Who composed the music for Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light?

Yuka Tsujiyoko composed the music for Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light.

Released in Japan for the Family Computer in 1990, the game was the first entry in the Fire Emblem series and introduced Marth, the continent of Archanea, and the franchise's grid-based tactical battles. Tsujiyoko wrote its music while working at Intelligent Systems, where she was the company's only composer at the time.

Her score helped establish musical ideas that would recur throughout the series, including the Fire Emblem theme and distinctive preparations, battle, map, and victory motifs. Hirokazu Tanaka provided technical guidance, but he was not the game's credited composer, which explains why his name can sometimes cause confusion.

Tsujiyoko remained closely associated with Fire Emblem for decades. She composed the early mainline scores through The Blazing Blade and later served as a sound supervisor on many subsequent entries. The 1990 original should also be distinguished from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, the 2008 Nintendo DS remake, whose music credits involve a later arrangement and supervision team.