1. Kenneth W. Arnold (Ultima III, Ultima IV, Ultima V)
2. Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy series, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon)
3. Miyoko Kobayashi (Terranigma, Langrisser)
4. Hiroki Kikuta (Seiken Densetsu 2 & 3, Soukaigi)
5. David R. Watson (Ultima VI, Ultima VII the Black Gate, Ultima VII Serpent Isle)
6. Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Cross, Tsugunai: Atonement, World Destruction)
7. Jeremy Soule (Elder Scrolls, Guild Wars, Secret of Evermore)
8. Yoshitaka Hirota (Shadow Hearts series)
9. soundTeMP (Ragnarok Online, Granado Espada) [I know it's a unit, but we lack individual credits]
10. Kenji Ito (Romancing SaGa, Seiken Densetsu)
I know it's a funny choice for No.1, but the concept of RPG music wasn't really defined until he came along.
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