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nobuo uematsu is possibly the most famous and well acclaimed video game composer of all time. indisputably he's in the top 3. and i'm gonnna say it: he's probably still underrated

I think if you made a top 5 vgm composers of all time list, and they all regularly worked with Square, you'd still have a hard time disagreeing with it on principle

Mizuta, Hamauzu, Ito, Nishiki, etc etc

shimomura is the obvious number 2 in this fight

tbh I think older Yoko's work is unassailable but newer stuff... not the same tier.

neither is uematsu's but thats fine he's the goat so he's allowed to show up every few years to force them to put in the worst power ballad you've ever heard into every final fantasy. it's one of his charm points

tbh I think a lot of 'later career' Uematsu is excellent. I think Lost Odyssey is his best overall score as a cohesive whole. I do think when you listen to like Dungeon Encounters or Fantasian he has now reached the 'just playing my hits' phase of his career though