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[Hashassin]

I don't know what a bafta is, but she deserves all of them.

 

[Hideous Snake]

Well fucking deserved.

 

[kanjobazooie]

Long overdue.

 

[Loomy]

Some incredibly memorably works from her.

 

[PJX]

Well fucking deserved. She is one of the best to do it. She is also one of the nicest people I've met.

 

[Hookshot]

Yoko? O no!

She's been doing it for donkeys years and did Guiles theme so it's deserved.

 

[ssringo]

Yoko Shimomura - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So much great work from her over the decades.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Here's the list with all the BAFTA Fellowship recipients from the games category:

• 2007 - Will Wright
• 2009 - Nolan Bushnell
• 2010 - Shigeru Miyamoto
• 2011 - Peter Molyneux
• 2013 - Gabe Newell
• 2014 - Rockstar Games (award accepted by Dan Houser, Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies, and Aaron Garbut)
• 2015 - David Braben
• 2016 - John Carmack
• 2018 - Tim Schafer
• 2020 - Hideo Kojima
• 2021 - Siobhan Reddy
• 2023 - Shuhei Yoshida
• 2025 - Yoko Shimomura

 

[Gambit2483]

Yoko's a GOAT. Well deserved.

 

[Mr Hyde]

One of the GOAT composers. She have crafted some of my favorite soundtracks. Parasite Eve. Final Fantasy 15. Legend of Mana. She's up there with Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobou Uematsu as my favorite composers.

 

[poodaddy]

One of the GOAT composers. She have crafted some of my favorite soundtracks. Parasite Eve. Final Fantasy 15. Legend of Mana. She's up there with Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobou Uematsu as my favorite composers.

Yeah she's literally my favorite of all time.

This is far, far overdue, she deserves to be one of the most known composers in the world, not just the industry. Incredible talent.

 

[Zephyranthes]

The woman is a living legend among gaming composers. She deserves any and all flowers directed her way.

It's telling that her work on FFXV is pretty much the only aspect of that game that was universally praised.

 

[yurinka]

Well deserved, her job making part of the SF2 songs alone plus at other Capcom games justifies it.

Here's the list with all the BAFTA Fellowship recipients from the games category:

• 2007 - Will Wright
• 2009 - Nolan Bushnell
• 2010 - Shigeru Miyamoto
• 2011 - Peter Molyneux
• 2013 - Gabe Newell
• 2014 - Rockstar Games (award accepted by Dan Houser, Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies, and Aaron Garbut)
• 2015 - David Braben
• 2016 - John Carmack
• 2018 - Tim Schafer
• 2020 - Hideo Kojima
• 2021 - Siobhan Reddy
• 2023 - Shuhei Yoshida
• 2025 - Yoko Shimomura

Good list, but it misses Yu Suzuki

 

[Deft Beck]

Well deserved. Stands up there with Nobou Uematsu as one of the best Japanese game composers of all time.

 

[Banjo64]

I see the BAFTAs mentioned on GAF more than anywhere else. Never met a single person who gives a toss about them in real life.

 

[Durin]

Deserved, she's one of the best game composers out there.

I'll listen to her soundtracks for games I don't even like.

 

[Soltype]

Well deserved, Japanese composers in general don't get enough credit, some of these men and women have been pumping out high quality music for close to 40 years or more.

 

[Labadal]

A legend of the industry.

 

[Neff]

They better play the Guile theme when she receives it