All-time best video game composer? (poll)

Nobuo Uematsu

Lionheart08

Nobuo Uematsurjdofu

Uematsu, second to none. hiphops_savior

This this and this, and an honorable mention goes to Marty O'Donnell for being awesome.

I stumbled upon this while googling

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503638

Nobuo Uematsu Who?

It's very hard to compare this when you consider how long games have been around, and how much game music has evolved. While I may love the classic Zelda NES theme, or Mega Man 2, it doesn't really compare to modern music, specifically the ochestra instilled in some modern games. 

I could probably write a book on music in movies, but I am a little less clear on music in games. Crysis 2's music, specifically the Hans Zimmer songs are some of the best I have heard in a long time though. Crysis 3 also has a few standout songs that are really incredible. Maybe including a Hans Zimmer song is a little cheap though, considering he is one of the best modern composers. 

SentientMind

I think japanese are better when it comes to game soundtracks...

Jason Hayes: Sali217

After 2 or 3 years of not playing I listened to the original Elwynn Forest music, and re-subbed last summer :P

I'm not playing anymore, thankfully, but it's amazing how powerful some of the World of Warcraft music is.

[QUOTE="SentientMind"]

It's very hard to compare this when you consider how long games have been around, and how much game music has evolved. While I may love the classic Zelda NES theme, or Mega Man 2, it doesn't really compare to modern music, specifically the ochestra instilled in some modern games. 

I could probably write a book on music in movies, but I am a little less clear on music in games. Crysis 2's music, specifically the Hans Zimmer songs are some of the best I have heard in a long time though. Crysis 3 also has a few standout songs that are really incredible. Maybe including a Hans Zimmer song is a little cheap though, considering he is one of the best modern composers. 

 

 

worldsucknow

I really hope you are joking. I don't know what's funnier, the fact that you are trying to say Hans Zimmer's, one of the greatest modern composers, makes "sucky" music, or your overuse of the word "sucky". Next you are probably going to tell me that John Williams "sucks"!:lol:

Get back to me when you have a resume that is half as good as Zimmer's. 

symphony music doesnt fit FPS/Action games.worldsucknow

Wrong. Just so wrong.

symphony music doesnt fit FPS/Action games.worldsucknow

Get the f*ck out.

Yasunori Mitsuda, Michiru Yamane, Masashi Hamauzu, Nobuo Uematsu, and Manabu Namiki are the best of the best.

EDIT: Also don't forget Koichi Sugiyama! Wrote and composed "Heavenly Flight" in 1986, and then put an NES rendition in Dragon Quest!

Yasunori Mitsuda needs more love.

 Oh and this is for Uematsu fans.

You're welcome!

Not meaning to be racist but it seems like you can just make up any gibberish name and fit right in with this threadSuddenlySudden

Yashamashi Nagasaki

Zami Nishioki

Wikiwoki Meshizuki

ALL, excellent, excellent composers. These guys have real vision and flair.

1:30 violin part doesnt exactly match the da da da dun part in halo ce theme it's not as memorable as the da da da dun part lol.

lol the violin note choice at 1:30 just doesnt sound all that great to me and takes away from the song actually for me.Uhhhhhoohhhuhhhoohh lol lol voices in the beggining and end blehhh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjvo0SPAOiQ

the da da da dun da da da  dun part sounds alright lol but 1:30 part just pisses me off.

I really love Martin O'Donnell and Hans Zimmer's (I'm referring to his video game work, but his movie work is amazing as well) stuff. ShaineTheNerd

Completely agree these are one of the select few who impress me.

[QUOTE="SuddenlySudden"]Not meaning to be racist but it seems like you can just make up any gibberish name and fit right in with this threadbalfe1990

Yashamashi Nagasaki

Zami Nishioki

Wikiwoki Meshizuki

ALL, excellent, excellent composers. These guys have real vision and flair.

Agreed. I also heard that Alfredo Hitcock and Sarumon Legolas are supposed to be pretty good. Too far ? It had to happen at some point :P

But seriously, I would swear by Toshio Hiroshima, he is an amazing composer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5otXNJpysc

This song rocks ass

Wow, it has to be that none of you know who Jeremy Soule is. He is hands down the best composer out of them all. I mean just for his amazing work with the Elder scrolls series and being the first composer to actually make some original Star Wars music (that fits and is amazing). His songs are the catchiest, original and most fitting for a specific universe.

Any time someone asks me about the best music in video games these games come to my mind instantly...

Works: Icewind Dale, Elder Scolls, Guild Wars, Dungeon Siege, KOTOR, Harry Potter, Total Annihilation, Putt-Putt, Bulder's Gate, along with many many more.

From that List Jeremy Soule, my personal fav is Yasunori Mitsuda because

Still the greatest song ever in a video game

Any answer besides Uematsu is flat out wrong.

Wow, it has to be that none of you know who Jeremy Soule is. He is hands down the best composer out of them all. I mean just for his amazing work with the Elder scrolls series and being the first composer to actually make some original Star Wars music (that fits and is amazing). His songs are the catchiest, original and most fitting for a specific universe.

Any time someone asks me about the best music in video games these games come to my mind instantly...

 

Works: Icewind Dale, Elder Scolls, Guild Wars, Dungeon Siege, KOTOR, Harry Potter, Total Annihilation, Putt-Putt, Bulder's Gate, along with many many more.

Stream_Beta

Second game had some great music, too.

Overall I'd go with Uematsu, but i feel Akira Yamaoka's best work is a notch above. (overall maybe not as great)

Harry Gregson Williams

Dan Forden

Nobuo Uematsu

Not meaning to be racist but it seems like you can just make up any gibberish name and fit right in with this threadSuddenlySudden

[QUOTE="epicgameplayer"]Off topic I dont go out of my way to listen to rock But If something sounds good its sounds good and i will like it no matter what it is IMO this is one of the greatest rock songs of all time BoxingandGaming

Necro quoting yourself now, brofist ?

You got issues bro.

Uematsu, second to none. hiphops_savior

[QUOTE="hiphops_savior"]Uematsu, second to none. Spartan070

YESBoxingandGaming

Whoever composed the tracks for Gears is best imo.

Worst would probably be the poor fool that composed the tracks in the Uncharted series.

Makes sense though since the Gears series has always been better in every way.

PS.  TLOU is the flop of all time.

[QUOTE="BoxingandGaming"]YESSuddenly_Wasted

Whoever composed the tracks for Gears is best imo.

Worst would probably be the poor fool that composed the tracks in the Uncharted series.

Makes sense though since the Gears series has always been better in every way.

PS.  TLOU is the flop of all time.