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{{ja|Kōichi Sugiyama|すぎやま こういち|Sugiyama Kō'ichi}} (his birth name is 椙山 浩一, which is pronounced the same) (born April 11, 1931; died September 30, 2021<ref>http://sugimania.com/</ref>) was the lead composer of the ''[[Dragon Quest (series)|Dragon Quest]]'' series, with other works done for Japanese TV shows, such as ''Space Runaway Ideon'', ''Cyborg 009'' and ''Gatchaman''. Sugiyama worked on the ''Dragon Quest'' series for an incredible 35 years, composing over 500 tracks for the games. Because of the incredible length of his career, Suigyama's accomplishments have been officially recognized by the Guinness World record association as the longest lived composer of video game music. | {{ja|Kōichi Sugiyama|すぎやま こういち|Sugiyama Kō'ichi}} (his birth name is 椙山 浩一, which is pronounced the same) (born April 11, 1931; died September 30, 2021<ref>http://sugimania.com/</ref>) was the lead composer of the ''[[Dragon Quest (series)|Dragon Quest]]'' series, with other works done for Japanese TV shows, such as ''Space Runaway Ideon'', ''Cyborg 009'' and ''Gatchaman''. Sugiyama worked on the ''Dragon Quest'' series for an incredible 35 years, composing over 500 tracks for the games. Because of the incredible length of his career, Suigyama's accomplishments have been officially recognized by the Guinness World record association as the longest lived composer of video game music. | ||
Sugiyama's music was immortalized on Friday, July 23rd 2021 during the first day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. The series main theme, the ''[[Overture]]'', | Sugiyama's music was immortalized on Friday, July 23rd 2021 during the first day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. The series main theme, the ''[[Overture]]'', was broadcast before hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide as the majority of the song started the opening ceremony's parade of nations, with the final bars of ''Overture'' playing at the parade's conclusion when the Olympic motto was projected on the field. | ||
==History with Dragon Quest== | ==History with Dragon Quest== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Suigiyama's first connection to the Godzilla series predated ''vs Biollante'' by 21 years; he created the song ''Fugue of Lover'' for the Peanuts sister duo in 1968.Beyond their musical career | *Suigiyama's first connection to the Godzilla series predated ''vs Biollante'' by 21 years; he created the song ''Fugue of Lover'' for the Peanuts sister duo in 1968.Beyond their musical career in their home country, the Peanuts are famous for their portrayal of the diminutive Shobijin in three of Toho studios kaiju-eiga: being ''Mothra'', Mothra vs Godzilla'', and ''Ghidorah: the three-headed monster'' during the early-to-mid 60's. | ||
==External link== | ==External link== | ||