swimmer Tamichan – see Junko Tamiya
- Junko Tamiya – Gunsmoke
- Shinji Tamura – Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Destiny, Tales of Destiny 2, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Rebirth, Tales of the Abyss (all with Motoi Sakuraba}
- Aya Tanaka – Mario Party 5
- Hirokazu 'Hip' Tanaka – Balloon Fight, EarthBound, Kid Icarus, Metroid, Super Mario Land; president of Pokémon Co.
- Kohei Tanaka – Paladin's Quest, Lennus 2 (Paladin's Quest 2), Xardion, Alundra
- Kumi Tanioka – Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Code Age Commanders
- Souji Taro – see Sotaro Tojima
- Uemura Tatsuya – Dogyuun, Hellfire, Out Zone, Zero Wing
- Tsukasa Tawata – Super Earth Defense Force, Ihatova Monogatari, Thoroughbred Breeder 3
- Jeroen Tel – Cybernoid, Cybernoid II, Eliminator, Turbo Outrun
- Soichi Terada – Ape Escape series (except Ape Escape 2)
- Chris Tilton – Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, Black
- Christopher Tin – Civilization IV
- Hideki Tobeta – Namco sound team, Katamari Damacy
- Magome Togoshi – Air, Clannad, Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume, Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life, Little Busters!
- Akitaka Tohyama – Namco sound team, Katamari Damacy
- Sotaro Tojima – Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (3 songs)
- Makoto Tomozawa – Mega Man X, Mega Man X3, Mega Man 7
- Joseph Toscano – Tux Racer
- Tomizawa Toshiaki – Fix Eight, Vimana
- Kazumi Totaka – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Yoshi's Story, Doubutsu no Mori, Luigi's Mansion, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (with Akito Nakamura, Minako Hamano & Koji Kondo), Animal Crossing, Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Yuka Tsujiyoko – Fire Emblem series, Paper Mario
[edit] U
- Shusaku Uchiyama – Resident Evil (2002), 2, 4, Mega Man 8
- Masami Ueda – Resident Evil 2 and 3, Devil May Cry, Ōkami, Viewtiful Joe series
- Matt Uelmen – Diablo, Diablo II, StarCraft, World of Warcraft
- Nobuo Uematsu – Final Fantasy series, Apple Town Monogatari, Cruise Chaser Blassity, King's Knight, DynamiTracer, Front Mission: Gun Hazard (with Yasunori Mitsuda and Junya Nakano), Ehrgeiz, Makaitoushi SaGa (Final Fantasy Legend I), SaGa 2 Hihou Densetsu (Final Fantasy Legend II) (with Kenji Ito), Rad Racer, Romancing SaGa 1 and 2 (one song in former and two songs in latter), Chrono Trigger (with Yasunori Mitsuda and Noriko Matsueda), Super Mario RPG (with Yoko Shimomura and Koji Kondo), Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
- Tokuhiko Uwabo - Phantasy Star, Phantasy Star II
[edit] V
- Philippe Vachey – Adeline Software International composer: Little Big Adventure, Little Big Adventure 2, Alone in the Dark , Time Commando and others.
- Ron Valdez – Descent II
- Cris Velasco – Hellgate: London (with Sascha Dikiciyan)
- Ralph Vickers - Urban Brawl
- Neil D. Voss – Tetrisphere
- Jeff van Dyck – Audio Director of The Creative Assembly (Total War franchise), Electronic Arts sports games (e.g. Need for Speed)
- Michiel van den Bos – Unreal , Unreal Tournament
- Chris Vrenna – American McGee's Alice
[edit] W
- Yayoi Wachi – Panzer Dragoon II Zwei (with Teruhiko Nakagawa, Junko Shiratsu, and Tomonori Sawada), Magic Knight Rayearth (with Seiro Okamoto)
- Hajime Wakai – Star Fox 64 (with Koji Kondo), Pokemon Stadium, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Pikmin series, Star Fox Command
- Kei Wakakusa – Elemental Gearbolt
- Jack Wall – Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Myst III: Exile, Myst IV: Revelation, Jade Empire
- Mark Walk – Descent II
- Kyle Ward – In the Groove, Stepmania
- Dave Warhol – Intellivision and early EA game composer
- David Whittaker – many games for Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64 and Amiga platforms, including Amaurote, BMX Simulator, Colony, Elektra Glide, Grand Prix Simulator, Living Daylights, Panther, Red Max, Storm, Trans Muter, Speedball, Shadow of the Beast and Obliterator
- Guy Whitmore – Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza, Russian Squares, Shivers, No One Lives Forever
- David Wise – All NES games by Rare Ltd., Donkey Kong Country series, Diddy Kong Racing, Jet Force Gemini, Star Fox Adventures, Wizards and Warriors series
- Tim Wright – Wipeout, Wipeout 2097
[edit] X
[edit] Y
- Yasumasa Yamada – Fatal Fury series, Art of Fighting series
- Mari Yamaguchi – U.N. Squadron, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Mega Man 5
- Kenji Yamamoto – Super Metroid (with Minako Hamano), Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Metroid: Zero Mission, Famicom Tantei Club 2, Hajimari no Mori, Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Kenji Yamamoto – Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 1, 2 & 3, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 1, 2 & 3
- Michiru Yamane – Twinbee (NES), Castlevania: Bloodlines, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (with Soshiro Hokkai), Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (with Soshiro Hokkai and Takashi Yoshida), Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (with Masahiko Kimura), Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (with Yuzo Koshiro), Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, Gungage (with Sota Fujimori), Genso suikoden III (with Tadashi Yoshida and Masahiko Kimura)
- Kouichi Yamanishi - Shadow of the Ninja (aka KAGE or Blue Shadow, with Iku Mizutani), Shatterhand (aka Tokkyuu Shirei: Solbrain, with Iku Mizutani), World Boxing
- Norihiko Yamanuki – The 7th Saga
- Akira Yamaoka – Silent Hill series, Contra: Shattered Soldier
- Kinuyo Yamashita – Castlevania, Vampire Killer, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (SNES, with Hiroyuki Iwatsuki and Iku Mizutani)
- Takaheshi Yamazuke – Zool: Majū Tsukai Densetsu
- Yoshihito Yano – Namco sound team, Katamari Damacy, Soulcalibur II Original Soundtrack
- Ryoji Yoshitomi - Metroid II, Wario Land, Wario Land 4, WarioWare series, Super Smash Bros Brawl
- Yuukichan's Papa – Mega Man (with Manami "Chanchacorin" Gotoh), Mega Man II (with Manami Ietel and Ogeretsu Kun)
- Kenneth Young – Media Molecule, SCE London Studio : LittleBigPlanet, 24: The Game, Fired Up, Heavenly Sword
[edit] Z
- ZUN – Touhou series
- Zuntata (Taito's sound team)
- Inon Zur – Prince of Persia series, Crysis, Baldur's Gate, Fallout 3

