Composer didn’t enter the video game business until he was in his 50s, still created over 500 pieces of music for landmark video game series.
Koichi Sugiyama
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The unforgettable Dragon Quest theme music took an amazingly short time to write, composer says
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Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2020
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Japanese Dragon Quest fan finds her one-button fix for composer’s questionable politics
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Casey Baseel
Mar 9, 2019
Koichi Sugiyama’s political beliefs keep some gamers from enjoying the video game series, so this famous Japanese psychiatry expert has her own special cheat code.
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