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Koichi Sugiyama, composer of Dragon Quest, has passed away (SEE STAFF POST)
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Though I never played a single DQ game (though pretty sure the music he composed beforehand is in Smash Ultimate), I'll say I'm glad to hear that there is one less horrid person alive in this world.
Rot in hell, you piece of shit!
Same - haven't played any game and the series and like you, only heard his music in Smash. This guy actively hated the LGBTQIA+ community so he can fuck off.
He made some great music from 1986 to 2004. And his soundtrack on Godzilla vs Biollante was nice.
But he was still a scumbag. Even looking past the war crime denial and homophobia, he's part of the reason Japan's music rights are a pain to deal with, why some games or anime exclude certain songs for licensing reasons. A big lobbyist for music copyright restrictions.
Allegedly, he was pissed when Square-Enix used the orchestral OST for Dragon Quest VIII's localization. So he severely increased the licensing price for the those versions. That's why the 3DS versions of VII and VIII use MIDI in the localized versions when they use orchestra in the originals. How we managed to get the orchestral songs in Dragon Quest XI S is almost a miracle.
And yeah, the great musical bits of XI are due to being recycled from past games. There's a lot of recycled music in XI, only like 15 new tracks were actually made for the game, and it's apparent which ones those were from how weak they sound.
Since Dragon Quest XII is likely still years away, I can only hope that the new composer really shows their stuff.
But he was still a scumbag. Even looking past the war crime denial and homophobia, he's part of the reason Japan's music rights are a pain to deal with, why some games or anime exclude certain songs for licensing reasons. A big lobbyist for music copyright restrictions.
Allegedly, he was pissed when Square-Enix used the orchestral OST for Dragon Quest VIII's localization. So he severely increased the licensing price for the those versions. That's why the 3DS versions of VII and VIII use MIDI in the localized versions when they use orchestra in the originals. How we managed to get the orchestral songs in Dragon Quest XI S is almost a miracle.
And yeah, the great musical bits of XI are due to being recycled from past games. There's a lot of recycled music in XI, only like 15 new tracks were actually made for the game, and it's apparent which ones those were from how weak they sound.
Since Dragon Quest XII is likely still years away, I can only hope that the new composer really shows their stuff.
Maybe we'll get better music now. Love the guy's old soundtracks but he was the typical old fashioned conservative nationalist that I despise so much, every country hast that type
We love to see it. And the people mad at folks celebrating the death of a trash bag person who spewed hate can choke. Let the people who were ridiculed and put down by the man celebrate the fact that he's gone.
Saw Horii's tweet honoring him which was, at the time i saw, almost retweeted 50 000 times with well over 50 000 likes.
EDIT: S'at 150 000 ikes now and almost 70 000 retweets
Rest in fucking piss
Not going to get into how good his music was or how revolutionary he was when the guy openly denied Japanese war crimes and was a shitty, regressive nationalist
Nothing you do could ever balance the scales to make that right
I don't begrudge Horii and the rest of the DQ team for openly mourning his death, but I hope somewhere deep down they acknowledged how much of a monstrous piece of shit he was
Not going to get into how good his music was or how revolutionary he was when the guy openly denied Japanese war crimes and was a shitty, regressive nationalist
Nothing you do could ever balance the scales to make that right
I don't begrudge Horii and the rest of the DQ team for openly mourning his death, but I hope somewhere deep down they acknowledged how much of a monstrous piece of shit he was
Satan's withholding the real trumpets until Sugiyama ponies up for the concert tickets.
Worse, Hell is an empty void of eternal silence biblically(the other stuff was actually the punishment for Satan).
DQ's character designer Toriyama (Akira)'s comment on Sugiyama's death is also making the rounds: "I thought of him as a magician who had eternal life."
His last good stuff was like, 9 and before that probably his last unambiguously great DQ OST was VII.
Glad that he won't be involved or continue being such a bigot, but personally feel a bit icky celebrating a death. Understand why others might. And am I definitely glad he's gone.
Hope XII get a new and less bigoted/racist/xenophobic/homophobic/controlling composer, even if it's still from his production company. I assume some part of DQ sales will continue to go to his estate though.
Glad that he won't be involved or continue being such a bigot, but personally feel a bit icky celebrating a death. Understand why others might. And am I definitely glad he's gone.
Hope XII get a new and less bigoted/racist/xenophobic/homophobic/controlling composer, even if it's still from his production company. I assume some part of DQ sales will continue to go to his estate though.
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Celebrating the death of a person who exhibited disguting behavior makes you a person who exhibits disgusting behavior. You are not better.
It's the end of an era one way or another. He was a shit human being and he also did some amazing art that brought joy to a lot of people.
It's probably all over the news, he was a basically a legend. His music has been part of japanese pop culture forever, and I've heard it's even taught in music classes in school and such.
i want to know this too
Wonder if we will get the DQ osts on Apple Music and other streaming platforms
No, I am objectively better than someone that denied warcrimes and laughed at gay teen suicides.
Indeed. He lived a long, privileged life and passed away as a very old man. It's the best fate one can ever hope for. Nothing tragic has happened here, even if he was a saint.
So at the very least, let's be happy to be reminded that all hateful bigots have an expiration date.
He got to live a full life and didn't commit suicide so my queer ass laughing at him is inherently better
I can live with that. Fuck this guy. Looking forward to the next DQ now!
Between this news, Sora in Smash, and Metroid Dread tomorrow, this is a great week for video games.
It's a shame he had to spend so much of his energy tarnishing his legacy by being a hateful bigot. I hope queer people in Japan feel marginally safer without him amplifying hate against them anymore.