 She had previously composed for several Square games including "Live A Live" and "Parasite Eve" and had originally joined Square for the purpose of composing music for fantasy role-playing games.She was initially hesitant to compose for the "Mana" series, as she felt that it was so associated with the music of Ito and Kikuta.In 2002, Shimomura said that of all her compositions to date, she considered the soundtrack to "Legend" the one that best expresses herself.