One of video gaming’s greatest composers owes his name-recognition fame to his mom soranews24.com

The heartwarming tale of how Yuzo Koshiro became famous in an era when game developers worked in obscurity also has a Studio Ghibli connection.
Yuzo Koshiro has been one of the video game industry’s most famous and respected music composers for decades.
Once he grew up and started working professionally, she was still looking out for him, and suggested that he ask video game publishers to list his name on the title screen.
In 1990, Yuzo and Tomo co-founded the Tokyo-based video game development company Ancient, where his sister, Ayano, has also worked as a graphic artist.
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