100 Greatest Video Game Music Composers (Revision Version)

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Criteria: Influence on video game music, acclaim as a video game composer, body of work (popularity, influence, acclaim of games they wrote music for).

1. Koji Kondo (Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)  
2. Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VI)
3. Yoko Shimomura (Street Fighter II, Kingdom Hearts)
4. Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross)
5. Hirokazu Tanaka (Earthbound, Metroid)
6. Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill)
7. David Wise (Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)
8. Jeremy Soule (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic)
9. Bobby Prince (Doom, Wolfenstein 3D)
10. Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage 2, Streets of Rage)
11. Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori (Halo: Combat Evolved, Destiny)
12. Masato Nakamura (Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2)
13. George "The Fat Man" Sanger (Wing Commander, The 7th Guest)
14. Masami Ueda (Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil)
15. Kazumi Totaka (Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: New Horizon)
16. Frank Klepacki (Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Blade Runner)
17. Michiru Yamane (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night)
18. Peter McConnell (Grim Fandango, Psychonauts)
19. Shoji Meguro (Persona 5, Persona 4)
20. Austin Wintory (Journey, Flow)
21. Harry Gregson-Williams (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty)
22. Woody Jackson (& Bill Elm) (Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2)
23. Junichi Masuda (Pokémon Red and Blue, Pokémon Gold and Silver)
24. Toby Fox (Undertale, Deltarune)
25. Koichi Sugiyama (Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest IV)
26. Grant Kirkhope (GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie)
27. Mahito Yokota (Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario 3D World)
28. Inon Zur (Fallout 3, Dragon Age: Origins)
29. Motoi Sakuraba (Dark Souls, Tales of Phantasia)
30. Jesper Kyd (Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Assassin's Creed)
31. Darren Korb (Bastion, Hades)
32. Hiroshi Kawaguchi (Hang-On, OutRun)
33. Michael Giacchino (Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Call of Duty)
34. Lena Raine (Minecraft, Celeste)
35. Jack Wall (Mass Effect 2, Jade Empire)
36. Garry Schyman (BioShock, Voyeur)
37. Clint Bajaikan (Outlaws, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis)
38. Michael Land (The Secret of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge)
39. Ogeretsu Kun (Mega Man 2)
40. Keiichi Okabe (Tekken 3, Nier: Automata)
41. Kenji Yamamoto (Super Metroid, Metroid Prime)
42. Christopher Larkin (Hollow Knight, Hollow Knight: Silksong)
43. Jessica Curry (Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Dear Esther)
44. Martin Stig Andersen (Inside, Limbo)
45. Danny Baranowsky (Super Meat Boy, The Binding of Isaac)
46. Jake 'Virt' Kaufman (Shovel Knight, Shantae: Risky's Revenge)
47. Miki Higashino (Gradius, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
48. Marcin Przybylowicz (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077)
49. Hiroki Kikuta (Secret of Mana, Trials of Mana)
50. Kinuyo Yamashita (Castlevania, Snatcher)
51. Tokuhiko Uwabo (Phantasy Star II, Alex Kidd in Miracle World)
52. Jeff Briggs (Civilization, Civilization ll)
53. Greg Edmonson (Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune)
54. Matt Uelmen (Diablo, Diablo II)
55. Rob Hubbard (Monty On the Run, International Karate)
56. Martin Galway (Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Stryker's Run)
57. Tim Follin (Solstice, Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future)
58. Tim Wright (Wipeout 2097, Lemmings)
59. Alexander Brandon (Deus Ex, Deus Ex: Human Revolution)
60. Kelly Bailey (Half-Life 2, Half-Life)
61. Mike Morasky (Portal 2, Portal)
62. Kow Otani (Shadow of the Colossus, Heavy Metal Thunder)
63. Yuu Miyake (Katamari Damacy, Tekken 4)
64. Gustavo Santaolalla (The Last of Us, The Last of Us Part ll)
65. Hitoshi Sakimoto & Masaharu Iwata (Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII)
66. Sascha Dikiciyan/Sonic Mayhem (Quake II, Hellgate: London)
67. Mick Gordon (Doom, Doom Eternal)
68. Winifred Phillips (God of War, Assassin's Creed III: Liberation)
69. Michiru Oshima (Legend of Legaia, Ico)
70. Gordy Haab (Star Wars: Battlefront, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor)
71. Cris Velasco (God of War 3, Company of Heroes 2)
72. Jerry Martin (The Sims, SimCity 4)
73. Kenta Nagata (Mario Kart 64, Mario Kart: Double Dash)
74. Gareth Coker (Ori and the Blind Forest, Halo Infinite)
75. Normand Corbeil (Heavy Rain, Fahrenheit)
76. Mark Morgan (Fallout, Fallout 2)
77. Nathan McCree (Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider ll)
78. Stephen & David Rippy (Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Age of Empires)
79. C418 (Minecraft)
80. Minako Hamano (Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion)
81. Motohiro Kawashima (Streets of Rage 2, Streets of Rage 3)
82. Shusaku Uchiyama (Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil)
83. Bear McCreary (God of War, God of War Ragnarök)
84. Paul Romero (Heroes of Might & Magic lll, Heroes of Might & Magic ll)
85. James Hannigan (Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Dead Space 3)
86. ACE (Xenoblade Chronicles, Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
87. Masashi Hamauzu (Final Fantasy XIIl, Final Fantasy Vll Remake)
88. Toru Minegishi (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Splatoon)
89. Hideki Nagahuma (Jet Set Radio, Jet Set Radio Future)
90. Yuka Kitamura (Dark Souls ll, Dark Souls lll)
91. Jun Ishikawa (Kirby's Dream Land, Kirby Super Star)
92. Hirokazu Ando (Kirby's Adventure, Super Smash Bros.)
93. Hidenori Maezawa (Contra, Super Contra)
94. Neal Acree (Diablo III, Overwatch)
95. Hajime Wakai (Star Fox 64, Pikmin)
96. Kristofer Maddigan (Cuphead)
97. Josh Mancell (Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy)
98. Kenneth C M Young (LittleBigPlanet, LittleBigPlanet 2)
99. Naoki Kodaka (Batman, Spy Hunter)
100. Jason Hayes (World of Warcraft)

Stewart Copeland (Spyro the Dragon, Spyro: Year of the Dragon)
Dean Evans (Waterworld, Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter)
Jason Graves (Dead Space, Tomb Raider)
Simon & Alan Hale (L.A. Noire)
Mieko Ishikawa (Dragon Slayer, Ys)
Noriyuki Iwadare (Lunar: The Silver Star, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations)
Tee Lopes (Sonic Mania, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge)
Yasunori Nishiki (Octopath Traveler, Octopath Traveler II)
Terry Scott Taylor (The Neverhood)
Jun Senoue (Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic Adventure)
Ryu Umemoto (Desire, YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world)
Michael Wandmacher (Bloodborne, Twisted Metal)
David Whittaker (Shadow of the Beast, Obliterator)