As a gift to all his fans on the day of Christmas, the composer Yoko Shimomura has published an arrangement in a Christmas version of Dearly Beloved, the main theme of all the chapters of the saga of Kingdom Hearts. As can be seen from the video description, it will only be available for a limited time. You can find the aforementioned video at the top of the article. For the uninitiated Yoko Shimomura is a Japanese composer and pianist, known mainly for her work in the videogame field.
Shimomura has been working in this industry since she graduated fromOsaka College of Music in 1988. From then until 1993 worked for Capcom, where he composed all or part of the soundtracks of sixteen video games, including Final Fight e Street Fighter II: The World Warrior. The period in which the composer made herself known to the general public is linked to her collaboration with Square, during which he composed for eight other games. Specifically, Shimomura became famous thanks to the soundtrack of Kingdom Hearts, composed before becoming a freelance. Despite starting to work on her own, the composer nevertheless continued to work on various titles Square Enix, including all subsequent games belonging to the Kingdom Hearts saga.
