Are There Any Up-And-Coming Composers?

Pretty much all the Basiscape mini-composers (except Iwata, who's been around for ages) have the opportunity to be up and comers if they get more solo work. In a way, it's not unlike Hans Zimmer's studio, which saw composers like John Powell and HGW work as understudies before branching off on their own.

I'd add Masayoshi Soken, who I think has potential as a composer, Takeharu Ishimoto, who I think should leave the field immediately and never return, and Takayuki Mitsuhara, whose work on Deep Labyrinth was rather impressive.

On the Western side, keep an eye on James Hannigan, who's set to break out after his Harry Potter score. I'm very interested to see what Chris Tilton does next as well.

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Originally Posted by Mr. X

I'm not sure if Basiscape intends to see its composers branch out.

Perhaps not, but that doesn't preclude them from leaving the company to strike out on their own.

Originally Posted by datschge

I can't be the only one scratching my head over your mention of Follins as industry heavyweights considering Geoff Follin stopped doing VGM ages ago and Tim Follin regularly complained being incapable to make enough money for a living by composing VGM since that job is terribly underappreciated. He officially stopped doing VGM after Lemmings PSP.

I found that a bit odd too. Perhaps in terms of western VGM fan appreciation they're heavyweights, but that's a niche.

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Derek Duke has been working at least since Starcraft in '98, perhaps earlier. With that, WCIII, and WoW, I'd say he's arrived.

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