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Yoko Shimomura is an excellent composer, Kingdom Hearts 2 in particular had an excellent soundtrack.
Masashi Hamauzu held his own in Final Fantasy X, and the soundtrack for Unlimited Saga is the best part of the game.
Motoi Sakaruba is also a worthy composer, I love what I've heard of the Tales and Star Ocean series (haven't played Infinite Undiscovery yet). Pure a Stream for instance from Star Ocean: The Second Story is one of the most beautiful JRPG tracks I've ever heard. I've never played a game in the Shin Megami Tensei series but I've heard the music of Meguro and I'm very fond of a battle track called The Battle for Survival.
With Hitoshi Sakimoto, I enjoyed more so for his music in Tactics and not so much XII, and I've never played Vagrant Story (though I have Odin Sphere to start).
And of course Yasunori Mitsuda , with such iconic soundtracks as Chrono Trigger and Xenogears under his belt, he is truly the second best in my book (really wish he'd work on more high profile projects).
Nobuo Uematsu, in my opinion, is the king of jrpg composers, what with so many classic Final Fantasy soundtracks (my favorites being VI, VII, and VIII). I would vote for him being the best, even though Mitsuda comes close.
So what do you guys think ?
Masashi Hamauzu held his own in Final Fantasy X, and the soundtrack for Unlimited Saga is the best part of the game.
Motoi Sakaruba is also a worthy composer, I love what I've heard of the Tales and Star Ocean series (haven't played Infinite Undiscovery yet). Pure a Stream for instance from Star Ocean: The Second Story is one of the most beautiful JRPG tracks I've ever heard. I've never played a game in the Shin Megami Tensei series but I've heard the music of Meguro and I'm very fond of a battle track called The Battle for Survival.
With Hitoshi Sakimoto, I enjoyed more so for his music in Tactics and not so much XII, and I've never played Vagrant Story (though I have Odin Sphere to start).
And of course Yasunori Mitsuda , with such iconic soundtracks as Chrono Trigger and Xenogears under his belt, he is truly the second best in my book (really wish he'd work on more high profile projects).
Nobuo Uematsu, in my opinion, is the king of jrpg composers, what with so many classic Final Fantasy soundtracks (my favorites being VI, VII, and VIII). I would vote for him being the best, even though Mitsuda comes close.
So what do you guys think ?