Saori Kobayashi is a Japanese video game composer and pianist best known for her work on the Panzer Dragoon series. Her musical career began in 1993, when she composed music for the games Inspector Gadget (1993) and Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993). She went on to compose soundtracks for numerous Sega titles, including Sonic Drift 2 (1995) and Sylvan Tale (1995). Her breakthrough occurred with the soundtrack for Panzer Dragoon Saga (1998), which she composed alongside Mariko Nanba. She later composed for Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Towers (1999), Panzer Dragoon Orta (2003), and Crimson Dragon (2013). Her work also includes Panzer Dragoon: Remake (2020), recorded with Yoshitaka Azuma.
