Who can forget the huge influence of Maurice Ravel on Yoko Kanno and Masashi Hamauzu?
It feels like Ravel was the teacher of those two icons of anime and vgm.
Here's a tribute to Ravel's Toccata:
http://two.xthost.info/katchum2/Ravel.mp3
I know all pieces of Ravel and played all of them. He has a great influence on my compositions.
(It sounds odd, but Ravel Toccata is much more difficult than Kapustin Etude no. 8: http://two.xthost.info/katchum2/Kapusti ... ert-01.mp3 )