Laura Shigihara - Topic

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Laura Shigihara is a video game developer, composer, and singer-songwriter. She’s created audio for over 35 published video game titles (including Plants vs. Zombies, DELTARUNE, World of Warcraft, CS:GO, To the Moon, Meg’s Monster, Super Meat Boy (PS4/Vita), and High School Story). Laura spent 2 years as an Audio Director under the All Play label at Electronic Arts, and created the highly acclaimed video game Rakuen which was released in 2017. She also writes and directs animated short films, and performs live music as an ambassador on Twitch (under the name "supershigi"). Laura’s original compositions (Zombies on your Lawn, Cube Land, Everything’s Alright, From the Ground Up, etc.) have garnered billions of combined views on places like YouTube and TikTok, and have been referenced everywhere from Mark Rober videos to Billie Eilish interviews in Rolling Stone to television shows like True Blood and Modern Family. Laura also enjoys working on peripheral video game projects. She co-created the ending theme song with C418 for the official Minecraft documentary, and worked with Yasunori Mitsuda on the official Square Enix 20th Anniversary Chrono Trigger/Chrono Chross album, where she wrote lyrics, co-arranged, and performed 3 songs. The album peaked at #5 on the Oricon Charts.