Who is your favorite video game composer?

[SlowPokemon]

MASSIVE mayhem poll. I listed the major ones, but I had to stop somewhere. I know a lot of you have favorite composers who aren't on the list, hence the "other" option.

You get three votes, here are mine:

1. Tomohito Nishiura -- his music for the Layton series is my favorite in any video game.
2. Mahito Yokota -- his orchestral work on the Super Mario Galaxy games is absolutely top-notch, most likely the best achievement on the list.
3. Hitomi Sato -- although simple, her cute music for the Pokémon series represents some of the best of the newer games in the canon.

Post your own votes below!

[Yugi]

My Other vote was for Hitoshi Sakimoto (FFXII)

And you could list Nobou Uematsu as Final Fantasy I-X, Super Smash Bros Brawl, but that's my personal oponion

[Bubbles]

Arata Iiyoshi / Atsuhiro Ishizuna, Koji Kondo, and Tomohito Nishiura = basically my entire life

[blueflower999]

I simply have too many favorites. This was hard.

[TheZeldaPianist275]

Yeah, there are a lot of good ones.... but Kondo takes the bacon.  He's just too influential.

[MaestroUGC]

No Grant Kirkhope, Dave Wise, Robin Beanland?

Why does Rareware not get any love, do you just hate British people?

Uncool, man. Uncool.

[SlowPokemon]

I know David Wise wrote the Donkey Kong music, but no idea who the other two are.

[MaestroUGC]

Get out. Turn in your VG Music card and get out.

Go learn you some music, then maybe you can come back.

Maybe.

[Yugi]

Also, Christopher Tin should be on there, he is the most acclaimed out of all of these composers.

[SlowPokemon]

Get out. Turn in your VG Music card and get out.

Go learn you some music, then maybe you can come back.

Maybe.

No, I won't get out; just because I don't know who two composers are don't mean I know nothing about video game music -_-

Looking up the other two, I have never played any of the games they've composed for. So no, I won't "turn in my VG Music card."

[Bubbles]

Also, Christopher Tin should be on there, he is the most acclaimed out of all of these composers.

Is he the composer of Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts?

Yeah, there are a lot of good ones.... but Kondo takes the bacon.  He's just too influential.

If it wasnt for him and his compositions, I can safely say that I would not be here today. I remember being in 3rd grade after 3 years of piano, and wanting to quit so badly because all of the music seemed the same to me. Then I found this website (You've probably heard of herbalcell.com?) where this girl arranges sheet music, including versions with letters on the notes for easy readings. Basically all of the music I downloaded from there was Kondo, and it kept me playing for another 7 years and counting. Of course I found this place thanks to Bespinben but you know, she was first

Jeez now that I think about it, my life would literally be nothing without music. I would sit and stare at my walls all day. I doubt I would become the stereotypical teenager who cries over Justin Bieber or whoever it is now. I would just be... an empty shell

[Yugi]

Is he the composer of Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts?

Does Baba yetu mean anything to you.

Also, I wouldn't be here he he never existed, so there you go.

[Bubbles]

Does Baba yetu mean anything to you.

No :3

[Yugi]

No :3

Then It should. Baba yetu is the only piece of video game music to ever a Grammy award.

[SlowPokemon]

I'm sure it's much better than anything by any of the composers in the poll