List of video game musicians
Appearance
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.
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)
- 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
- 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
- Audioantics (Chris Chudley) – Geometry Wars, Project Gotham Racing, The Club and Boom Boom Rocket.
- Masanao Akahori – GP-1, Nosferatu, Exhaust Heat, Exhaust Heat 2, Final Stretch, Assault Suits Valken, Brain Lord, Silva Saga II: The Legend of Light and Darkness
- Riow Arai – Sega Touring Car Championship, Front Mission: Alternative
- Minako Adachi – Jissen Kyotei, Spark World, Avalon Code, Riviera: The Promised Land, Summon Night: Swordcraft Story, Yggdra Unison, Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone, Pokémon Black and White
- Payam Azadi – Age of Pahlevans, Garshasp,MirMahna
- Adam DiTroia Composer and Sound Designer www.adamditroia.com
- Andreas Waldetoft Composer of *Paradox Interactive grand strategy games
B
- Michael Bacon – WCW vs NWO,VS, Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes, EverQuest II: The Shadow Odyssey,Pirate's Gold
- Clint Bajakian – Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Taro Bando – F-Zero X, Super Mario Kart (with Soyo Oka)
- Marc Baril – Crash Bandicoot series, The Simpsons Hit & Run, Scarface: The World Is Yours
- Stephen Barton – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Joe Basquez – Ultima Online
- David Bergeaud – Ratchet and Clank series, Resistance: Fall of Man
- Teddy Blass – Chain Shooter, Fortune's Prime
- Helge Borgarts – Jade Rousseau
- Allister Brimble – Alien Breed, Superfrog, RollerCoaster Tycoon, and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
- Michael Bross – Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Ripper, Black Dahlia'
- Alexander Brandon – Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Deus Ex, Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows, Alpha Protocol, Unreal 2, Deus Ex: Invisible War, Battlestar Galactica, Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
- 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
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 Rake's Progress, DroneZ, Twin Strike: Operation Thunder, Winx Club: Believix In You, Fallen, Kingsburg,
- 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
- CoLD SToRAGE – see Tim Wright (musician)
- 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
D
- Ben Daglish
- Will Davis
- Duane Decker – MechCommander, MechWarrior 3, MechWarrior 3: Pirate's 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
- Martin Demsky – Composer/Sound Designer The Strangers, Napalm, State of War
- Adam DiTroia – Composer and Sound Designer www.adamditroia.com
- Craig Dodge – Composer/Sound Designer for "Shadow of the Panopticon", "Neutrino and the Quantum Paradox", "Membrain"
- Doyle W. Donehoo – Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising, Savage: The Battle for Newerth
- James Dooley – Epic Mickey
- Chuck Doud – Syphon Filter, Syphon Filter 2
- Howard Drossin – Comix Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
- Justin R. Durban – Tropico 2, Timez Attack, Starsiege:2845
- Snezana Durich – Mograpper
- David Dunn – Flight Path 737, Fourth Protocol, Elite (on the Commodore 64, arranger), Finders Keepers
- Jonathan Dunn – Jurassic Park (NES), Darkman (NES), The Addams Family (SNES)
E
- Greg Edmonson – Uncharted series
- Takahito Eguchi – The Bouncer, Final Fantasy X-2
- Jared Emerson-Johnson – Sam & Max series, Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures, Back to the Future: The Game, Jurassic Park: The Game
- 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
- Elia Cmiral – The Last Express
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- 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/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 – Tomb Raider: Legend and Tomb Raider: Anniversary
- Dan Forden – Mortal Kombat series
- Sōta Fujimori – Gungage (with Michiru Yamane), Castlevania Chronicles
- Hiroshi Fujioka – Growlanser II, Growlanser III, Langrisser III
- Hirohiko Fukuda – Emerald Dragon (SNES)
- Brad Fuller (composer) – Tengen Tetris, Tetris Arcade, Marble Madness, Gauntlet II, S.T.U.N. Runner, RoadBlasters, Xybots, Blasteroids, Klax (video game), Steel Talons, Off the Wall (video game), Toobin', Rampart (video game), APB (1987 video game), 720°, Peter Pack Rat, T-Mek, Rolling Thunder (video game), Vindicators, Space Lords, Firefox (video game), Road Runner (video game), Explore Technologies
- Matt Furniss – Many videogames from the 1980s onwards for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Mega Drive/Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, IBM PC, Nintendo 64 and PlayStation
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- Martin Galway – Commodore 64 sound programmer and composer for Ocean Software and Imagine Software (after Ocean bought the company).
- 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
- Gameboys – Brazilian band.
- 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
- Fred Gray – Shadowfire, Mutants, Madballs, Enigma Force, Black Lamp, Eco, Stargoose, Victory Road
- Jason Graves – Command and Conquer 4, Dead Space series, City of Heroes, Star Trek series, Silent Hunter series
- 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
H
- Minako Hamano – Super Metroid (with Kenji Yamamoto), Metroid Fusion, Metroid: Zero Mission, Wario World (with Norio Hanzawa), Donkey Kong Country Returns (with Kenji Yamamoto and Masaru Tajima)
- 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 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, 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, Republic: The Revolution, Freelancer, Art Academy, Brute Force, Sim Theme Park, Mr Bean, Grand Prix 4, Reign of Fire, Jetix, Privateer: The Darkening, Evil Genius, Catwoman, Warhammer: Dark Omen, 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, Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
- Chihiro Harada – Gitarooman
- Crispin Hands – Need For Speed 2 through 5, Impossible Creatures, Neverwinter Nights, Dungeon Siege 2,
- Kurt Harland – Soul Reaver
- Gavin Harrison
- Saki Haruyama – Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- Hikoshi Hashimoto – Run Saber, Cosmic Carnage, Super Mad Champ
- 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)
- Kärtsy Hatakka – Max Payne, Max Payne 2
- 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
- Silas Hite – Skate 3, The Simpsons, The Sims 2, The Sims 2: University', The Sims 2: Open For Business', The Sims 2: Pets', The Sims 2: Castaway', The Sims 2: Bon Voyage', My Sims', My Sims: Agents', MySims Kingdom', MySims Racing', Boom Blox', Boom Blox: Bash Party', Academy of Champions',Mean Girls', Legally Blonde', Wordsworth', Frogger: Ancient Shadows" (with Mutato Muzika)
- 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
- Rob Hudson – Tap Defense, Tap Jungle, Tap Out, Tap Word, Tap Farm, iMafia III Tap Store
- Chris Hülsbeck – Apidya, Great Giana Sisters, Turrican series
- Michael Hunter (composer) – Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto IV
- Jeehun Hwang – Battlezone, Interstate '76, Interstate 82, Heavy Gear, Dark Reign, Shanghai, Spycraft, Apocalypse, Blast Chamber, Fighter Squadron, Grand Tour Racing, Hyperblade, MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy, Mechwarrior 2, MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries, Three Kingdoms, Quake : Dissolution Of Eternity, Quake : Scourge Of Armagon, Uprising
- Tsukumo Hyakutarou – Blast Wind, Hyper Duel, Thunder Force V
- Tomoyuki Hamada – Coron Land, Dark Half, Doraemon 3: Nobita to Toki no Hougyoku, Gambler Jiko Chuushinha 2: Dorapon Quest, GeGeGe no Kitaro: Fukkatsu!! Tenma Daiou, Super Bikkuriman, SD Gundam GX, SD Gundam X: Super Gachapon World, SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Super Widget, Shōnin yo Taishi wo Idake!!, Tetris Battle Gaiden, Chou Mahou Tairiku Wozz, Hi no Ouji: Yamato Takeru, Monster Maker (Turbo CD), Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time, Tokyo Highway Battle, 12Riven
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- Gō 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 (sometimes credited as Yuki Satomura) – 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, Demon's Crest
- Tappy Iwase – Policenauts, Metal Gear Solid
- Masaharu Iwata – Final Fantasy Tactics (with Hitoshi Sakimoto), Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity (with Hitoshi Sakimoto), Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (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)
- Takahiro Izutani – Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, Yakuza 2, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Ninja Blade
- Naoki Itamura – Spinal Breakers, Tail to Nose: Great Championship, Mahjong Natsu Monogatari, Pipe Dream, Karate Blazers, Aero Fighters, Hyper V-Ball, F-1 Grand Prix (video game), F-1 Grand Prix Part II, F-1 Grand Prix Part III, SD F-1 Grand Prix
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
- Bobby James – "Big Finish Games"
- 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)
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- 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)
- Theodor Krueger – Europe in the Age of Napoleon, Warplan Orange, Drednaughts in the pacific
- Yumiko Kanki – F-Zero (with Naoto Ishida), Star Fox 2 (with Kozue Ishikawa)
- Yoko Kanno – Genghis Khan, Nobunaga's Ambition series, Uncharted Waters series, Macross Ace Frontier, Macross Ultimate Frontier, Macross Triangle Frontier
- 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)
- Kenji Kawai – Sansara Naga (series), Deep Fear, Folklore
- Yasuhiro Kawakami – Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, Chocobo's Dungeon 2, Tobal No. 1
- 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)
- 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 – Bionic Commando [2009], 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
- Hideyaki Kobayashi – Phantasy Star Online
- Keiki Kobayashi – Soulcalibur III Original Soundtrack ~Legend of Sounds~, Ace Combat 04, Ace Combat 5, Ace Combat Zero, Ace Combat 6, Ace Combat Assault Horizon
- 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: Trials of the Four Towers
- Masato Koda – Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara, Magical Tetris Challenge
- KONAMI KuKeiHa CLUB (KONAMI's sound team)
- Fumi Kumatani – Sonic Adventure
- 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 Kudo – 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
- Junya Kozakai – Shinseiki GPX: Cyber Formula, Ristar (Sound Programmer)
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- Michael Land – Monkey Island series, Star Wars games, The Dig
- Pierre Langer – Spellforce 2, Paraworld, The Settlers VI
- 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
- Daniel Licht – Silent Hill: Downpour
- Russell Lieblich – Early Intellivision games
- Rob Lord – Discworld 1,2, Noir, Aladdin
- Mark Lovegrove – Trilby's Notes, Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!, The Adventures of Fatman
- Brian Luzietti – Descent II
- Bjørn Lynne – Worms series
- Xiaoxu Lu – Dragon Oath, Perfect World
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- Madsen Studios LLC – Ninjatown: Trees of Doom, LEGO Universe, MechWarrior Tactical Command, Jumpgate Evolution and Fortune Online.
- Masa – Dynasty Warriors franchise and Samurai Warriors franchise.
- Trond-Viggo Melssen – Wanted: Weapons of Fate, Terminator Salvation (video game), Bionic Commando (2009 video game)
- Naoki Maeda – Bemani series
- Jun Maeda – Moon., Kanon, Air, Clannad, Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life, Little Busters!, Rewrite
- Hidenori Maezawa – Contra, Gradius II, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. He was a member of Konami Kukeiha Club and developed VRC6
- 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 FireRed and LeafGreen, Pokémon Emerald, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (with Go Ichinose and Hitomi Sato), Pokémon Platinum, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Pulseman, Mario & Wario, BUSHI Seiryuuden
- Tsukasa Masuko (also knowns as Macco) – Tehkan World Cup, Megami Tensei series, Shin Megami Tensei series, Blazeon, Kabuki Rocks (with Ichiban Ujigami), Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei, Crystal Beans From Dungeon Explorer, Caravan Shooting Collection, Jammes, Magical Vacation, Magical Starsign, Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner, Uchū no Kishi: Tekkaman Blade (as Skeleton)
- Sami Matar – Timeless
- Noriko Matsueda – Bahamut Lagoon, Chrono Trigger, Tobal No. 1, The Bouncer, Final Fantasy X-2
- Kimitaka Matsumae – Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu
- 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
- Gary McKill – Global Domination, Retro Force, Wip3out, Colony Wars: Red Sun and Wipeout Fusion
- Okkun Medaka – Adventure Island II, Adventure Island III
- Shōji 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 3: Shadow of Oblivion
- Yasunori Mitsuda – Chrono Trigger, Mario Party, Xenogears, Xenosaga, Chrono Cross, Front Mission: Gun Hazard (with Nobuo Uematsu, Junya Nakano, and Masashi Hamauzu), Radical Dreamers, Legaia 2: Duel Saga, Shadow Hearts
- Yu Miyake – Namco sound team, Katamari Damacy
- Tomoki Miyoshi – Soulcalibur V
- Naoshi Mizuta – Rockman & Forte, Parasite Eve 2, Final Fantasy XI and its expansion packs
- Bonny Morgan aka DJBonseye – ShuffleBomb2
- Mark Morgan – Fallout, Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment, Descent II
- Akihiko Mori (deceased, cancer) – Mystic Arc, Wonder Project J series
- Ayako Mori – Ghosts 'n Goblins
- Mark Mothersbaugh – Crash Bandicoot, The Sims 2, Sewer Shark
- Frédéric Motte – Nightmare Creatures, Nightmare Creatures 2, Fury of the Furries, Mini Ninjas (DS version), Dark Earth, Alphabounce, Pac in Time
- 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
- Hiroshi Miyazaki (sometimes referred to as Miyashiro Sugito or MIYA) – Captain Tsubasa 5: Hasha no Shogo Campione, Tecmo Super Bowl (SFC), Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom, Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, Kagero: Deception II (with Masaaki Udagawa and Ayako Toyoda), Deception III: Dark Delusion, Monster Rancher Hop-A-Bout (with Susumu Fujii)
- Atsuhiro Motoyama – Umihara Kawase, Ace Striker, Battle Bakraid, Bloody Roar (video game), Sorcer Striker, Dimahoo, Tekken Advance, Kuru Kuru Kururin, Kururin Paradise, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns, Style Savvy
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- Ryo Nagamatsu – Wii Play, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports Resort, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2
- 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
- Manabu Namiki – Battle Garegga, Armed Police Batrider, DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou, Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi, Espgaluda, Mushihimesama, Deathsmiles, Konami ReBirth 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: Direct Action, Act of War: High Treason, 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
- Kouji Niikura – Super Formation Soccer 95: della Serie A, Clock Tower, Human Grand Prix, Human Grand Prix II, Dragon's Earth, SOS (video game), Vanguard Bandits, WCW/nWo Revenge, WWF Wrestlemania 2000
- Yukio Nakajima – Hat Trick Hero 2, Chaos Seed, CIMA: The Enemy, Energy Breaker, Lufia: The Legend Returns, Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals
- Kouji Nakagawa – J.League Soccer Prime Goal, J.League Soccer Prime Goal 2, Super Family Gelände, YuYu Hakusho (SFC – 1993), YuYu Hakusho: Tokubetsu-hen (SFC – 1994), Tales of Legendia (Battle Sound Effects)
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- 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 Ota – The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, Yoshi Touch & Go, New Super Mario Bros.
- Tomoya Ohtani – Sonic Heroes, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Unleashed
- 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 Ōkuma – Melty Lancer series, Ring ni Kakero (video game)
- 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
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- Magnus "SoulEye" Pålsson – VVVVVV
- Larry Peacock – Descent II
- Winifred Phillips – Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Spore Hero, SimAnimals, Speed Racer, Shrek the Third, The Da Vinci Code, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, God of War
- Alex Pfeffer – Halo Legends, Runes of Magic, The Settlers VII
- 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
- Petri Alanko – Alan Wake
- Michael Pummell (aka Muzzi Kalmyth) – Steel Harbinger, PS1, Mission Impossible, N64 and Playstation I, Nuke Strike N64, Furfighters I, Dreamcast, Furfighters II, Viggos Revenge, PS II, XG3, Deep Trouble, Legends of Wrestling, Sims 2, Crimson Wars, Fierce Harmony, Sony Underground (13 released volumes), PS I, Vexx, Xbox, Turok 3 Shadow of Oblivion, Xbox, Spirit of Speed, Paris-Dakar Rally, PS I, Legends of Wrestling II, Know Your Rules Soccer, RC Revenge (arranger), Elemental, Revolt (arranger), and many more
- Ari Pulkkinen – Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, Trine (video game), Trine 2, Dead Nation, Outland (video game), Super Stardust HD, Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds Survivor
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- Richard Dakkard – Auto Assault
- Chris Rezanson – Lego Battles Ninjago, Atari Greatest Hits Volume 1 & 2, Lego Battles, Sonic Rivals, Sonic Rivals 2, Age of Empires: The Age of Kings, Rifts: Promise of Power, Nicktoons Basketball
- Trent Reznor – Quake
- Rom Di Prisco – Various
- Chris Rickwood – Evil Dead: Hail to the King, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- Stephen Rippy – Age of Empires series, Halo Wars
- Alexander Roeder – Anno 1404, Battleforge, Drakensang
- Axel Rohrbach – Crazy Machines 2, Black Prophecy
- Gene M. Rozenberg – Abuse, Golgotha, Rugrats: Studio Tour, Rugrats: The Search for Reptar, Die Hard Trilogy 2, Duke Nukem: Time to Kill", Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes, Mary Kate & Ashley's Mystery Mall Adventure, NFL Street, NFL Tour, Madden NFL Football, NCAA Football, [[NASCAR Racing], Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure", Field Defenders, Project "Copernicus" MMORPG
- Marc Rosenberger – The Settlers VII
- 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, Hunted: The Demon's Forge
- Lior Rosner – Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
- Runblebee – Sonic Riders, Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
- Mark Rutherford – Rogue Warrior (video game) (2009) – Bethesda Softworks, Aliens vs. Predator (2010) – Sega,[1] NeverDead – Konami, Sniper Elite V2 – Rebellion Developments and 505 Games.
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- Hideyuki Shimono – Zero Divide, Dolucky no Puzzle Tour '94, Dolucky's A-League Soccer, Genocide 2
- Nobuyuki Shioda – Recca, G.I. Joe (NES), G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor, Low G Man: The Low Gravity Man, Kick Master, Sumo Fighter: Tōkaidō Basho, Battle Grand Prix, Jumpin' Derby, Mini Yonku Shining Scorpion: Let's & Go!!, Olivia's Mystery, UFO Kamen Yakisoban, Super Jinsei Game 2, Sutobasu Yarō Show: 3 on 3 Basketball
- Yukie Sugawara – Super Formation Soccer 94, Super Formation Soccer 95: della Serie A, Human Grand Prix IV: F1 Dream Battle, Welcome to Pia Carrot (PC-FX Version)
- Kiyohiro Sada – Jissen Kyotei, Kōryū no Mimi, Riviera: The Promised Land, Summon Night: Swordcraft Story
- 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, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (with Masaharu Iwata)
- Motoi Sakuraba – Tales of Phantasia (with Shinji Tamura), Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori, Zan: Kagerou no Toki, Star Ocean series, Golden Sun series, Arcus Series, Hiouden Series, Valkyrie Profile, Mario Tennis and Mario Golf series, Baten Kaitos series.
- Boris Salchow – Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, Resistance 2, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time, Resistance 3.
- 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 L. Schmidt – NARC (video game), John Madden Football and many others.
- Markus Schmidt – Anno 1404, Battleforge, Drakensang
- David Schooley – Into the Forest
- Lawrence Schwedler – Bionic Commando: Elite Forces
- Garry Schyman – Voyeur, Destroy All Humans!, BioShock
- Andrew Sega – Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Freelancer, Crusader series
- 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
- Go Shiina – Tales of Legendia, Mr. Driller series
- Tilman Sillescu – Anno 1404, John Woo's Stranglehold (video game), Arcania: Gothic 4, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
- 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
- Thomas James Slater – Guitar Hero III
- Mark Snow – Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
- Masayoshi Soken – Mario Hoops 3-on-3
- 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: Trials 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 (video game), Legend of the Dragon, ONE Sequel
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- Mitsuyasu Tomohisa (member of Jaywalk) – Puss 'n Boots: Pero's Great Adventure, Maka Maka (video game) (with Masahiro Kusunoki), Hokuto no Ken 5, Hokuto no Ken 7, Idea no Hi (with Masahiro Kusunoki)
- 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 – Advent Rising, Earthworm Jim series (Earthworm Jim 2 on), Spot Goes To Hollywood, MDK, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, Wild 9
- Hiroshi Tamawari – Azure Dreams, 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.
- Kōhei Tanaka – Paladin's Quest, Lennus 2 (Paladin's Quest 2), Xardion, Alundra, Sakura Wars series
- Hideki Takahagi – Psychic Force 2012, Exit (video game), The Jetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates (with Mitsuhito Tanaka) (Japanese title: Youkai Buster: Ruka no Daibouken)
- Mitsuhito Tanaka aka John Pee – Treasure Hunter G, Melfand Stories, Flying Hero, Kentou-Ou World Champion, Onizuka Katsuya Super Virtual Boxing, The Jetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates (with Hideki Takahagi) (Japanese title: Youkai Buster: Ruka no Daibouken), Super Kokou Yakyuu: Ichikyuu Jikkon, Solid Runner
- Naoto Tanaka – MadWorld, Bayonetta, (under alias Akemi Kimura) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All, Mega Man X6, Mega Man X7, Mega Man X8
- Shinobu Tanaka – Animal Crossing (with Kazumi Totaka, Kenta Nagata, and Toru Minegishi), Luigi's Mansion (with Kazumi Totaka), Super Mario Sunshine, Mario Kart: Double Dash‼, Mario Kart DS
- Kumi Tanioka – Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Code Age Commanders
- Souji Taro – see [[#K|Taro Kudo]]
- Uemura Tatsuya – Dogyuun, Hellfire, Out Zone, Zero Wing
- Tsukasa Tawada – Super Earth Defense Force, Ihatovo Monogatari, Thoroughbred Breeder (series)
- Jeroen Tel – Cybernoid, Cybernoid II, Eliminator, Turbo Outrun
- Soichi Terada – Ape Escape series (except Ape Escape 2)
- Chance Thomas – Lord of the Rings Online, Left Behind: Eternal Forces, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, X-Men: The Official Game, The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, Unreal II: The Awakening
- 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)
- Tomoya Tomita – Legend of the Mystical Ninja series (several), Castlevania: Dracula X, Gradius, Parodius, Rakugakids, Wario Land: The Shake Dimension, Kirby's Epic Yarn
- 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, Animal Crossing series, Luigi's Mansion, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (with Akito Nakamura, Minako Hamano & Koji Kondo), Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Yuka Tsujiyoko – Fire Emblem series, Paper Mario
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- 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 (except Final Fantasy XIII), Apple Town Monogatari, Cruise Chaser Blassty, 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, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and The Last Story.
- Tokuhiko Uwabo – Phantasy Star, Phantasy Star II
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- 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
- Enrique Varela – Fallen Earth, Dexter: The Game
- Cris Velasco – Hellgate: London (with Sascha Dikiciyan), God of War
- Gianluca Verrengia – : Nightlong Union of Conspiracy -, The WatchMaker, The Broken Land, Midnight Mansion and others.
- Ralph Vickers – Urban Brawl
- Neil D. Voss – Tetrisphere, The New Tetris, Racing Gears Advance and others.
- 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, Doom 3, Quake 4
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- 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), Pokémon 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, Mass Effect series
- 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
- Jonathan vd Wijngaarden – Fairytale Fights, Adam's Venture, Eyepet Move Edition
- 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 (musician) – Shadow of the Beast II & III, Agony, Awesome, Lemmings, Wipeout, Wipeout 2097, Colony Wars, MUSICtm, MTV Music Generator Series, eJay Series, Gravity Crash
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- Kenji Yamazaki – Caliber .50, Mega Man II (Game Boy), Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear), Phantasy Star Adventure, Logos Panic, Dear Boys (SFC), Appleseed: Prometheus no Shintaku, Super Drift Out, Super Pachinko Taisen, The Shinri Game 2: Magical Trip, Super Gussun Oyoyo, Super Gussun Oyoyo 2
- Kinuyo Yamashita – Castlevania, Esper Dream, Arumana no Kiseki, Stinger, Maze of Galious, Knightmare III: Shalom and Parodius, Mega Man X3, Medabot, Bass Masters Classic, Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue, WWF Wrestlemania 2000, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Croc 2, Monsters, Inc., WWF Road to WrestleMania, Power Rangers: Dino Thunder, Keitai Denjū Telefang
- 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 series, Metroid: Zero Mission, Famicom Tantei Club Part II, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Donkey Kong Country Returns (with Minako Hamano and Masaru Tajima)
- Kenji Yamamoto – Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 1, 2, & 3 (#1: with Kumagorou; #2: with Switch-E, Kumatarou; #3: with Amayang, Chatrasch, Switch-E), Dragon Ball Z: Super Goku Den 1 & 2, Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22, Dragon Ball Z: The Legend, Dragon Ball: Final Bout, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 1, 2, & 3, Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai 1 & 2, Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Goku Densetsu, Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World.
- 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 Sōta 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
- Takaheshi Yamazuke – Zool: Majū Tsukai Densetsu
- Yoshihito Yano – Namco sound team, Katamari Damacy, Soulcalibur II Original Soundtrack
- Mahito Yokota – Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Ryoji Yoshitomi – Metroid II: Return of Samus, Wario Land, Wario Land 4, WarioWare series, Super Smash Bros Brawl
- Kenneth Young – Media Molecule, SCE London Studio : LittleBigPlanet, 24: The Game, Fired Up, Heavenly Sword
Z
- ZUN – Touhou series
- Zuntata (Taito's sound team)
- Inon Zur – Prince of Persia series, Crysis, Baldur's Gate, Fallout 3, Dragon Age: Origins
- Hans Zimmer- Modern Warfare, Modern Warfare 2