The first soundtrack she worked on at the company was for Samurai Sword in 1988. While working for Capcom, Shimomura contributed to the soundtracks of over 16 games, including the successful Street Fighter II, which she composed all but three pieces for. Her family and instructors were dismayed with her change in focus, as video game music was not well respected, and "they had paid tuition for an expensive music school and couldn't understand why would accept such a job", but Shimomura accepted the job at Capcom anyway. Capcom invited her in for an audition and interview, and she was offered a job there. Upon graduation, Shimomura intended to become a piano instructor and was extended a job offer to become a piano teacher at a music store, but as she had been an avid gamer for many years she decided to send some samples of her work to various video game companies that were recruiting at the university. Shimomura attended Osaka College of Music, and graduated as a piano major in 1988. She began composing her own music by playing the piano randomly and pretending to compose, eventually coming up with her own pieces, the first of which she says she still remembers how to play. She developed an interest for music at a young age, and started taking piano lessons "at the age of four or five".
Shimomura was born on October 19, 1967, in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. She is also a member of the music label Brave Wave Productions. Music from several of her games have been published as arranged albums and piano scores. Her works have gained a great deal of popularity and have been performed in multiple video game music concerts. Other well-known games Shimomura has worked on include Super Mario RPG, the Mario & Luigi series, Parasite Eve, Legend of Mana, and Xenoblade Chronicles. Despite leaving Square Enix, she has continued to work with them in later Kingdom Hearts entries and other games such as The 3rd Birthday and Final Fantasy XV. She founded a music production company, Midiplex, the following year. She would later become better known for writing the music for Kingdom Hearts, which was her last game at Square before leaving to become a freelancer in 2002. Shimomura left Capcom and joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1993, with her first project there being Live A Live. She wrote music for several games there, including Final Fight, Street Fighter II, and The King of Dragons. She graduated from the Osaka College of Music in 1988 and began working in the video game industry by joining Capcom the same year.
Yoko Shimomura ( 下村 陽子, Shimomura Yōko, born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese composer and pianist primarily known for her work in video games such as the Kingdom Hearts series.
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