Sound

Koichi Sugiyama

Born — Died

1931-04-11 — 2021-09-30

Place of birth

Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Sound

Credits

3 titles

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Koichi Sugiyama was a Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He is known for composing the music for the Dragon Quest franchise, along with several other video games, anime, film, and television shows. Classically trained, he is considered a major inspiration for other Japanese game music composers.

Known for

Home video featuring The London Philharmonic performing music from Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi, conducted by composer Koichi Sugiyama.

Dragon Quest IV Symphonic Suite: London Philharmonic Orchestra Live

1991

Dragon Quest - 30th Anniversary NHK Special poster

10.0

This documentary special, featuring interviews with main Dragon Quest creators Yuji Horii, Koichi Nakamura, Akira Toriyama, and Koichi Sugiyama, originally aired on NHK at the end of 2016 to celebrate Dragon Quest’s 30th anniversary. In addition to the interviews, there’s behind the scenes footage of DQXI, plus a re-telling of the making of the very first Dragon Quest.

Dragon Quest - 30th Anniversary NHK Special

2016

Home video release of the "Dragon Quest V" orchestra concert conducted by Koichi Sugiyama. Based on the Dragon Quest video game series and featuring music from Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line, Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation and Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online

Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest V: Tenku no Hanayome

2015

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles