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Dragon Quest XI Symphonic Suite to release later this month

January 10, 2018 by Mathew Gallagher

Square Enix has announced that Dragon Quest XI will have a special arrangement album. The Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra will

Motoaki Takenouchi Interview: A Brief But Illustrious Game Music Career

April 30, 2017 by Chris Greening

Motoaki Takenouchi’s game music career lasted just seven years, but during this time he made a major impact. He penned musically

Podcast Episode 5: The Music of Dragon Quest I-IV

June 19, 2016 by Renzo G. Heredia

Episode 5: The Music of Dragon Quest I-IV features Simon Elchlepp, Oliver Jia, and Joe Hammond as they talk about the

Two new soundtrack releases for Dragon Quest series

December 20, 2015 by Chris Greening

On March 9, Koichi Sugiyama‘s record label SUGI Label will release two new albums featuring his Dragon Quest scores. The soundtracks,

Koichi Sugiyama announces involvement in Dragon Quest XI

July 29, 2015 by Chris Greening

Today Square Enix announced Dragon Quest XI: In Search of the Departed Time is being developed for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo 3DS. Set

Descendants of Erdrick – Advent

November 21, 2014 by Patrick Kulikowski

Album Title: Descendants of Erdrick – Advent Record Label: Bandcamp Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: November 22, 2014 Purchase: Download at

Koichi Sugiyama Profile

October 15, 2014 by Chris Greening

With a career spanning sixty amazing years, the artist now dedicates his time to producing Dragon Quest's scores, albums, and concerts

Manami Matsumae joins Jonathan Geer on Heart Forth, Alicia

April 26, 2014 by Chris Greening

Alonso Martin’s successful, ongoing Kickstarter campaign for the Metroidvania Heart Forth, Alicia announced details about the game’s score today. The

Annual Game Music Awards 2013 – Albums of the Year

April 23, 2014 by Chris Greening

We are proud to present the winners in the ‘Albums of the Year’ category of the Annual Game Music Awards

Manami Matsumae Profile

April 13, 2013 by Chris Greening

Three decades after creating the iconic score for Mega Man, she is still creating high-profile chiptune and orchestral tracks alike

Tomohito Nishiura Profile

April 7, 2013 by Chris Greening

As sound manager at Level 5, this composer is best known for crafting the acoustic sounds of the Professor Layton and Dark Cloud titles

Hitoshi Sakimoto Profile

January 20, 2013 by Chris Greening

Basiscape's head has shown his individuality on RPGs (Final Fantasy XII, Vagrant Story) and shooters (Magical Chase, Radiant SIlvergun) alike

Hayato Matsuo Profile

January 20, 2013 by Chris Greening

This symphonist has made stellar contributions in the fields of video games, animes, live concerts, and pop music alike

Annual Game Music Awards 2011 Winners

December 31, 2011 by Chris Greening

All the winners, runners-up, and nominees for the 2011 awards

Manami Matsumae Interview: A Career After Mega Man

November 8, 2010 by Chris Greening

The NES’ Mega Man and Mega Man 2 might have been released over 20 years ago, but their scores — created by Manami Matsumae,

Top Ten RPG Composers

August 1, 2010 by Chris Greening

RPGs continue to feature the most popular game soundtracks and their composers remain the biggest industry names. Many have debated

Hayato Matsuo Interview: Dark Orchestral Writing

January 10, 2010 by Chris Greening

Hayato Matsuo has had a rich career as an orchestral composer. In game music, he has worked on the Dragon

Nobuo Uematsu Interview: Japan’s Game Music Concerts

December 25, 2009 by Don Kotowski

On December 12, legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu attended a special performance of Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy at

Running Errands

March 1, 2008 by Eduardo Friedman

Oftentimes, if not always, reviewers discuss the replay value of a game in their analysis. RPGs, barring few exceptions, have

Sales Figures

August 1, 2007 by Chris Greening

Below is a list of the sales figures for Square Enix’s top-selling albums as of 2007. It omits the sales

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