Dragon Quest I Symphonic Suite

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  • "You've probably heard it all before."
Reader review by Matthew Boblett

Release info

  • Release date: 1994-01-12
  • Catalog number: SRCL-2733
  • Retail price: 2800 yen
  • Publisher: Sony
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One disc (42 minutes)

  1. Overture March
  2. Chateau Ladutorm
  3. People MP3 sample
  4. Unknown World MP3 sample
  5. Fight
  6. Dungeon
  7. King Dragon
  8. Finale MP3 sample
  9. Overture March
  10. People
  11. Chateau Ladutorm MP3 sample
  12. People
  13. Unknown World
  14. Fight
  15. Dungeon
  16. King Dragon
  17. Finale
  18. (?)

You've probably heard it all before.

Reader review by Matthew Boblett

Dragon Quest is one of the most popular series of RPGs in the world, and this CD is of the music from the first two games. The first eight tracks are performed by a full orchestra and have a very nice sound to them. However, tracks two and three are horribly derivative, and could be from almost any generic composer. The rest of the CD, tracks nine through eighteen, is played on synths that make one shout, "Helloooo, Nintendo!" There isn't anything worth listening to after track eight, and that leaves a CD of about twenty-four minutes. Really, it isn't worth it, as you've probably heard it all, or something *really* similar to it, before.

Notes

  • The first eight tracks are orchestral arrangements, performed by the London Philharmonic, while the remaining ten are Super Nintendo synth from that system's remake of the game.
  • The orchestral tracks for both Dragon Quest I and II are available as a single-disc set in Dragon Quest I-II Symphonic Suite.

Submission credits: Adam Page (cover pic)

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