List of video game musicians explained
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
- Rod Abernethy – The Hobbit, Star Trek: Legacy, King Arthur, Rise of the Kasai, Blazing Angels, Marvel Universe, The Gauntlet, The Sims Bustin' Out
- Masamichi Amano – Quest 64
- Yoshino Aoki – Mega Man X3 (Capcom Sound Team), Breath of Fire III (with Akari Kaida), Breath of Fire IV, Mega Man Battle & Chase
- Noriyuki Asakura – , , , Way of the Samurai, Way of the Samurai 2, Kamiwaza
B
- Michael Bacon – VS, ,
- Angelo Badalamenti – Indigo Prophecy
- Kelly Bailey – Half-Life, Half-Life 2, , , Portal
- Clint Bajakian – , , Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Lorne Balfe – , , , , Assassin's Creed III,
- Danny Baranowsky – Super Meat Boy, Canabalt, Crypt of the Necrodancer and The Binding of Isaac
- Stephen Barton[1] – , Titanfall series,
- Joe Basquez – Ultima Online
- Jean Baudlot – Bio Challenge, Bad Dudes, Future Wars, Castle Warrior, Beach Volley, Snow Brothers, Operation Stealth, Ivanhoe, Cruise for a Corpse,
- Stephen Baysted – Project Cars series, Fast and Furious Crossroads,
- Robin Beanland – Killer Instinct series, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Sea of Thieves
- David Bergeaud – Ratchet and Clank series,
- Daniel Bernstein – Blood, Claw
- Teddy Blass – Chain Shooter, Fortune's Prime
- Alexander Brandon – Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Deus Ex, , Alpha Protocol, Unreal 2, , Battlestar Galactica, , Bejeweled 3 (with Peter Hajba)
- Allister Brimble – Alien Breed, Superfrog, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Driver, Driver 2, RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
- Russell Brower –,,, Diablo III, Starcraft 2
- Bill Brown – , , 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: Black Thorn, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown,
- David Buckley — Shrek Forever After (video game), additional music for , and with Nick Arundel
C
- Sean Callery – ,
- Pedro Macedo Camacho – Star Citizen, , Audiosurf (Independent Games Festival 2008 Excellence in Audio Award Winner), Fury (Auran, Gamecock, Codemasters), A Vampyre Story (Autumn Moon Entertainment)
- Marc Canham — Stuntman (video game), , Driver 3, , , Reservoir Dogs (video game), , Driver 76, Far Cry 2, Killzone 2, Split/Second, Chime, , The Secret World, Infamous First Light, Infamous Second Son
- Stuart Chatwood – Road Rash 3D, NHL 2002, , , , Battles of Prince of Persia, ,
- Jun Chikuma – Faxanadu, Adventure Island, Bomberman series
- Jamie Christopherson – Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle, Lost Planet. Lord of the Rings: The Battle For Middle-Earth,
- Elia Cmíral – The Last Express
- Combichrist –
- Gareth Coker – Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, , Immortals Fenyx Rising, Halo Infinite
- Peter Connelly – Three games from the Tomb Raider series
- Stewart Copeland – Urban Strike, Spyro the Dragon series (Spyro the Dragon to ),
- Normand Corbeil – Fahrenheit, Heavy Rain,
- Jonathan Coulton – Portal, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2
- Jessica Curry - Dear Esther, Everybody's Gone to the Rapturee
D
- Ben Daglish
- Joris de Man – Killzone series, Horizon Zero Dawn
- Charles Deenen – M.C. Kids, The Lost Vikings (with Allister Brimble), Descent II (mixing)
- Rom Di Prisco – Fortnite, Xtreme Sports Arcade, Rebel Moon Rising, Need for Speed II, , World Cup 98, Sled Storm, Carnivores 2, , NHL 2000, FIFA 2000, 007 Racing, , Rune, , , NHL 2001, , SSX Tricky, , NHL 2002, SpyHunter 2, Dead Man's Hand, Full Auto, , Unreal Tournament 3, SSX, Guacamelee! and Guacamelee! 2
- Sascha Dikiciyan – Quake II, The Long Dark, Mass Effect 3, Quake 3 Arena, James Bond Tomorrow never dies
- Christopher Drake – , , Injustice 2
- Howard Drossin – Comix Zone, Sonic Spinball
- Dynamedion - , Halo Legends, Call of Duty 4, Mortal Kombat X
E
- Randy Edelman
- Greg Edmonson – Uncharted series
- Takahito Eguchi – The Bouncer, Final Fantasy X-2
- Jared Emerson-Johnson – Sam & Max series, Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures, , , The Walking Dead (video game)
- Eminence Symphony Orchestra – Odin Sphere, Deltora Quest: The Seven Jewels, Valkyria Chronicles, Diablo III, Soulcalibur IV
- Jon Everist - BattleTech (video game), Overwatch 2, , The Solitaire Conspiracy
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- Eveline Fischer (now Eveline Novakovic) – Donkey Kong Country (with Robin Beanland and David Wise), (with David Wise)
- Ron Fish – , God of War
- The Flight – ,
- Tim Follin – Ghouls and Ghosts (Amiga and C64 versions), (Dreamcast), and various assorted tracks for 8- and 16-bit videogames.
- Troels Brun Folmann – and
- Dan Forden – Mortal Kombat series
- Toby Fox – Undertale, Hiveswap, Deltarune, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Little Town Hero, Pokémon Sword and Shield
- Hiroshi Fujioka – Growlanser II, Growlanser III, Langrisser III
- Yasuhiko Fukuda – sometimes credited as Hirohiko Fukuda, known for Emerald Dragon (SNES)
- Kenichiro Fukui - Einhänder
- Brad Fuller (composer) – Tengen Tetris, 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
- Takeshi Furukawa – The Last Guardian
G
- Martin Galway – Commodore 64 sound programmer and composer for Ocean Software and Imagine Software (after Ocean bought the company).
- Genki Rockets – Lumines II, Child of Eden
- Raphaël Gesqua – Flashback: The Quest For Identity, Mr. Nutz, Moto Racer
- Michael Giacchino – Medal of Honor series (1999–2003, 2007), Call of Duty series (2003-2004), Secret Weapons Over Normandy, BLACK
- Mick Gordon – , Shift 2 Unleashed, Killer Instinct, , Doom, Doom Eternal
- Simon Gosling – Croc 2
- Jason Graves – Command and Conquer 4, Dead Space series, City of Heroes, Silent Hunter series, Tomb Raider (2013 video game), Until Dawn
- Fred Gray – Shadowfire, Mutants, Madballs, Enigma Force, Black Lamp, Eco, Stargoose, Victory Road
- Gustaf Grefberg – Enclave (video game),
- Harry Gregson-Williams – , ,
- Mark Griskey – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, , Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
H
- Gordy Haab – , Star Wars Battlefront series, Halo Wars 2
- Peter Hajba – Bejeweled series
- Masashi Hamauzu – SaGa Frontier 2, Tobal No. 1, Final Fantasy X (with Nobuo Uematsu and Junya Nakano), Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Kentarō 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, , Freelancer, Art Academy, Sim Theme Park, Mr. Bean, Grand Prix 4, Reign of Fire, Jetix, Evil Genius, Catwoman, , FIFA Soccer Manager, , Sim Coaster, F1 Manager, Evil Genius 2
- Jon Hare – Cannon Fodder series, Sensible Soccer series, Sensible Golf
- Kurt Harland – Soul Reaver
- 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
- Christophe Héral – Beyond Good & Evil, Rayman Origins, Rayman Legends
- Norihiko Hibino – , Zone of the Enders, , Boktai,
- Miki Higashino – Genso Suikoden II, Genso Suikogaiden series
- Susumu Hirasawa – , BERSERK ~Hawk of the Millennium Empire Arc - Chapter of the Holy Demon War~
- Joe Hisaishi - professional name of Mamoru Fujisawa, composer and musical director known for Ni no Kuni
- Silas Hite – Skate 3, The Simpsons, The Sims 2, , , , , , My Sims, , MySims Kingdom, MySims Racing, Boom Blox, , Academy of Champions, Mean Girls, Legally Blonde, Wordsworth, (with Mutato Muzika)
- Michael Hoenig – Baldur's Gate,
- Alec Holowka – Aquaria
- Shinji Hosoe – Ridge Racer series, Street Fighter EX series
- Niamh Houston - Super Hexagon, Dicey Dungeons
- Rob Hubbard – Many Atari 8-bit and C64 games including International Karate and Jet Set Willy
- Chris Huelsbeck – Apidya, Great Giana Sisters, Turrican series
- Michael Hunter – , Grand Theft Auto IV
- Andrew Hulshult - Dusk, Quake Champions, Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods Part 1
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- Arata Iiyoshi - Kamaitachi no Yoru series (with Kojiro Nakashima), Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, Ninjala, Bemani series
- Tsuneo Imahori – Gungrave
- Laura Intravia - Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars
- Mark Isham
- Daisuke Ishiwatari – Guilty Gear series
- Naoki Itamura –, Pipe Dream, Aero Fighters, Hyper V-Ball, F-1 Grand Prix series
- Kenji Ito – SaGa series, Seiken Densetsu 1, Tobal No. 1, Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu
- Noriyuki Iwadare – Langrisser, Lunar, Grandia, Growlancer, , Radiata Stories
- Masaharu Iwata – Final Fantasy Tactics (with Hitoshi Sakimoto), (with Hitoshi Sakimoto), (with Hitoshi Sakimoto)
- Hiroyuki Iwatsuki – Mitsume ga Tōru (NES), Wild Guns (with Haruo Ohashi), (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 –, Yakuza 2,, Ninja Blade
J
- Henry Jackman - Just Cause 3,
- Steve Jablonsky – The Sims 3, , Command & Conquer, Transformers, Gears of War series
- Lee Jackson – Rise of the Triad, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Stargunner
- Richard Jacques – Sonic R, Metropolis Street Racer, Headhunter,
- JAM Project – Super Robot Wars series
- Richard Joseph – Sensible Software, Bitmap Brothers, many others from 1986 to 2006
K
- Akari Kaida – Breath of Fire III, Mega Man & Bass, Mega Man Battle Network, Ōkami
- Yuki Kajiura – ,
- Yoko Kanno – Genghis Khan, Nobunaga's Ambition series, Uncharted Waters series, Macross Ace Frontier, Macross Ultimate Frontier, Macross Triangle Frontier
- Jake Kaufman – Shantae, M&M's Minis Madness, Legend of Kay, TMNT (Nintendo DS), Contra 4
- Kenji Kawai – Sansara Naga (series), Deep Fear, Folklore
- Motohiro Kawashima - Batman Returns (Sega 8-bit versions), Streets of Rage series
- Hiroki Kikuta – Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu 3, Soukaigi, Koudelka
- Grant Kirkhope – Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo-Tooie, GoldenEye 007, Perfect Dark, Blast Corps
- Frank Klepacki – All of Westwood Studios' games while the developer was independent, including the popular Command & Conquer series.
- Chris Kline – Bionic Commando (2009), ,
- Mark Knight - Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown, Dungeon Keeper 2, F1 2015/2016,
- Geoff Knorr - Civilization IV, Civilization V, , , Civilization VI
- Saori Kobayashi – Panzer Dragoon series,
- 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, Shin Onigashima, The Mysterious Murasame Castle, Super Smash Bros. Brawl (with many others)
- Yuzo Koshiro – (with Michiru Yamane), ActRaiser, ActRaiser 2, Ys series, Streets of Rage series, Revenge of Shinobi, Super Adventure Island, Etrian Odyssey series, 7th Dragon series
- Taro Kudo – Axelay, Super Castlevania IV (with Masanori Adachi)
- Kukeiha Club – see KONAMI KuKeiHa CLUB
- Jesper Kyd – Hitman series, Freedom Fighters, MDK2, Adventures of Batman & Robin, Assassin's Creed, Borderlands, Borderlands 2
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- Michael Land – Monkey Island series, Star Wars games, The Dig
- Tim Larkin – realMyst, , Pariah (video game),
- 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), James Bond 007: From Russia with Love, , Mass Effect 3, Scalebound
- Paul Leonard-Morgan – Battlefield Hardline, , Cyberpunk 2077
- Daniel Licht – , Dishonored series
- Russell Lieblich – Early Intellivision games
- Richard Ludlow - Hexany Audio
- Rob Lord – Aladdin
- Alph Lyla (CAPCOM's sound team)
M
- Naoki Maeda – Bemani series
- Jun Maeda – Moon, Kanon, Air, Clannad, , Little Busters!, Rewrite
- Josh Mancell – Crash Bandicoot (first four games), Interstate '82 (with Mark Mothersbaugh), Jak and Daxter Trilogy, The Condemned, The Megalex, Johnny Mnemonic
- Mark Mancina
- Christopher Mann – Independence War Deluxe Edition and
- Kevin Manthei – Kung Fu Panda, Marvel Universe Online, Upshift Strikeracer, Xiaolin Showdown, Ultimate Spider-Man, Kill Switch, Twisted Metal Black, Civilization II
- Jerry Martin – SimCity 4: Rush Hour
- Junichi Masuda – Pokémon video game series, Pulseman, Mario & Wario
- Noriko Matsueda – Bahamut Lagoon, Chrono Trigger, Tobal No. 1, The Bouncer, Final Fantasy X-2
- Michael McCann – , , , , XCOM 2
- Peter McConnell – Grim Fandango, Psychonauts
- Bear McCreary - God of War, , Dark Void
- Nathan McCree – Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider 2 and Tomb Raider 3
- Shoji Meguro – Digital Devil Saga series, series
- Robyn Miller – Myst, Riven, Obduction (video game)
- Toru Minegishi – , (with Koji Kondo, Kenta Nagata and Hajime Wakai), Splatoon series
- Yasunori Mitsuda – Chrono Trigger, Mario Party, Xenogears, Xenosaga, Chrono Cross, (with Nobuo Uematsu, Junya Nakano, and Masashi Hamauzu), Radical Dreamers, , Shadow Hearts
- Yuu Miyake – Tekken series, Katamari Damacy
- Hiroshi Miyazaki (sometimes referred to as Miyashiro Sugito or MIYA) – , Tecmo Super Bowl (SFC), , Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, , , Monster Rancher Hop-A-Bout
- Naoshi Mizuta – Rockman & Forte, Parasite Eve 2, Final Fantasy XI
- Jonathan Morali - Life Is Strange series
- Mike Morasky – Portal, Portal 2, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, ,
- Mark Morgan – Fallout, Fallout 2, , Descent II, Wasteland series
- Akihiko Mori – Wonder Project J series
- Trevor Morris – Need for Speed Carbon,
- Mark Mothersbaugh – Crash Bandicoot (as a music producer), The Sims 2, Sewer Shark
- 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
- Rika Muranaka – , Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid series (all ending themes)
- Mutato Muzika – see Mark Mothersbaugh
N
- Hideki Naganuma – Jet Set Radio, Jet Set Radio Future, Ollie King, Sonic Rush
- Masato Nakamura – Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Takayuki Nakamura – Virtua Fighter, Tobal 2, Ehrgeiz
- Junya Nakano – , Dewprism (Threads of Fate in the U.S.), Tobal No. 1, Final Fantasy X
- Akito Nakatsuka – , Ice Climber
- Junichi Nakatsuru – Soul series, Ace Combat series, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
- Manabu Namiki – Battle Garegga, Armed Police Batrider, DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou, , Espgaluda, Mushihimesama, Deathsmiles, Konami ReBirth series
- Michiko Naruke – Wild Arms series
- Tomohito Nishiura – Dark Cloud, Dark Cloud 2
- Graeme Norgate – TimeSplitters, TimeSplitters 2,
O
- Martin O'Donnell – Halo series
- Hisayoshi Ogura – Zuntata sound team, Darius, Darius II (also called Sagaia), Darius Gaiden, G Darius, The Ninja Warriors, Rainbow Islands (Master System version, with Tadashi Kimijima)
- Kow Otani
- Tomoya Ohtani – Sonic the Hedgehog series, Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure
- Keiichi Okabe – Drakengard 3, Nier series, Tekken series
- Shinji Orito – Dōsei, Moon, , Kanon, Air, Clannad, , Little Busters!, Rewrite
- Michiru Ōshima – Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Grey Wolf, ICO
- Kenichi Ōkuma – Ring ni Kakero
P
- John Paesano – , , Spider-Man
- Winifred Phillips – Assassin's Creed Liberation, LittleBigPlanet 3, God of War, , Total War Battles: Kingdom, LittleBigPlanet 2, Speed Racer, LittleBigPlanet Vita, The Da Vinci Code, LittleBigPlanet Karting, Call of Champions, Shrek the Third, LittleBigPlanet 2: Toy Story (DLC), SimAnimals, LittleBigPlanet 2: Cross Controller, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, , The Maw, Fighter Within, Spore Hero
- Stéphane Picq – MegaRace, Qin, , Dune, Extase, Jumping Jackson, Purple Saturn Day, Full Metal Planete, Lost Eden, KGB (computer game), Commander Blood
- Kirill Pokrovsky – Divinity series
- 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, Rise of the Triad, Axis and Allies, DemonStar, Abuse, Word Rescue, Pickle Wars, Math Rescue, , Catacomb 3D
- Marcin Przybyłowicz – The Witcher series, Cyberpunk 2077
- Ari Pulkkinen – Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, Trine (video game), Trine 2, Dead Nation, Outland (video game), Super Stardust HD, Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds Survivor
R
- Lena Raine – Celeste, Minecraft, , Deltarune
- Simon Ravn – , ,
- Mike Reagan – God of War, God of War II, God of War III, , Darkwatch, Darksiders, Life Is Strange: Farewell, Conan, Devil's Third, Trials Evolution,
- Trent Reznor – Quake
- Kevin Riepl – Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, , The Bible Game, Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3, Huxley, ,
- Stephen Rippy – Age of Empires series, Halo Wars
- Paul Romero – Heroes of Might and Magic series, EverQuest
- Daniel Rosenfeld – Minecraft
- Lior Rosner –
- Mark Rutherford – Rogue Warrior (video game) (2009) – Bethesda Softworks, Aliens vs. Predator (2010) – Sega, NeverDead – Konami, Sniper Elite V2 – Rebellion Developments and 505 Games.
S
- Toshihiko Sahashi – Blue Stinger
- Sakari – Independent game musicians from around the world.
- Hitoshi Sakimoto – Super Hockey '94, Radiant Silvergun, Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Final Fantasy XII, , (with Masaharu Iwata)
- Motoi Sakuraba – Tales Series (with Shinji Tamura), , Star Ocean series, Golden Sun series, Hiouden Series, Valkyrie Profile, Mario Tennis and Mario Golf series, Baten Kaitos series, Mario Sports Superstars
- 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,
- Michael Salvatori – Halo series, Destiny series
- George 'The Fat Man' Sanger – Wing Commander, The 7th Guest, Master of Orion
- Nobuyoshi Sano – Drakengard, (PS2), Ridge Racer series, Tekken series
- Gustavo Santaolalla – The Last of Us 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)
- Tenpei Sato – Marl Kingdom series, , Phantom Brave
- Kan Sawada
- Hiroyuki Sawano – Xenoblade Chronicles X
- Kazuo Sawa – Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-Kun, River City Ransom, Super Dodge Ball
- Sarah Schachner - Assassin's Creed Origins, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, , Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Brian L. Schmidt – NARC (video game), John Madden Football and many others.
- 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,
- Jun Senoue – Sonic the Hedgehog series, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
- Alex Seropian – Marathon
- Russell Shaw – Dungeon Keeper, Syndicate, Fable and Fable 2
- Laura Shigihara – To The Moon, Finding Paradise, Plants vs. Zombies, Rakuen, and High School Story
- Go Shiina – Tales, Mr. Driller, The Idolmaster, God Eater series
- Yoko Shimomura – Street Fighter II, Front Mission series, Live-A-Live, Super Mario RPG, Parasite Eve, Legend of Mana, Mario & Luigi series, Kingdom Hearts series, Final Fantasy XV
- Mark Snow – ,
- Masayoshi Soken – Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Mario Sports Mix, Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XVI
- Maribeth Solomon - Sunless Sea, Sunless Skies
- Jeremy Soule – Secret of Evermore, Total Annihilation, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Dungeon Siege, Guildwars, series, Prey (2006)
- Christopher Stevens – Syphon Filter 3
- Martin Stig Andersen – Limbo, Inside,
- Koichi Sugiyama – Dragon Quest series, , , , Monopoly (Japanese version), Wingman II, Wingman Special, Tetris 2 + Bombliss
- Keiichi Suzuki – Mother, EarthBound
T
- Bobby Tahouri – Rise of the Tomb Raider, Marvel's Avengers
- Masafumi Takada – killer7, God Hand, No More Heroes, Earth Defense Force, Danganronpa
- Yukihide Takekawa – Soul Blazer
- Tommy Tallarico – Advent Rising, Earthworm Jim series (Earthworm Jim 2 on), Spot Goes To Hollywood, MDK, , Wild 9
- Hirokazu 'Hip' Tanaka – Balloon Fight, EarthBound, Kid Icarus, Metroid, Mother, Super Mario Land, Tetris
- Kōhei Tanaka – Paladin's Quest, Lennus 2 (Paladin's Quest 2), Xardion, Alundra, Sakura Wars series
- Kumi Tanioka – Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Code Age Commanders
- Mikko Tarmia – , The Penumbra Series, Overgrowth
- 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, , Marvel Ultimate Alliance, , ,
- Chris Tilton – , Black, Assassin's Creed Unity
- Christopher Tin – Civilization IV, Civilization VI
- Magome Togoshi – Air, Clannad, , , Little Busters!
- Kazumi Totaka – , Yoshi's Story, Animal Crossing series, Luigi's Mansion (with Shinobu Tanaka), (with Akito Nakamura, Minako Hamano & Koji Kondo), Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
- Yuka Tsujiyoko – Fire Emblem series, Paper Mario,
- Hyakutaro Tsukumo - Thunder Force V, Hyper Duel
- Brian Tyler - Lego Universe, , , Far Cry 3, ,
- Jeff Tymoschuk – , DeathSpank series, Penny Arcade series, Sleeping Dogs
U
- Matt Uelmen – Diablo, Diablo II, StarCraft, World of Warcraft
- Tatsuya Uemura – Performan, Tiger-Heli, Flying Shark, Twin Cobra, Hellfire, Zero Wing, Out Zone, Dogyuun
- Nobuo Uematsu – Final Fantasy series (except Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy and Final Fantasy XV), Apple Town Monogatari, Cruise Chaser Blassty, King's Knight, DynamiTracer, (with Yasunori Mitsuda and Junya Nakano), Ehrgeiz, Makaitoushi SaGa (Final Fantasy Legend I), (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 (Main Theme), and The Last Story
V
- Michiel van den Bos – Unreal, Age of Wonders, Unreal Tournament, Deus Ex, Overlord
- Jeff van Dyck – Audio Director of The Creative Assembly (Total War franchise), Electronic Arts sports games (e.g. Need for Speed)
- Cris Velasco – , God of War, Mass Effect 3, ZombiU
- Neil D. Voss – Tetrisphere, The New Tetris, Racing Gears Advance and others.
- Rich Vreeland – Puzzle Agent, , Fez, Runner 2, Hyper Light Drifter
- Chris Vrenna – American McGee's Alice, Doom 3, Quake 4
W
- Jph Wacheski
- Jack Wall – , , , Jade Empire, Mass Effect series
- Guy Whitmore – Blood, Claw, , Shivers, No One Lives Forever
- David Whittaker – many Atari 8-bit, C64, and Amiga games, including Amaurote, BMX Simulator, Colony, Grand Prix Simulator, Panther, Speedball, Shadow of the Beast and Obliterator
- Austin Wintory - Journey, flOw, , Tooth and Tail, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Abzu
- David Wise – All NES games by Rare, Donkey Kong Country series, Diddy Kong Racing, Jet Force Gemini, Star Fox Adventures, Wizards and Warriors series
- Jezz Woodroffe - Composed music to the two Horror Soft titles with Philip Nixon, and Waxworks.
- Tim Wright – Welsh composer who goes by the name CoLD SToRAGE, known for his work on Shadow of the Beast II, Shadow of the Beast III, Agony, Lemmings, Wipeout and Colony Wars
Y
- 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, , .
- Kenji Yamamoto – Super Metroid (with Minako Hamano), Metroid Prime series, , Famicom Tantei Club Part II, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Donkey Kong Country Returns (with Minako Hamano and Masaru Tajima)
- Michiru Yamane – Twinbee (NES), , , (with Soshiro Hokkai), (with Soshiro Hokkai and Takashi Yoshida), , , , (with Yuzo Koshiro), , Gungage (with Sōta Fujimori), Genso suikoden III (with Tadashi Yoshida and Masahiko Kimura)
- Akira Yamaoka – Silent Hill series,
- Toshiharu Yamanishi - Thunder Force series
- Kinuyo Yamashita – Castlevania, Esper Dream, Arumana no Kiseki, Stinger, Maze of Galious, Mega Man X3, Medabot, Bass Masters Classic, , WWF WrestleMania 2000, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Croc 2, Monsters, Inc., WWF Road to WrestleMania, , Keitai Denjū Telefang
- Yousuke Yasui - Eschatos, Ginga Force, Natsuki Chronicles
- Mahito Yokota – Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Super Mario Galaxy series, , New Super Mario Bros. U,
- Ryo Yonemitsu - Ys series
- Kenneth Young – Media Molecule, London Studio : LittleBigPlanet series, Tearaway series
- Yes - Homeworld
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Notes and References
- Web site: Willman . Chris . 2023-11-10 . 2024 Grammys Nominations Full List: SZA Leads With 9 Noms, Phoebe Bridgers Follows With 7 . 2024-02-23 . Variety . en-US.
