DigiVoyager, Interesting to learn that Yuzo Koshiro (composer of Streets of Rage , Ys and many Falcom titles , Etrian Odyssey and various other games) was actually a student of Joe Hisaishi of Studio Ghibli fame.
Source: J.W. Szczepaniak's The Untold History of Game Developers.
Another interview that goes into this https://nichegamer.com/legendary-game-composer-yuzo-koshiro-learned-from-joe-hisaishi/