Koichi Sugiyama (すぎやまこういち, Sugiyama Kōichi) (his birth name is 椙山浩一, which … Read Full Bio ↴Koichi Sugiyama (すぎやまこういち, Sugiyama Kōichi) (his birth name is 椙山浩一, which is pronounced the same) (born April 11, 1931) is a Japanese music composer, council member of JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers), and honorary chairman of the Japanese Backgammon Society. He is best known composing music for the Dragon Quest video game series from Enix (later Square Enix) and several Japanese TV shows such as Space Runaway Ideon, Cyborg 009, and Gatchaman. A classically trained conductor, he is considered a primary inspiration by other game music composers such as Nobuo Uematsu, and has been referred to as a "Big boss of game music." He is also known as a Japanese right-winged intellectual.
Koichi Sugiyama was born in Tokyo, Japan. While he was growing up, Sugiyama’s home was filled with music which ultimately inspired his passion. In high school, he began to act out this passion, and wrote various small musical works.
After graduating from University of Tokyo with full honors in 1958, he went into the reporting and entertainment sections of cultural broadcasting. In addition, he joined the Fuji Telecasting Co. as a director. In 1965 he left the telecasting company as a freelance director, and in 1968 he quit directing and concentrated on music composition.
Later on, during the late 70s to early 80s, Sugiyama would compose for musicals, commercials, pop artists, and also for animated movies and television shows, such as Kagaku Ninja Tai Gatchaman, The Sea Prince and the Fire Child, Cyborg 009, and Patlabor.
Sugiyama started composing with a NEC PC-8801, and was working for Enix (now known as Square Enix). In 1986 he composed for the hit RPG video game Dragon Quest for the Nintendo Entertainment System. That game became something like an orchestral introduction to younger people in Japan. Sugiyama is the very first video game composer to record his video game music with a live orchestra. In 1986, the CD “Dragon Quest I Symphonic Suite” was released, utilizing the London Philharmonic Orchestra to interpret Sugiyama's melodies.
In 1987 he composed for Dragon Quest II, and then held the very first video game music concert in the world. “Family Classic Concert” was arranged and conducted by Sugiyama himself. It was performed by the Tokyo String Music Combination Playing Group on August 20, 1987 at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan. “Dragon Quest I Symphonic Suite” and “Dragon Quest II Symphonic Suite” were performed. The "Family Classic Concerts" have done exceptionally well with audiences every time; since then, Sugiyama has held over eighteen of them all across Japan.
Sugiyama continued to compose for video games from 1987 to 1990. In 1991 he introduced a series of video game music concerts, five in all, called the Orchestral Game Concerts, which were performed by the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra and Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. The performances included over eighteen different video game composers such as Koji Kondo, Yoko Kanno, Kentarou Haneda, Nobuo Uematsu, Keiichi Suzuki, as well as Sugiyama himself. These concerts were held from 1991 to 1996; during this time, Sugiyama composed for other video games and arranged some of them to be performed in the Orchestral Game Concerts.
In September 1995, Sugiyama composed the Dragon Quest Ballet. It premiered in 1996, and came back in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2002. During those years, Koichi also released the Symphonic Suites for the Dragon Quest games he had worked on thus far. During these years, the Dragon Quest series had grown immensely.
Sugiyama also has completed other projects, such as the fanfares for the opening and closing of the gates in the Tokyo Race Track and the Nakayama Race Track.
Koichi Sugiyama's non-work related hobbies include photography, traveling, building model ships, collecting old cameras and reading. He has opened a camera section on his website, and he also has his own record label "SUGIlabel" which he started June 23, 2004.
In late 2004, he finished and released the Dragon Quest VIII Original soundtrack, and the Dragon Quest VIII Symphonic Suite as well.
Throughout Sugiyama's works, motifs repeat themselves to maintain a consistency and nostalgic quality in the installments. As an example, all of the Dragon Quest games have included a nearly identical, upbeat theme song titled "Overture." In addition, Dragon Quest III-VIII include a simple, casual tune on the saved game selection screen titled "Intermezzo."
Sugiyama's style of composition has been compared to late Baroque and early Classical period styles. Composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel are most definitely some of his inspirations, along with the type of melodic styles heard during the mid-20th century of American cinema.
In 2005, he was holding a series of concerts in Japan with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra for Dragon Quest VIII, as well as his classic compositions from the past. In August 2005 his music from Dragon Quest was performed live at the European Symphonic Game Music Concert. There, for the first time his music was presented in a live symphonic concert outside Japan.
Sugiyama is also known as a historical revisionalist on Japanese history. Especially on Nanking Massacre and Comfort Women problem, Sugiyama completely denies guilt of Japanese Empire. He is one of the approval person of "The Facts" advertisement on Washington Post. Some Dragon Quest fans out of Japan said they have been dissapointed by his political stance.
Koichi Sugiyama was born in Tokyo, Japan. While he was growing up, Sugiyama’s home was filled with music which ultimately inspired his passion. In high school, he began to act out this passion, and wrote various small musical works.
After graduating from University of Tokyo with full honors in 1958, he went into the reporting and entertainment sections of cultural broadcasting. In addition, he joined the Fuji Telecasting Co. as a director. In 1965 he left the telecasting company as a freelance director, and in 1968 he quit directing and concentrated on music composition.
Later on, during the late 70s to early 80s, Sugiyama would compose for musicals, commercials, pop artists, and also for animated movies and television shows, such as Kagaku Ninja Tai Gatchaman, The Sea Prince and the Fire Child, Cyborg 009, and Patlabor.
Sugiyama started composing with a NEC PC-8801, and was working for Enix (now known as Square Enix). In 1986 he composed for the hit RPG video game Dragon Quest for the Nintendo Entertainment System. That game became something like an orchestral introduction to younger people in Japan. Sugiyama is the very first video game composer to record his video game music with a live orchestra. In 1986, the CD “Dragon Quest I Symphonic Suite” was released, utilizing the London Philharmonic Orchestra to interpret Sugiyama's melodies.
In 1987 he composed for Dragon Quest II, and then held the very first video game music concert in the world. “Family Classic Concert” was arranged and conducted by Sugiyama himself. It was performed by the Tokyo String Music Combination Playing Group on August 20, 1987 at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan. “Dragon Quest I Symphonic Suite” and “Dragon Quest II Symphonic Suite” were performed. The "Family Classic Concerts" have done exceptionally well with audiences every time; since then, Sugiyama has held over eighteen of them all across Japan.
Sugiyama continued to compose for video games from 1987 to 1990. In 1991 he introduced a series of video game music concerts, five in all, called the Orchestral Game Concerts, which were performed by the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra and Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. The performances included over eighteen different video game composers such as Koji Kondo, Yoko Kanno, Kentarou Haneda, Nobuo Uematsu, Keiichi Suzuki, as well as Sugiyama himself. These concerts were held from 1991 to 1996; during this time, Sugiyama composed for other video games and arranged some of them to be performed in the Orchestral Game Concerts.
In September 1995, Sugiyama composed the Dragon Quest Ballet. It premiered in 1996, and came back in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2002. During those years, Koichi also released the Symphonic Suites for the Dragon Quest games he had worked on thus far. During these years, the Dragon Quest series had grown immensely.
Sugiyama also has completed other projects, such as the fanfares for the opening and closing of the gates in the Tokyo Race Track and the Nakayama Race Track.
Koichi Sugiyama's non-work related hobbies include photography, traveling, building model ships, collecting old cameras and reading. He has opened a camera section on his website, and he also has his own record label "SUGIlabel" which he started June 23, 2004.
In late 2004, he finished and released the Dragon Quest VIII Original soundtrack, and the Dragon Quest VIII Symphonic Suite as well.
Throughout Sugiyama's works, motifs repeat themselves to maintain a consistency and nostalgic quality in the installments. As an example, all of the Dragon Quest games have included a nearly identical, upbeat theme song titled "Overture." In addition, Dragon Quest III-VIII include a simple, casual tune on the saved game selection screen titled "Intermezzo."
Sugiyama's style of composition has been compared to late Baroque and early Classical period styles. Composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel are most definitely some of his inspirations, along with the type of melodic styles heard during the mid-20th century of American cinema.
In 2005, he was holding a series of concerts in Japan with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra for Dragon Quest VIII, as well as his classic compositions from the past. In August 2005 his music from Dragon Quest was performed live at the European Symphonic Game Music Concert. There, for the first time his music was presented in a live symphonic concert outside Japan.
Sugiyama is also known as a historical revisionalist on Japanese history. Especially on Nanking Massacre and Comfort Women problem, Sugiyama completely denies guilt of Japanese Empire. He is one of the approval person of "The Facts" advertisement on Washington Post. Some Dragon Quest fans out of Japan said they have been dissapointed by his political stance.
Adventure
すぎやまこういち Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Adventure' by these artists:
10 ぼうけんのしょがきえました! てくてく歩いてマモノと遭遇 そこそこ強い俺に皆 (so good) 世界で一番勇者っぽい…
Adventure Forever in my mind only you The pieces in my life…
Alex Bone N…
Alexandros Hello hello hello つかぬ事を Hello hello hello 御伺いしますが Hello hell…
B-univ Adventure time and so I'm grabbing my friends, Time to fuck…
Babels Shut my eyes The curtains close I'll take you home tonight I…
Be Your Own Pet We are adventuring, we are adventurers And in the heart of…
BurniC The great British explorer George Mallory Who was to die on…
Capsule ずっと このままなんてやだし 多分もっと いろいろあるし 結局 わがままな あたし Get out 今までのあたし…
Crime & The City Solution You see me in a foreign face In ships that sink…
D-Roy Pick up the phone Denwa ga ring ring ring 하고 울어 Yeah…
Dave's more bad news there was a lotta things you’d dreamed do got…
DJ -e- I can't wait to set my wings up in the…
Dj Borr-X ぼうけんのしょがきえました! てくてく歩いてマモノと遭遇 そこそこ強い俺に皆 (so good) 世界で一番勇者っぽい…
Drone In Ibiza Turn your magic on Umi she'd say Everything you want's a dre…
Evan Gartner Take me higher, higher than I've ever been We can wander…
Everyone's Talking Take me away from this place My only hope is love's…
f-beats One day harry shuts of the tv after watching Spongebob…
I Savastano Turn the magic on To me she said... Everything you want it's…
Insipid.Dreams One day I'll unzip my skin There stands the one who…
Ippu-Do It's you, only you It's you, only you It's you, only you …
Izamuzic Turn your magic on, to me she'd say Everything you want's…
IzzaMuzzic This adventure, oh then I And if we've only got this…
Jimmy & The Sounds Wake up this morning Sun is shining Family's all around me I…
Joshua Mol Surely we've had enough Tired of giving love And your pictur…
Kikuchi Momoko (菊池桃子) Sunny Days will come 雲の切れ間に セスナの影が大地をすべる Sunny days will com…
Laura Platt Breakdown, breakdown, listen Breakdown, breakdown, listen Br…
M.I.H. I'm rising up on wings of metal and a lust…
Matthew Parker Ah Ah Ah Ah You and me We found adventure I never dreamed t…
Michelle Creber & Gabriel Brown (Black Gryph0n) Well it seems like the end my friend You feeling lost,…
Momoko Kikuchi Sunny days will come (Sunny days will come) 雲の切れ間に セスナの影が大地を…
Momoko Kikuchi (菊池桃子) Sunny Days will come 雲の切れ間に セスナの影が大地をすべる Sunny days will com…
Mr. Matt People only want me because I ignore them When I start…
Mr.Team Woo ไปไปด้วยกัน จะชวนกันไป adventure ชั้ดชาดั้ดชัดชา อย่าช้า…
R7cky 我躺在床上卻無法入睡 渴望誰能給我一絲安慰 喧囂的城市已將我包圍 現實早已讓我滿身狼狽 在夾縫中尋求一絲機會 害怕失敗…
Rupert Holmes Everywhere I turn, there are people just like me, All searc…
Russ What you gonna do when it doesn't work out how…
Savage Dink When life's a shipwrecked ship You're like it's buried trea…
Sizzla Jah know How much I love you I don′t wanna be the…
Spitfya There is a place Where time stands still And history has not…
sunbather Do you believe everything happens for a reason? I can…
Television We shuffled our faces laughin' like fish Really flip flappi…
The Balancing Act The rule here is Don't start what You can't finish Captu…
The Blue (Dickie Peterson) Oh, Yeah! Ain't nobody owns me Lord, I d…
William Ekh & Alexa Lusader Look into my eyes and show me all adventures I haven't…
[Alexandros] Hello Hello Hello つかぬ事を Hello Hello Hello 御伺いしますが Hello Hell…
サカナクション Utopia 確かめるよ 繰り返すロックと本 混ざり合うかどうかを Utopia 夜の檻を 抜け出すための秘密 サラウン…
ナオト・インティライミ Body and soul 解き放って さぁ adventure 出かけよう Ready and go 新しい世界へ G…
菊池桃子 Sunny days will come 雲の切れ間に セスナの影が大地をすべる Sunny days will com…
［Alexandros］ Hello hello hello つかぬ事を Hello hello hello 御伺いしますが Hello hell…
We have lyrics for these tracks by すぎやまこういち:
Overture 窓から光漏れ cock-a-doodle-doo そして昨日のもやもや ろ過する まずお茶すする 鏡に映る ふとまぶたを…
勇者の故郷〜馬車のマーチ 決められた人生を歩く 定められた名前は無く ただ無心で求めるふるさとを 破けた地図広げて 流離う一人旅 孤独なんて感じな…
回想 スポット ライトに 今日もまた 心かざして叫ぶ歌は いつでもおまえに 繁がってゆくようで 心が痛くなる 夢だけを追い…
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Fei Wong
This for me, its the best theme ever created for the series, ADVENTURE in all its glory, so fucking epic!
MrVinic33
yeaHHHHH
Al-Batal
Technically the luminary is the hero of old and they are all beside the hero of old. If you don’t believe watch the dq 11 ending.
John Garretson
@Yustin J. I beat this on NES
Suedeash
They could not have used a better song for the smash trailer
Requiem
@Yuri K mega cool
Requiem
Yh
Mega Simp
Agreed
Daedalos
people in Japan was literally crying when they saw the trailer
Gordon rass kwasi
true I didn't knew it and replaying the trailer because of how epic this song was