{"id":25,"date":"2023-08-03T13:11:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T13:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinegamesdailyfree.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/03\/composer-yuka-kitamura-is-leaving-fromsoftware-going-freelance\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T13:11:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T13:11:09","slug":"composer-yuka-kitamura-is-leaving-fromsoftware-going-freelance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlinegamesdailyfree.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/03\/composer-yuka-kitamura-is-leaving-fromsoftware-going-freelance\/","title":{"rendered":"Composer Yuka Kitamura is leaving FromSoftware, going freelance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"clickbankwrapper\">\n<p><img width=\"1749\" height=\"984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/YukaKitamura.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Yuka Kitamura\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Longtime FromSoftware composer, Yuka Kitamura, has announced via Twitter that they will be leaving FromSoftware to work as a freelancer.<\/p>\n<p>Kitamura has been with FromSoftware for over a decade, first appearing in the credits as Sound Designer for 2013\u2019s <i>Armored Core V<\/i>. Their first composer credit was for 2014\u2019s <i>Dark Souls II<\/i>, and they would continue on as a\u00a0 FromSoftware composer through <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-bloodborne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloodborne<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-dark-souls-iii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dark Souls III<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-sekiro-shadows-die-twice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sekiro<\/a>, <\/i>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-elden-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Elden Ring<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you all for your continued support.<br \/>\u3000<br \/>Today I have an announcement to make.<br \/>I have decided to leave FromSoftware, the company I worked for, and to start working new as a freelance composer in this August.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yuka Kitamura \/ \u5317\u6751\u53cb\u9999 (@_Yuka_Kitamura_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_Yuka_Kitamura_\/status\/1686310080512466944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kitamura did not say if they would continue to work with FromSoftware in a contractor\u2019s position. However, they did go on to say, \u201cI would like to continue to express myself in-game music through various genres of music. I hope you will look forward to my music in the future!\u201d So, whether or not they return for the next Souls-like FromSoftware title, it sounds like they plan to remain in the games industry, just not under FromSoftware&#8217;s umbrella.<\/p>\n<p>It still hasn\u2019t been said if Kitamura will be doing the soundtrack for the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/elden-ring-dlc-expansion-shadow-of-the-erdtree-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree <\/i><\/a>DLC or <i>Armored Core 6<\/i>. They have put up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuka-kitamura.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new portfolio website<\/a> that lists their previous credits, and neither is mentioned. However, that may just be because they haven\u2019t been released yet.<\/p>\n<p><sub>Lead image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuka-kitamura.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yuka Kitamura<\/a>.<\/sub><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/composer-yuka-kitamura-is-leaving-fromsoftware-going-freelance\/\">Composer Yuka Kitamura is leaving FromSoftware, going freelance<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\">Destructoid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime FromSoftware composer, Yuka Kitamura, has announced via Twitter that they will be leaving FromSoftware to work as a freelancer. Kitamura has been with FromSoftware for over a decade, first appearing in the credits as Sound Designer for 2013\u2019s Armored Core V. 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