History AwesomeMusic / DragonQuest

* The Overworld theme, appropriately named [[https://youtu.be/Sb4DV62j5hA "Adventure"]], gives players a foreshadowing of epic the journey is going to be.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krr7jLRp-qs Overture March]] (also known as the Dragon Quest Medley or just Overture). ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_9hR-Sg4bg Symphonic]].) Behold, a song recognizable ''instantly'' to the entire country of Japan for the past 25 years, it has been remixed literally thousands of times and prefaces every VideoGame/DragonQuest game.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkyZSG2ZF9Y King Dragon]], the final boss theme. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCU9mj9_zfs DQ9 Symphonic version.]])
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os_bSG5zSbM The overworld theme of the first game]] has been included in many games, not just the remakes of the original [=DQ1=].
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7JFo8mXeaE SNES version.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzQsZWtqz4U Gameboy Color version.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g68JG7FUEUc Alefgard]], its ''Fortune Street'' arrangement, is epic as well.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKyzkDqaQoE "A Lonely Youth"]], the overworld theme that plays when you start the game with the Hero going solo for the first part of the game. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58CeB6YNX-M GBC Version]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4UofLO_O8A "The True Evil"]], the final battle theme with Malroth. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq_3slfUoY8 It's even more awesome]] in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX''!
* The ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOX4nd8zHIg My Road, My Journey]], really sells the idea that your journey to save the world has come to a triumphant end, with one Reddit thread even stating that it sounds "too much like music that would play when the bride walks down the aisle". The orchestral version of this theme is used to great effect in the climax of ''Anime/DragonQuestYourStory'' when Luca vanquishes [[ComputerVirus the virus]] with the vaccine created by Gootrude, Luca's Slime companion who reveals himself to be an antivirus program.

* The Overture [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPmfsULN9hA remix]], that only plays after we see the Hero prepare and proceed on his journey or rather, that we see that he has ''failed'' on his journey, or more specifically (in the GBC remake) when the king declares that you are the inheritor of his legacy and the world's last hope.
* The Overworld theme, appropriately named [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb4DV62j5hA "Adventure"]], gives players a foreshadowing of epic the journey is going to be.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia9uOLIzoow SNES Version.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWKOALo4LCw Orchestrated Version.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z41vcQERnQQ Heavenly Flight]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBK7BZo2FQI Symphonic]]). Riding on the back of a giant sentient ''bird deity'' beats riding in an airship any day.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdBFtOPE8IQ Battle Theme.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4X7qVqp-8 Boogie-Woogie]], the lobby theme for the Monster Arena and the Pachisi Board minigames. Sadly, it was not in the original NES game.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BevwlqU1Wl4 GBC version.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tVdHtLzhpk Itadaki Street version.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agFFSiWhvGg Hero's Challenge]] -- the first time a ''Dragon Quest'' final boss has had ''two'' themes -- plays when you finally use the Sphere of Light to weaken Zoma so he can be defeated for the first time in history. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N5VQFQ0dRw Symphonic]] from DQ9.)

* The final Overworld Theme that plays when the entire playable cast has finally joined together, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H42_mzLMz0 Wagon Wheel's March]], is heroic and sets the tone of that point in the game well. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP1lMic9jrE Its Fortune Street DS arrangement]] is even more epic.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_jYQ9EwOdk Casino Rag]], the [[MinigameZone gambling area]] for the game, and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tVdHtLzhpk Fortune/Itadaki Street DS arrangement.]]
* In the original version, the credits theme was pretty good, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr-zYWVdMXM but in the remake]] they turn it into an all out {{Fanfare}}.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc4EIqaw10k Evil One]], which you got to hear twice in the game (against Estark and against the final boss's first 6 forms), would later go on to become Estark's {{Leitmotif}}. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlh24_zyDRY The DS remake's]] version is also awesome.

* The Overture makes its appearance [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2kNPFT0Ni8 here]], but another special note of just ''when'' it appears is required: it's only after we watch the hero's mother apparently die in childbirth, the crushing silence broken by his newborn cries that the overture begins. ''This'' is how you add atmosphere to a game.
* As is usual for the series, the Overworld theme, in this case called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8jEpgsuRlA Toward the Horizon]] is excellent. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jym17LTegOw Its DS remake]] is equally excellent.
* Given that love is a big aspect of the game, naturally it needed a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG712vj1YWc powerful theme]] to match the emotion of the moment. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S37JcVTbyTM The orchestral version]] especially helps it soar like a bird.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3GNCgJo-e4 "Racing Slimes!"]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk8gMdGi6Q8 Violent Enemies]], the normal battle theme, is one of the best in the series (also its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETRpiz734Sw DS version]].) In addition, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GqRSg_L_9o Boss Theme (the series' first standard boss theme)]] isn't too shabby either. To top if off, there's the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGKmRfwvLH8 Symphonic version of both these themes.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAepRWpZ7As Through the Fields,]] the Overworld theme. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzwrHoAd0yo Another World,]] its MirrorWorld counterpart, is slower, more solemn, perfect for a dream world.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L78vWGIPeKs Courageous Fight,]] the standard battle theme.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi2yzSgf2Uo Brave Fight,]] used only once when facing against Mudo/Murdaw.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSA7inusbPw "Pegasus"]] sets the mood of the opening scene brilliantly. Oddly, it returns later as the GlobalAirship theme.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlhuRbTu7pM World of the Strong,]] an epic boss theme. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYZ2K-1gmEc Symphonic version.]]

* An Orchestrated Remix of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3xo_y3kbMs Overture]], where the ''Dragon Quest'' dev team and Level 5 show off their fancy new engine to the tune of an Orchestrated remix of the song all while a pair of birds fly for miles using the in game engine and ''no load times.'' Epic. Just Epic.
* Rhapthorne's theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZX4dFjId_M Great Battle in the Vast Sky]]. More subdued than the typical last battle, but only because Rhapthorne may possibly have pulled off the biggest KickTheDog moment in ''Dragon Quest'' history. It also contains Ramia's Theme from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' mixed in -- for good reason, as you are riding on her back as you fight him.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tgaRJIvqEM The Observatory.]]
* Observe the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hvlwLwxweI Dragon Quest 9 Overture Remix]], now with a buildup and an orchestra playing it (the first time they have skipped the chiptunes and went straight for the big band).
%%* Some examples of the remixes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N5VQFQ0dRw Zoma]] ([[VideoGame/DragonQuestIII DQ3]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Dvc4Q9lyw Rhapthorne]] ([[VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII DQ8]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSWgKJL4V_M Dragon Lord]] ([[VideoGame/DragonQuestI DQ1]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxXAbs7rCro Estark]] ([[VideoGame/DragonQuestIV DQ4]]).
* And the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVeAIxuygds final battle theme]], which has the Overture [[DarkReprise mixed in with it]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAepRWpZ7As Through the Fields,]] the Overworld theme. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzwrHoAd0yo Another World,]] its [[spoiler:MirrorWorld counterpart]], is slower, more solemn, [[spoiler:perfect for a dream world]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L78vWGIPeKs Courageous Fight,]] the standard battle theme.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi2yzSgf2Uo Brave Fight,]] used only once when facing against Mudo/Murdaw.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAepRWpZ7As Through the Fields,]] the Overworld theme. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzwrHoAd0yo Another World,]] its MirrorWorld counterpart, is slower, more solemn, perfect for a dream world.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L78vWGIPeKs Courageous Fight,]] the standard battle theme.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi2yzSgf2Uo Brave Fight,]] used only once when facing against Mudo/Murdaw.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkyZSG2ZF9Y King Dragon]], the final boss theme. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCU9mj9_zfs DQ9 Symphonic version.]])
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os_bSG5zSbM The overworld theme of the first game]] has been included in many games, not just the remakes of the original [=DQ1=].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7JFo8mXeaE SNES version.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzQsZWtqz4U Gameboy Color version.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g68JG7FUEUc Alefgard]], its ''Fortune Street'' arrangement, is epic as well.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKyzkDqaQoE "A Lonely Youth"]], the overworld theme that plays when you start the game with the Hero going solo for the first part of the game. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58CeB6YNX-M GBC Version]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4UofLO_O8A "The True Evil"]], the final battle theme with Malroth. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq_3slfUoY8 It's even more awesome]] in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX''!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdBFtOPE8IQ Battle Theme.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4X7qVqp-8 Boogie-Woogie]], the lobby theme for the Monster Arena and the Pachisi Board minigames. Sadly, it was not in the original NES game.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BevwlqU1Wl4 GBC version.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tVdHtLzhpk Itadaki Street version.]]

* The final Overworld Theme that plays when the entire playable cast has finally joined together, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H42_mzLMz0 Wagon Wheel's March]], is quite heroic and sets the tone of that point in the game well. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP1lMic9jrE Its Fortune Street DS arrangement]] is even more epic.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_jYQ9EwOdk Casino Rag]], the [[MinigameZone gambling area]] for the game, and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tVdHtLzhpk Fortune/Itadaki Street DS arrangement.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc4EIqaw10k Evil One]], which you got to hear twice in the game (against Estark and against the final boss's first 6 forms). It would later go on to become Estark's {{Leitmotif}}. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlh24_zyDRY The [=DS=] remake's]] version is also awesome.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3GNCgJo-e4 "Racing Slimes!"]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAepRWpZ7As Through the Fields]] - Overworld theme. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzwrHoAd0yo Another World]] - its MirrorWorld counterpart, is slower, more solemn, perfect for a dream world.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L78vWGIPeKs Courageous Fight]] - the standard battle theme.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi2yzSgf2Uo Brave Fight]] - used only once when facing against Mudo/Murdaw.

!! ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlhuRbTu7pM World of the Strong]] - An epic boss theme. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYZ2K-1gmEc Symphonic version.]]

* Rhapthorne's theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZX4dFjId_M Great Battle in the Vast Sky]]. More subdued than the typical last battle, but only because Rhapthorne may possibly have pulled off the biggest KickTheDog moment in ''Dragon Quest'' history. It also contains Ramia's Theme from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' mixed in -- For good reason, as you are riding on her back as you fight him.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tgaRJIvqEM The Observatory.]]

* Some examples of the remixes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N5VQFQ0dRw Zoma]] ([[VideoGame/DragonQuestIII DQ3]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Dvc4Q9lyw Rhapthorne]] ([[VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII DQ8]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSWgKJL4V_M Dragon Lord]] ([[VideoGame/DragonQuestI DQ1]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxXAbs7rCro Estark]] ([[VideoGame/DragonQuestIV DQ4]]).

* [[http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=King_Dragon King Dragon]], the final boss theme. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCU9mj9_zfs DQ9 Symphonic version.]])

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4UofLO_O8A "The True Evil"]], the final battle theme with [[spoiler: Malroth]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq_3slfUoY8 It's even more awesome]] in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX''!
* The ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOX4nd8zHIg My Road, My Journey]], really sells the idea that your journey to save the world has come to a triumphant end, with one Reddit thread even stating that it sounds "too much like music that would play when the bride walks down the aisle". The orchestral version of this theme is used to great effect in the climax of ''Anime/DragonQuestYourStory'' [[spoiler:when Luca vanquishes [[ComputerVirus the virus]] with the vaccine created by Gootrude, Luca's Slime companion who reveals himself to be an antivirus program]].

* The Overture [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPmfsULN9hA remix]], that only plays after we see the Hero prepare and proceed on his journey [[spoiler: or rather, that we see that he has ''failed'' on his journey]], or more specifically (in the GBC remake) [[spoiler: when the king declares that you are the inheritor of his legacy and the world's last hope.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc4EIqaw10k Evil One]], which you got to hear twice in the game (against Estark and agains the final boss[[spoiler:' first 6 forms]]). It would later go on to become Estark's {{Leitmotif}}. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlh24_zyDRY The [=DS=] remake's]] version is also awesome.

* The Overture makes its appearance [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2kNPFT0Ni8 here]], but another special note of just ''when'' it appears is required: it's only after we [[spoiler: watch the hero's mother apparently die in childbirth]], the crushing silence broken by [[spoiler: his newborn cries]] that the overture begins. ''This'' is how you add atmosphere to a game.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSA7inusbPw "Pegasus"]] sets the mood of the opening scene brilliantly. Oddly, it returns later as the [[spoiler:GlobalAirship theme]].

* [[spoiler: Rhapthorne's]] theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZX4dFjId_M Great Battle in the Vast Sky]]. More subdued than the typical last battle, but only because [[spoiler: Rhapthorne]] may possibly have pulled off the biggest KickTheDog moment in ''Dragon Quest'' history. It also contains [[spoiler: Ramia's Theme]] from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' mixed in -- [[spoiler: For good reason, as you are riding on her back as you fight him.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vlVnsGaMCA Almighty Devil Boss is Challenged]] is an incredibly booming piece in it's orchestrated form, it gives a lot of weight to the bosses that the Hero will encounter.