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Perhaps the most famous female videogame composer ever, Shimomura is largely known for the Kingdom Hearts series, which alone is one crowning symphony of awesome. But there's also her other works, such as Live-A-Live. Every song in it is starkly different but all epic. Megalomania The Bird Flies In The Sky, The Fish Swims In The River, Knock You Down, Murder By A Psycho, The Wanderer, the list goes on.
Shimomura did the music for Street Fighter II. Kingdom Hearts, nothing - even if most people don't know she was behind that soundtrack, it's far and away her most famous work.
Let's not forget Shimomura is the composer for Super Mario RPG. Beware The Forest's Mushrooms, or perhaps Marrymore you would prefer.
- Weapons Factory, And My Name's Booster, and both of Smithy's themes definitely count as well.
She's also responsible for the soundtrack to all three Mario & Luigi RPGs.
- Which means she is also responsible for this piece of awesomeness.
Pick anything from Legend of Mana, and you will find her work.
- Bejeweled City and it's Drammatica Version
She's responsible for the haunting and pulse-pounding sounds of Parasite Eve as well:
- Influence of Deep for some holy shit techno opera.
  - The OST Gives us this remix as a bonus track.
- Under the Progress for a song that screams "Run away. Run faster. No, faster than that. Keep running. YOU'RE NOT RUNNING FAST ENOUGH."
- Ultimate Being for one of the most tense and driving final boss themes of the 32-bit era.
- "Primal Eyes" the series main theme. Here is The 3rd Birthday's version.
- No mention of the heart-breaking song Someone Calls Me... Someone Looks For Me yet?
Remember "King Dedede's Theme" or "Tetris A" in Super Smash Bros. Brawl? Yeah, that was her. So was the remix of "Gritzy Desert".
From Radiant Historia: Blue Radiance, one of her more interesting battle songs.
- The final boss theme, "An Ernest Desire of Grey", at first sounds like it might be your typical Ominous Pipe Organ-filled JRPG boss theme - and then the violin kicks in.
While not many people may know about this one, but she also helped compose the soundtrack to Little King's Story. While the songs are all remixes of famous classical music and not her original compositions, they are fantastic remixes.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Unfinished Battle from Xenoblade Chronicles.

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 * Perhaps the most famous female videogame composer ever, Shimomura is largely known for the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series, which alone is one crowning symphony of awesome. But there's also her other works, such as ''[[Live a Live|Live-A-Live]]''. Every song in it is starkly different but all epic. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQVc5_uNmdk&hd=1 Megalomania] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iHa5OzimRk&hd=1 The Bird Flies In The Sky, The Fish Swims In The River], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8vbwnqOZJI Knock You Down], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8knz-aVe44 Murder By A Psycho], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2r-PVsaAmU The Wanderer], the list goes on.
-* Shimomura did the music for ''[[Street Fighter (Franchise)/Awesome Music|Street Fighter]]'' ''II''. Kingdom Hearts, nothing - even if most people don't know she was behind that soundtrack, it's far and away her most famous work.
+* Shimomura did the music for ''[[Street Fighter/Awesome Music|Street Fighter]]'' ''II''. Kingdom Hearts, nothing - even if most people don't know she was behind that soundtrack, it's far and away her most famous work.
-* Let's not forget Shimomura is the composer for [[Super Mario RPG (Video Game)|Super Mario RPG]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DLm78UpqSg Beware The Forest's Mushrooms], or perhaps [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0efd4pi4-M Marrymore] you would prefer.
+* Let's not forget Shimomura is the composer for [[Super Mario RPG]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DLm78UpqSg Beware The Forest's Mushrooms], or perhaps [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0efd4pi4-M Marrymore] you would prefer.
 ** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dll0opu5D6g&feature=related Weapons Factory], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwAuKNAzibU And My Name's Booster], and both of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ3tshJyI4A&feature=related Smithy's] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI1BudS4Ego&feature=related themes] definitely count as well.
-* She's also responsible for the soundtrack to all three ''[[Mario and Luigi (Video Game)|Mario & Luigi]]'' RPGs.
+* She's also responsible for the soundtrack to all three ''[[Mario & Luigi]]'' RPGs.
 ** Which means she is also responsible for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckxy-i7Dc5U&feature=youtube_gdata_player this] piece of awesomeness.
 * Pick anything from ''[[Legend of Mana]]'', and you will find her work.
 ** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkwFNpaAgIk Bejeweled City] and it's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTYGdd2oZGs Drammatica Version]
 * She's responsible for the haunting and pulse-pounding sounds of ''[[Parasite Eve]]'' as well:
 ** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GSiuhsfAI0 Influence of Deep] for some holy shit techno opera.
 *** The OST Gives us [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJlmMJIjfGQ&feature=related this] remix as a bonus track.
 ** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4HphzmQWTs Under the Progress] for a song that screams "Run away. Run faster. No, faster than that. Keep running. YOU'RE NOT RUNNING FAST ENOUGH."
 ** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcvvNO4v5eY Ultimate Being] for one of the most tense and driving final boss themes of the 32-bit era.
 ** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGWa4Zm0YDA& Primal Eyes]" the series main theme. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCKRcQvEelg& Here] is ''The 3rd Birthday'''s version.
 ** No mention of the [[Tear Jerker|heart-breaking]] song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kPYCwe6Vu4 Someone Calls Me... Someone Looks For Me] yet?
-* Remember "[[Kirby|King Dedede's Theme]]" or "[[Tetris (Video Game)|Tetris]] A" in ''[[Super Smash Bros (Video Game)|Super Smash Bros]] Brawl''? Yeah, that was her. So was the remix of "[[Mario and Luigi (Video Game)|Gritzy Desert]]".
+* Remember "[[Kirby|King Dedede's Theme]]" or "[[Tetris]] A" in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''? Yeah, that was her. So was the remix of "[[Mario & Luigi|Gritzy Desert]]".
-* From ''[[Radiant Historia (Video Game)|Radiant Historia]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV11xnqetxo&fmt=18 Blue Radiance], one of her more interesting battle songs.
+* From ''[[Radiant Historia]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV11xnqetxo&fmt=18 Blue Radiance], one of her more interesting battle songs.
 ** The final boss theme, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA8j0pB9mvQ An Ernest Desire of Grey]", at first sounds like it might be your typical [[Ominous Pipe Organ]]-filled JRPG boss theme - and then the violin kicks in.
 * While not many people may know about this one, but she also helped compose the soundtrack to Little King's Story. While the songs are all remixes of famous classical music and not her original compositions, they are fantastic remixes.