Members of Sugiyama’s family sent the questionnaire to the studio without his knowledge, and from the studio they were encouraged to contact him directly to inquire about his availability to compose music for his titles, to which he accepted. In fact, at the headquarters of a humble pre-Dragon Quest Enix, it was very surprising to receive a questionnaire signed by such a famous composer, but the truth is that Sugiyama was a great fan of one of the studio’s titles: Morita Shogi, based on the famous board game informally known as “Japanese chess”. There was at that time, neither in Japan, nor in any other part of the world, a figure so recognized that he was interested in the limited musical capabilities of the video game. When his path crossed with Enix’s in the ’80s, he was already a famous figure in his native country, with a remarkable production behind him spanning series, popular movies and songs. Koichi Sugiyama: The legendary composer who gave us some of the most remembered and influential themes in the history of video games has died at the age of 90 Koichi Sugiyama was born in Tokyo, on Apand in a home in which he was surrounded by music since his childhood, something that would direct his steps until graduating with honors from the University of Tokyo and entering the world of television as a step prior to concentrating on symphonic composition and conducting from ’68 on.

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