Motoi Sakuraba

He's actually one of my favorite VGM composers. I like the ethereal and mystical quality that many of his softer tracks have as well as the energy of his dungeon and battle themes. I guess he isn't for everyone, but I find that his music tends to work very well in context, and that suits me just fine. My top favorites of his would have to be Valkyrie Profile (don't much like the arrange album though and I haven't heard the voice mix album), Star Ocean 2 (arrange album is good too and the megamix is...different; I know he didn't arrange the latter), and Shining the Holy Ark (arrange album is fantastic), but I'm usually at least okay with whatever he does, even if it's your standard Tales soundtrack that doesn't stand out much.

Jam it back in, in the dark.