Dragon Quest - Game Scores
All mainline Dragon Quest game scores composed by Koichi Sugiyama. Filter by era. Sources: VGMdb, MobyGames, VGMPF.
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Dragon Quest I | 1986 | Famicom (NES 1989) | Enix | Famicom |
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Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line | 1987 | Famicom (NES 1990) | Enix | Famicom |
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Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation ★ | 1988 | Famicom (NES 1992) | Enix | Famicom |
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Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen | 1990 | Famicom (NES 1992) | Enix | Famicom |
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DQ V
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Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride | 1992 | Super Famicom | Enix | SNES |
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Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation | 1995 | Super Famicom | Enix | SNES |
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DQ VII
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Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past | 2000 | PlayStation | Enix | PS1+ |
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DQ VIII
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King | 2004 | PlayStation 2 | Square Enix | PS1+ |
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DQ IX
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Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies | 2009 | Nintendo DS | Square Enix | PS1+ |
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DQ X
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Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Tribes Online | 2012 | Wii / Wii U / PC | Square Enix | PS1+ |
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DQ XI
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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age | 2017 | PlayStation 4 / Nintendo 3DS | Square Enix | PS1+ |
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NHK
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Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest I–IV (NHK Symphony) | 1986–1990 | Concert album | Apollon Music | Orchestral |
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NHK
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Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest V–VI (NHK Symphony) | 1992–1996 | Concert album | Apollon Music | Orchestral |
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LPO
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Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest I–VIII (London Philharmonic) | 2001–2010 | Concert album | King Records / Square Enix | Orchestral |
★ Flagship title - see Dragon Quest III deep dive. Sources: VGMdb · MobyGames · VGMPF.
Symphonic Suite Albums
Sugiyama produced two complete sets of Symphonic Suite albums for the Dragon Quest series: one with the NHK Symphony Orchestra (1986–1996) and a re-recording set with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (2001–2019). He conducted all sessions personally. Sources: VGMdb.
NHK Symphony Orchestra (1986–1996)
Symphonic Suite DQ I
NHK Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sugiyama · 1986
Symphonic Suite DQ II
NHK Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sugiyama · 1987
Symphonic Suite DQ III
NHK Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sugiyama · 1988
Symphonic Suite DQ IV
NHK Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sugiyama · 1990
Symphonic Suite DQ V
NHK Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sugiyama · 1992
Symphonic Suite DQ VI
NHK Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sugiyama · 1996
London Philharmonic Orchestra (2001–2019)
Symphonic Suite DQ I–III Complete
London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Sugiyama · 2001
Symphonic Suite DQ IV
London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Sugiyama · 2003
Symphonic Suite DQ V
London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Sugiyama · 2003
Symphonic Suite DQ VI
London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Sugiyama · 2004
Symphonic Suite DQ VII
London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Sugiyama
Symphonic Suite DQ VIII
London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Sugiyama
"The music exists in two forms - the chip version, which players hear in the game, and the orchestral version, which is the music as I heard it in my head. Both are real; neither is the original."
- Koichi Sugiyama, paraphrased from interviews on the NHK Symphony recording sessions