Dragon Quest on Piano Volume 1 Music from Dragon Quest I & IV   Publisher Sony Length 58:60 h Version Unique Print Discs 1 Release Date 10/08/1990   Composer Sugiyama, Koichi   ID APCG-4004   Price ~ 2800 yen   Tracks 31   Tracklist 01 - Prelude (1:49) 02 - Palace Minuet (1:49) 03 - Intermezzo (0:32) 04 - Fighter Walks Alone (1:33) 05 - Tomboy Princess' March (1:06) 06 - Weapons Merchant Torneko (1:44) 07 - Gypsy Dance (1:10) 08 - A Gypsy's Journey (1:25) 09 - Town (1:20) 10 - Fun Casino (1:00) 11 - Coliseum (1:23) 12 - Hero's Home (1:40) 13 - March of the Wagon (1:27) 14 - Cave of Fear (1:42) 15 - Cursed Tower (1:12) 16 - Elegy (1:14) 17 - Strange Shrine (1:09) 18 - Tranquil hot Air Baloon Journey (2:53) 19 - Spreading the Sea Chant (2:37) 20 - Unknown Castle (1:32) 21 - Battle ~ Life or Death (1:57) 22 - One who is Evil ~ Evil Incarnation (1:07) 23 - Those who are led ~ Finale (4:20) 24 - Prelude (1:21) 25 - Castle Ladutorm (1:16) 26 - Townspeople (0:58) 27 - Across the wide Plane (1:04) 28 - Battle (0:55) 29 - Cave (1:16) 30 - Dragon King (1:02) 31 - Finale (2:03) Cover Scans Front | Back Dragon Quest on Piano: In the beginning I expected a complex piano album, for it was recorded at Taihei Studios and personally arranged by Koichi Sugiyama. But what i got is mostly dull and lacks creativity, and stands in no relation to similar instrumental approaches like the Final Fantasy Piano Collections or the dreaded Genso Suikoden Piano Albums. The recording quality is nice though (a little more reverb could be added for my taste). DQ on Piano comes in two pieces, Volume 1 and Volume 2. The first one, which is reviewed here combines the original sound versions of Dragon Quest I (8 Tracks) and Dragon Quest IV (23 Tracks). Mr. Sugiyama's CD works for piano are too contrary to his symphonic works...and just interesting for eccentrical DQ Fans. Nevertheless i will list my favourite songs, which are for their own, quite a nice listening pleasure. 03 - Intermezzo is the password idea and mirrors the independence and humor of the DQ series. Only 32 seconds long, but enjoyable. Tomboy Princess' March - I liked this song from the very beginning (when i had all party members in DQIV i always put the princess into leading position, so their song could be heard on the world map -_-). Track 9: Town lives from stacatto played notes in the backing. The song is repeated once. Elegy, the sadness song is very relaxing and one of the tracks where the sustain pedal is used for performance. Too bad there's no repetion. Same thing for Townspeople from DQ1 - Passages with pedal usage are switching with funny staccato passages. Sounds like the beginning of one of the earlier piano sonatas by W.A Mozart. It's a fact: This cd will make a piano expert or virtoso laugh out, because the playing difficulty is so low. Skip this album, you won't miss ANYTHING. If you still want it (e.g. to complete your DQ CD Collection, or as a shining bad example for a instrumental album), good luck finding it. It's out-of-print for years. Review Date 22.06.04 Overall Rating 4/10 Slimes Writer George Vallant ([email protected])