List of computer and video game music composers
Sorted alphabetically by last name.
A.
- Satou Akira - Raiden , Raiden II
- Tilo Alpermann - The Night of the Rabbit
- Masamicz Amano - Quest 64
- Shinobu Amayake - Stunt Race FX
- Hirokazu Ando - Super Smash Bros. Series, Kirby games
- Hidehito Aoki - Persona
- Yoshino Aoki - Capcom : Mega Man X3 (Capcom Sound Team), Breath of Fire III (with Akari Kaida), Breath of Fire IV
- Satoshi Arai - Ys V: Ushinawareta Sunano Miyako Kefin (from the Ys series)
- David Arkenstone - Lands of Lore 1-3 , World of Warcraft
- Noriyuki Asakura - Tenchu series, Way of the Samurai series
B.
- Clint Bajakian - LucasArts : Outlaws
- John Baker - Toejam - & - Earl Series
- James Banana - See Kinuyo Yamashita
- Taro Bando - Super Mario Kart , F-Zero X , F-Zero GX
- Andrew Barnabas - MediEvil
- Laura Barratt - Master of Orion 2nd
- Robin Beanland - Rare : Killer Instinct , Killer Instinct 2 , Conker's Bad Fur Day , GoldenEye 007 , Perfect Dark
- Patrick Becher - BUGOFNCI : Battle Tiger
- Christoph Bergmann - Street Gang , Master Blaster , Zounds
- Alexander Brandon - Epic Games : Unreal , Unreal Tournament , Tyrian , Jazz Jackrabbit 2 ; Ion Storm : Deus Ex
- Andy Brick - SimCity 4 , The Sims 2
- Allister Brimble - Alien Breed series, Full Contact , Colonization , Mortal Kombat 1 & 2 , Dungeon Master II , many other games, including for the Amiga
- Eric Brosius - Thief series
- Bill Brown - Command & Conquer: Generals , Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon , Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six , Lineage II
- Bun Bun - Capcom : Mega Man 3 , Mega Man 4
C.
- Jun Chiki Chikuma - Hudson Soft : Faxanadu , Adventure Island , Bomberman series
- Donnie Christianson - Damnation the Game , Posertrax music library
- Mike Clarke - Formula 1 series, Destruction Derby series, LifeForce: Tenka , Psybadek , Music , Music 2000 , MTV Music Generator 3
- Mark Cooksey - Ghosts' n Goblins
- Stewart Copeland - Spyro series
- Jim Cuomo - Defender of the Crown
D.
- Ben Daglish - numerous games for C64 games from the 80s and 90s
- Charles Deenen - MC Kids , The Lost Vikings
- Fabian Del Priore - Cultures series, X series, main composer of the Merregnon project
- Taylor Davis - best known for his violin cover version on YouTube
- Thomas Detert
- Sascha Dikiciyan - Quake II , Mass Effect 2 & 3
- Howard Drossin - Comix Zone , Sonic Spinball
- Simon D'Souza - The Journey Down
E.
F.
- Eveline Fischer - u. a. Donkey Kong Country (with David Wise and Robin Beanland), Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest , Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (with David Wise), Donkey Kong Land III , Donkey Kong 64 , Banjo-Pilot , Banjo-Kazooie
- Geoff Follin - Gauntlet III (with Tim Follin), Psycho Pigs UXB (with Tim Follin), Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (with Tim Follin), Altered Space , Sly Spy
- Tim Follin - Ghouls' n Ghosts ( Amiga and C64 version), Ecco the Dolphin ( Dreamcast ), X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse ( Super Nintendo ), other pieces for video games of the 8-bit and 16-bit era
- Dan Forden - Mortal Kombat series
- Hiroshi Fujioka - Growlanser II , Growlanser III , Langrisser III
- Matt Furniss - various games for the Sega Master System and the Sega Mega Drive
G
- Kyle Gabler - World of Goo
- Martin Galway - Arkanoid , Green Beret , Rambo - First Blood Part 2 , Parallax , Wizball , Times of Lore , Wing Commander 2
- Andrew Gannon - Furious Karting , Gran Turismo 4 , Race Driver 3
- Michael Giacchino - Medal of Honor Series
- Gary Gilbertson - The Tail of Beta Lyrae , Alternate Reality .
- Fred Gray
- Gustaf Grefberg - Enclave , The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
- Harry Gregson-Williams - Metal Gear Solid 2 , Metal Gear Solid 3 , Call of Duty 4
- Aaron Grier - Star Control 2 (with Dan Nicholson, Erol Otus, Kevin Palivec, Marc Brown, Riku Nuottajärvi, Tommy Dunbar)
- Olof Gustafsson - Digital Illusions CE : Pinball Fantasies , Pinball Illusions , Pinball Dreams , Benefactor
- Reeves Gabrels - Deus Ex , Deus Ex: Invisible War .
- Brigitte Gertz Summer Events (C16) u. a.
H
- Minako Hamano - Super Metroid (with Kenji Yamamoto), Metroid Fusion , Metroid: Zero Mission
- Masashi Hamauzu - SaGa Frontier 2 , Tobal No. 1 , Final Fantasy X (with Nobuo Uematsu and Junya Nakano)
- Kentarō Haneda - Wizardry series
- James Hannigan - Catwoman , Republic: The Revolution BAFTA -nominated 2003, Freelancer , Brute Force , Sim Theme Park BAFTA-Winner 2000, Grand Prix 4 , Reign of Fire , Privateer 2: The Darkening , Evil Genius , Advance Wars: Under Fire , Blue Vault , Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat , FIFA Soccer Manager , FA Premier League Manager BAFTA-nominated 2000, F1 , Conquest: Frontier Wars , Infestation , Action Man , Sim Coaster , F1 Manager
- Chihiro Harada - Gitarooman
- Kurt Harland - Soul Reaver
- Saki Haruyama - Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- Hikoshi Hashimoto - Run Saber
- Jason Hayes - World of Warcraft
- Jim Hedges - Soul Reaver 2
- Steve Henifin - Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain , Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
- Dan Hess - Pilotwings 64
- Norihiko Hibino - Metal Gear: Ghost Babel , Zone of the Enders , Metal Gear Sōolid 2: Sons of Liberty , Boktai , Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
- Miki Higashino - Genso Suikoden , Genso Suikoden II , Genso Suikogaiden series
- Masanori Hikichi - Terranigma
- Yoshito Hirano - Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- Jochen Hippel - Amberstar , Wings of Death , Lethal Xcess , Chambers of Shaolin , Gates of Jambala
- Hajime Hirasawa
- Ogura Hisayoshi - Zuntata Sound Team, Darius , Darius II (also called Sagaia ), Darius Gaiden , G Darius , Night Striker , The Ninja Warriors
- Michael Hoenig - Baldur's Gate , Baldur's Gate 2
- Markus Holler - Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl
- Toshihiko Horiyama - Mega Man X4
- Shinji Hosoe - Dragon Spirit , Metroid Prime , Xenosaga Episode II: Beyond Good and Evil
- Ben Houge - Arcanum
- Rob Hubbard - numerous games for the C64
- Chris Hülsbeck - Apidya , Great Giana Sisters , Turrican -Reihe, Tunnel B1 , R-Type (C64 with Ramiro Vaca , Amiga theme music), Rogue Squadron , To be on Top , Crystal Hammer , etc. a.
- Tsukumo Hyakutarou - Blast Wind , Hyper Duel , Thunder Force V
I.
- Tadashi Ikegami - Super Smash Bros. Melee
- Tsuneo Imahori - Gungrave
- Naoto Ishida
- Jun Ishikawa - Kirby Row , Alcahest
- Daisuke Ishiwatari - Guilty Gear series
- Kenji Ito - Final Fantasy Legend 2 , SaGa series, Seiken Densetsu 1 , Koi ha Balance: Battle of Lovers , Tobal No. 1 , Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu
- Hiroshi Iuchi - Ikaruga
- Noriyuki Iwadare - Lunar series, Grandia series, Growlanser
- Takayuki Iwai - X-Men vs. Street Fighter
- Tappy Iwase - Policenauts , Metal Gear Solid
- Masaharu Iwata - Final Fantasy Tactics (with Hitoshi Sakimoto), Stella Deus (with Hitoshi Sakimoto)
J
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- Yuko Kadota - X-Men vs. Street Fighter
- Naoki Kaneda - Ys V: Ushinawareta Sunano Miyako Kefin (from the Ys series)
- Yumiko Kanki
- Yōko Kanno - Genghis Khan , Ragnarok Online 2
- Shigeru Kanno - Genghis Khan
- Yasuhiro Kawasaki - High density variation
- Hiroki Kikuta - Secret of Mana , Seiken Densetsu 3 , Soukaigi , Koudelka
- Rob King - Heroes of Might and Magic 4
- Yoshihiko Kitamura - Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- Grant Kirkhope - Rare : Banjo-Kazooie , GoldenEye 007 , Perfect Dark , Blast Corps , Donkey Kong 64 , Donkey Kong Land 2
- Frank Klepacki - Westwood Studios : Dune series from Dune II - Fight for Arrakis ; entire Command & Conquer series; Pytroglyth Games
- Chiho Kobayashi - Key of Avalon
- Keiki Kobayashi - Ace Combat
- Miyoko Kobayashi - Terranigma
- Saori Kobayashi - Panzer Dragoon series
- Kōji Kondō - Nintendo : Super Mario games, Zelda games, Star Fox games, others
- Yūzō Koshiro - Ys , ActRaiser , Shenmue
- Konami Kukeiha Club - Castlevania 1–3 for the Nintendo Entertainment System , others
- Jesper Kyd - Hitman series Freedom Fighters , MDK 2
- Koichi Kyuma - Metroid Prime
L.
- Michael Land - LucasArts : Monkey Island Series, X Wing Series, The Dig
- Barry Leitch - Germlin : Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
- Russell Lieblich - early Intellivision games
- Al Lowe - Sierra On-Line : Leisure Suit Larry
- Dave Lowe
- Bjørn Lynne - Worms series
M.
- Jun'ichi Masuda - Pokémon Games
- Noriko Matsueda - Bahamut Lagoon , Chrono Trigger , Tobal No. 1 , The Bouncer , Final Fantasy X-2
- Peter McConnell - Grim Fandango
- Joe Mcdermott - Zombies Ate My Neighbors
- Robyn Miller - Myst , Riven
- Yasunori Mitsuda - Square : Chrono Trigger , Front Mission: Gun Hazard (with Nobuo Uematsu and Junya Nakano), Radical Dreamers , Chrono Cross , Xenogears , Xenosaga ; Shadow Hearts , Legaia 2: Duel Saga
- Naoshi Mizuta - Rockman & Forte , Parasite Eve 2 , Final Fantasy XI
- Mark Morgan - Fallout , Planescape: Torment , Zork Nemesis
- Mike Morasky - Portal , Portal 2 , Team Fortress 2 , Left 4 Dead , Left 4 Dead 2 , Counter-Strike: Global Offensive , Day of Defeat: Source
- Akihiko Mori - Mystic Arc , Wonder Project J series
- Rika Muranaka - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night , Silent Hill , Metal-Gear-Solid -series (any end music)
- Kazuki Muraoka - Metal Gear , Metal Gear Solid , Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
N
- Junya Nakano - Front Mission: Gun Hazard , Dew Prism ( Threads of Fate in the US), Tobal No. 1 , Final Fantasy X
- Akito Nakatsuka - Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
- Manabu Namiki
- Michiko Naruke - Wild ARMs series
- Spender Nilsen - Ecco the Dolphin (Mega CD), Batman's Return (Mega CD), Sonic CD (US Version)
- Paul Norman - Aztec Challenge , Forbidden Foreat
O
- Martin O'Donnell - Halo: Battle for the Future , Halo 2 and Halo 3
- Masanori Oodachi - Konami : Castlevania series
P
- Stéphane Picq - Cryo : Dune , Lost Eden
- Robert Prince ( Bobby Prince ) - id Software : Commander Keen 4-6, Wolfenstein 3D , Doom and Doom II; Duke Nukem 3D , Rise of the Triad
R.
- Trent Reznor - Quake , Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Kai Rosenkranz - Gothic , Gothic 2 , Gothic 3 , Risen
- Stephen Rippy - Halo Wars
S.
- Hitoshi Sakimoto - Final Fantasy Tactics series, Final Fantasy XII , Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter , Vagrant Story , others
- Motoi Sakuraba - Tales of Phantasia , Star Ocean Series, Golden Sun Series, Eternal Sonata (Trusty Bell) others
- George Alistair "The Fat Man" Sanger - Maniac Mansion , LOOM , Wing Commander , The 7th Guest , Master of Orion , others
- Ryuji Sasai - Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest , Bushido Blade 2 , ( Final Fantasy Legend III ), Rudora no Hihou
- Tenpei Sato - Marl Series, Disgaea , Phantom Brave
- Kevin Saville - Independence War , Front Pigs
- Kazuo Sawa - Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-kun , River City Ransomware
- Andrew G. Sega - Unreal
- Mark Seibert - Sierra On-Line : Quest for Glory series, King's Quest series
- Hannes Seifert - 1869 , Whale's Voyage
- 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: Minstral Saga , Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
- Miyamo Shant - Guardian Legend and Zanac
- Russell Shaw - Fable
- Ichiro Shimakura - Mario Party 3-5
- Yōko Shimomura - Front Mission Series, Live-A-Live , Super Mario RPG (with Nobuo Uematsu and Koji Kondo), Chocobo Stallion , Parasite Eve , Kingdom Hearts
- Yasunori Shiono - Lufia series
- Atsushi Shirakawa - Ys V: Ushinawareta Sunano Miyako Kefin (from the Ys series)
- Jeremy Soule - Oblivion , Secret of Evermore , Total Annihilation , Morrowind , Dungeon Siege , Guild Wars , Prey
- Glenn Stafford - Blizzard : Justice League Task Force , The Lost Vikings , Blackthorne , StarCraft , Warcraft series, World of Warcraft , Diablo series
- Rudolf Stember ( Factor 5 )
- Rai Streubel (Clockwork, cccp, milleplateauxmedia)
- Koichi Sugiyama - Gandara , Dragon Quest Series, EVO: Search for Eden , Hanjyuku Hero Series, Itadaki Street 2: Neon Sign ha Bara Iro ni , Monopoly (Japanese version), Syvalion , Wingman , Wingman Special
- Keiichi Suzuki - Earthbound
- David Font "synchrnzr" - Yume , Legend of the Dragon , ONE Sequel
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- Yasuhiko Takashiba - Super Earth Defense Force , Tuff Enuff
- Hirohiko Takayama - Xexyz
- Yukehide Takekawa - Soul Blazer
- Tommy Tallarico - Earthworm Jim , Treasures of the Deep , Spot Goes To Hollywood , MDK , Maximo: Ghosts to Glory , Wild 9 , Cool Spot , Advent Rising
- Hirokazu 'Hip' Tanaka - Nintendo : Balloon Fight , Earthbound , Kid Icarus , Metroid , Super Mario Land ; President of Creatures
- Kohei Tanaka - Paladin's Quest , Paladin's Quest 2 ( Lennus 2 ), Xardion
- Shinobu Tanaka - Luigi's Mansion , Super Mario Sunshine , others
- Kumi Tanioka - Final Fantasy XI , Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
- Souji Taro - Konami : Castlevania series, Axelay
- Tsukasa Tawata - Super Earth Defense Force , Ihatova Monogatari , Thoroughbred Breeder 3
- Jeroen Tel - Cybernoid , Cybernoid II , Eliminator
- Christopher Tin - Civilization IV , theme song Baba Yetu
- Amon Tobin - Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
- Kazumi Totaka - Nintendo : Super Mario Land 2 , Yoshi's Story , Doubutsu no Mori , Luigi's Mansion , Pokémon Ruby , Pikmin 2 and Sapphire
- Yuka Tsujiyoko - Fire Emblem Series, Paper Mario
U
- Matt Uelmen - Warcraft 2 , Diablo , Diablo II , Torchlight series
- Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger (with Yasunori Mitsuda and Noriko Matsueda), others
- Tatsuya Uemura - Zero Wing
- Philip Ulrich - Dune
- Masami Ueda - Resident Evil 2 , Viewtiful Joe
V
- Ramiro Vaca - Turrican
- Cris Velasco - God of War (I-III), Mass Effect 2 & 3
- Chris Vrenna - Quake III Arena , American McGee's Alice , Need for Speed: Most Wanted
W.
- Hajime Wakai ( Nintendo )
- David Whittaker - many games for C64 , Atari 800XL and Amiga , such as Speedball , Shadow of the Beast and Obliterator
- David Wise - Rare : Donkey Kong Country Series, Diddy Kong Racing , Star Fox Adventures
- Tim "CoLD SToRAGE" Wright - Psygnosis : Wipeout , Lemmings , Colony Wars
- Daniel J. Wentz - Volition
Y
- Kenji Yamamoto - Nintendo : Metroid Prime series, other Metroid games
- Norihiko Yamanuki - The 7th Saga
- Kinuyo Yamashita - Konami : Castlevania , Vampire Killer
- Mahito Yokota - Nintendo: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat , Super Mario Galaxy , Super Mario Galaxy 2
Z
- Inon Zur - Baldur's Gate 2: Throne Of Bhaal , Icewind Dale II , Crysis , Prince of Persia - Warrior Within , Prince of Persia - The Two Thrones , Prince of Persia (2008) - Fallout 3 - Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2