When it comes to famous Nintendo composers, Koji Kondo is usually the first name to come to mind, due in no small part to his significant contributions to the Super Mario and Legend of Zelda series'. One composer's name that you may not be quite so familiar with is that of Tomoya Tomita, yet he also has an impressive resume, with titles such as Kirby's Epic Yarn and Yoshi's Woolly World to his name, along with several Castlevania games.
Tomita worked for Konami for several years before moving on to work at Good-Feel Games, but now the composer has left the latter studio and gone freelance. As a result, he began a YouTube channel to market himself, and included playlists with his complete work on Wario Land: Shake It!, Kirby's Epic Yarn, and Yoshi's Woolly World. For that last one, he even included tracks that didn't make it into the final cut of the game, for one reason or another, and they're certainly worth a listen.
What do you think? Do you like the work that Tomita has done? What do you think he might end up working on next? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source gamingreinvented.com]
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Honestly really excited for this, I occasionally listen to the woolly world soundtrack for study music. It's so relaxing!
Nice...
His piano version of the Halberd theme really resonated with me, pun not intended (or was it?). Sad to see we won't hear his music in future Good Feel Games, er... games.
I loved most of the soundtrack to Yoshi's WW but the title screen music has to be my favourite.Sets the mood perfectly for the game.
Great guitar in Yoshi. Might not be able to help myself double dipping on 3DS
Love the Woolly World soundtrack.
Playing the game at the moment with my daughters whilst on holidays.
I wish him the best of luck on going freelance.
I love Tomita's work! When I'm on the road, one of the albums I always cycle is Kirby's Epic Yarn, which I ripped off my copy of the game and tagged appropriately.
I wish him good luck on his future endeavours!
This is sad news. Yoshi Woolly World has a great soundtrack.
Kirby's Epic Yarn and Yoshi's Woolly World had outstanding soundtracks! The man is a fantastic composer, and I hope he will still contribute to future Nintendo games!
That game was one of the very best experiences on Wii U, and its soundtrack played a considerable role in that.
I guess it's possible that he'll continue to work for Good Feel on a freelance basis...
Both games have amazing soundtracks. Hopefully he composes for future Nintendo titles.
;P
I too loved YWW soundtrack. This is a shame but hopefully his future work makes it on to the Switch.
Absolutely love the music in Yoshi's Woolly World, so so good, I love that game. Good luck to him.
That's too bad; his work on YWW is some of the best VGM to come out this side of the millennium. Now if there's ever a sequel (Woolly World 2: Knit Harder?) it won't quite be the same. Oh well, best of luck to him.
His music helped give those games so much charm. I need to get back to Wario Land: Shake It. I never did get that done 100% yet.
Kirby's Epic Yarn has one of my favorite video game soundtracks ever. I absolutely love everything about it. Sad to see him go, but excited to see what he does next!
I cannot believe the bug in Woolly World where the game stutters intermittently if you have the gamepad screen turned off still has not been fixed.
Solid soundtrack though.
Shake dimension had great music, Epic yarn probably had even better music, Wooly world was a bit less but still good.
Kirby's Epic Yarn and Yoshi's Woolly World had some of the best music in video games in my opinion. Absolutely fantastic soundtracks!
I loved the music in YWW, even if at times it was slightly too relaxing for the game.
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