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Yasunori Mitsuda (光田 康典, Mitsuda Yasunori, born January 21, 1972) is a Japanese composer and musician. He is best known for his work in video games, primarily for the Chrono, Xeno, Shadow Hearts, and Inazuma Eleven franchises, among various others.
Mar 9, 2016 · Yasunori Mitsuda is undoubtedly one of the greatest video game composers working today, having created some of the most enduring pieces of video game music of the last 20 plus years.
Yasunori Mitsuda is a Japanese composer, sound designer, and musician. He is best known for his work for developer Squaresoft (now Square Enix), having composed the scores for their role-playing video games Chrono Trigger (1995), its sequel Chrono Cross (1999), and Xenogears (1998).
Though now recognized as one of video gaming’s foremost composers, Yasunori Mitsuda nearly quit his position at game developer Square after being relegated only to sound effect projects.
Yasunori Mitsuda is a noted composer well regarded in the video game industry, most famous for his work on Xenogears and Chrono Trigger. He is the founder of Procyon Studio, a versatile sound studio, and the Sleigh Bells/Procyon Studio publishing label.
He developed individuality as a game music composer by crafting sentimental and spiritual pieces with organic and worldly instruments. It also featured the first ballad to feature on a Square video game — the Celtic ending theme "Small Two of Pieces" sung by Joanne Hogg.
Jan 13, 2022 · This thoughtful interview with composer Yasunori Mitsuda from 2003 was originally featured in game hihyou. Mitsuda discusses various aspects of his creative process, including his studio setup, his inspirations and favorite pieces of music, and how he approaches composing for video games.
