Dragon Quest Series Composer Koichi Sugiyama Dies at Age 90

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Square Enix has shared the sad news that Japanese composer Koichi Sugiyama passed away on September 30, 2021, at the age of 90 due to septic shock. Sugiyama is best known for composing the music for the hugely popular Dragon Quest series, having contributed more than 500 tracks to the legendary RPG franchise. According to Guinness World Records, Sugiyama was the oldest video game composer.



A machine translation of Square Enix’s obituary for Sugiyama:



Koichi Sugiyama has contributed to the development of the series by working on the music for our game “Dragon Quest” series for many years. The deceased composed all of the more than 500 songs in the “Dragon Quest” series by himself, and his last job was to compose “Dragon Quest XII Chosen Fate no Haze”. I’m sorry...

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That grill looks straight out of England.

Dragon Quest 1, which I got for free with a Nintendo Power subscription, was the first big RPG I managed to beat and got me hooked on JRPGs in general. I fondly recall the game and the music.