The Classic FM Hall of Fame, an annual compilation of the 300 most popular classical works decided upon via a public vote, has announced some developments notable to video games.
Glad to see it. The soundtrack for XV is incredible.
Nevermind that Shimonura deserves it for other major works, like Kingdom Hearts or, amazingly enough, Mario RPG (those who say you can’t remember her songs, fucking Mushroom Forest lives rent free in my head since the 90s). XV isn’t even her best work!
Fun fact, she worked on Street Fighter 2 way back when. From an interview I read, she wrote Blanca’s theme inspired by a day watching and listening to a plastic bag stuck in a subway system (the beat does sound like a train on rails, iirc). I’d dig up the article, but it’s probably been close to a decade since reading it.
Nevermind that Shimonura deserves it for other major works, like Kingdom Hearts or, amazingly enough, Mario RPG (those who say you can’t remember her songs, fucking Mushroom Forest lives rent free in my head since the 90s). XV isn’t even her best work!
Fun fact, she worked on Street Fighter 2 way back when. From an interview I read, she wrote Blanca’s theme inspired by a day watching and listening to a plastic bag stuck in a subway system (the beat does sound like a train on rails, iirc). I’d dig up the article, but it’s probably been close to a decade since reading it.