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  names:
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    ja: すぎやまこういち
barcode: '4988003381981'
catalog: KICC-6332
categories:
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category: Game
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  names:
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    ja: すぎやまこういち
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      English Literal: Overture IX
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    track_length: '2:02'
  - names:
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      English Literal: Heaven's Prayer
      Japanese: 天の祈り
    track_length: '5:07'
  - names:
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      English Literal: Destiny ~ A Tragic Prologue
      Japanese: 宿命~悲壮なるプロローグ
    track_length: '3:42'
  - names:
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      Japanese: 王宮のオーボエ
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  - names:
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      English Literal: Come to Our Town ~ Our Dreaming Town ~ Pub Polka ~ Come to
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      Japanese: 来たれわが街へ~夢見るわが街~酒場のポルカ~来たれわが街へ
    track_length: '5:51'
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      English Literal: Over the Fields and Mountains ~ With My Friends ~ Riding the
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      Japanese: 野を越え山を越え~仲間とともに~箱舟に乗って~野を越え山を越え
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      English Literal: I Won't Lose ~ Swirling Desire
      Japanese: 負けるものか~渦巻く欲望
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      Japanese: 暗闇の魔窟~洞窟のワルツ~そびえ立つ死の気配
    track_length: '5:28'
  - names:
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      English Literal: Gather, My People ~ Verse of Prayer ~ Painful Feelings
      Japanese: 集え、者たち~祈りの詩~せつなき思い
    track_length: '6:17'
  - names:
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      English Literal: Sandy's Theme ~ Sandy's Tears ~ Sandy's Theme
      Japanese: サンディのテーマ~サンディの泪~サンディのテーマ
    track_length: '2:48'
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      English Literal: Guided by Fate ~ A Masterless Temple
      Japanese: 運命に導かれ~主なき神殿
    track_length: '4:20'
  - names:
      English: Final Battle
      English Literal: The Time of the Decisive Battle
      Japanese: 決戦の時
    track_length: '4:18'
  - names:
      English: Journey to the Star-Filled Skies ~ Defender of the Star-Filled Skies
      English Literal: To the Starry Sky ~ Protectors of the Starry Sky
      Japanese: 星空へ~星空の守り人
    track_length: '6:35'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/1251
  names:
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    ja: キングレコード株式会社
    ja-latn: King Record Co., Ltd.
  role: distributor
link: album/16388
lyricists: []
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meta:
  added_date: 2009-11-19T01:55
  edited_date: 2025-05-02T07:51
  fetched_date: 2026-06-06T00:08
  freedb: 39
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 12594
name: Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest IX Hoshizora no Mamoribito
names:
  en: Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest IX Hoshizora no Mamoribito
  ja: 交響組曲「ドラゴンクエストIX」星空の守り人
  ja-latn: Koukyou Kumikyoku "Dragon Quest IX" Hoshizora no Mamoribito
notes: 'Conductor: Koichi Sugiyama

  Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

  Solo Concertmaster: Tatsuya Yabe, Kyoko Shikata

  Concertmaster: Tomoshige Yamamoto

  1st Violin: Yuzuki Suganuma, Makiko Yoshioka, Hiromu Ikeda, Nobuko Kaiwa, Kenji
  Koike, Tomoko Shinohara, Harumi Takada, Misato Taguchi, Masako Tanaka, Tetsuro Taniguchi,
  Midori Nakane, Masayuki Numata, Junko Noguchi, Hiroko Nozawa, Wakako Yokoyama

  2nd Violin: Kanako Endo, Masaya Soshi, Kumi Kobayashi, Shohei Yamamoto, Hiroshi
  Oikawa, Junko Okamoto, Toshio Kamei, Tamae Gohya, Masao Nakane, Keiko Nagayoshi,
  Yasuo Mizuyama, Akiko Mihara, Naomi Yamaguchi

  Viola: Manabu Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakayama, Yoichi Kurokawa, Ayako Kojima, Akiko Kobayashi,
  Yasuko Taura, Yasuo Hayashi, Kazuo Horie, Kaori Minamiyama, Makoto Watanabe

  Cello: Masahiro Tanaka, Nobuo Furukawa, Shohei Hirata, Yohei Matsuoka, Shinichi
  Eguchi, Daisuke Kitaguchi, Junko Takahashi, Ichiro Hasebe, Junpei Yanase

  Contrabass: Osamu Yamamoto, Akinari Watanabe, Nakako Sano, Otoo Shibata, Yota Takahashi,
  Toshimichi Nakanishi

  Flute: Yoshiaki Teramoto, Yusuke Yanagihara, Ikue Koike, Hiroshi Noguchi

  Oboe: Tomoyuki Hirota, Masashi Honma, Keitaro Oue, Fusako Nampo

  Clarinet: Michiyo Sato, Hidemi Mikai, Kei Ito

  Bassoon: Masayuki Okamoto, Kiyotaka Dosaka, Takao Kogo, Norihito Yamada

  Horn: Sumiharu Arima, Takato Saijo, Nagahisa Kasamatsu, Jo Kishigami, Kazuko Nomiyama,
  Hirofumi Wada

  Trumpet: Koji Okazaki, Osamu Takahashi, Tomohiro Naito, Takashi Nakayama

  Trombone: Hiroyuki Odagiri, Yuri Iguchi, Shinji Koga

  Bass Trombone: Junpei Inoue

  Tuba: Kiyoshi Sato

  Timpani & Percussion: Yoshihiro Ando, Naoaki Kobayashi, Keiko Nishikawa, Tadayuki
  Hisaichi

  Harp: Kazuko Shinozaki (guest)

  Inspector: 栗盛芳枝

  Assistant Inspector: 上杉信隆

  Stage Manager: 山野克朗

  Librarian: 糸永桂子

  STAFF

  Project Planning, Planner: Koichi Sugiyama

  Producer & Director: Yukiko Sugiyama (Sugiyama Kobo), Yoshio Takenaka (King Record)

  Recording & Editing Engineer: Yuji Miyashita

  Assistant Engineer: 坪井義幸

  Mastering Engineer: Machiko Suzue (SMC)

  Designer: Yasunori Takeda (SMC)

  Design Coordinator: Eiji Nakamura (King Record), Ayako Torimoto (SMC)

  Production Coordinator: 高橋摩衣子 (King Record)

  Promoter: 南純代 (King Record)

  Sales Promoter: 横尾友美 (King Record)

  Special Thanks: Koji Asano (King Record), Isamu Tanaka (King Record), Yu Miyake
  (SQUARE ENIX), 倉持亮一 (SQUARE ENIX), John R. Bullock (Adcap)

  Very Special Thanks: Yuji Horii, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

  Music Production: Sugiyama Kobo, Koichi Sugiyama, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra,
  Tatsuya Yabe

  Recording Date & Location: Oct 7&9, 2009 大田区民ホールアプリコ'
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    ja-latn: SUGI LABEL
  role: label
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  names:
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    ja: キングレコード株式会社
    ja-latn: King Record Co., Ltd.
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- *id001
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  names:
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    ja: 東京都交響楽団
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platforms:
- Nintendo DS
products:
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  names:
    en: 'Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies'
    ja: 'ドラゴンクエストIX: 星空の守り人'
    ja-latn: 'Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito'
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related:
- catalog: KICA-1460~1
  date: '2009-08-05'
  link: album/13537
  names:
    en: Dragon Quest IX Hoshizora no Mamoribito Synthes...
    ja: 「ドラゴンクエストIX」星空の守り人 シンセサイザ...
    ja-latn: Dragon Quest IX Hoshizora no Mamoribito Synthes...
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2010'
  link: album/41775
  names:
    en: DRAGON QUEST IX PIANO ALBUM
    ja: 'ドラゴンクエストIX: 星空の守り人 PIANO ALBUM'
    ja-latn: DRAGON QUEST IX PIANO ALBUM
  type: doujin
release_date: '2010-02-10'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3000.0
reprints: []
stores:
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  name: Play-Asia (OOP)
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votes: 0
websites:
  Official:
  - link: http://sugimania.com/sugi.html#cd100210
    name: sugiレーベル最新情報
  Review:
  - link: http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/dq9/index.html
    name: RPGFan's Review
  - link: http://squareenixmusic.com/reviews/juan2darien/dq9ss.shtml
    name: SEMO's Review
  - link: http://www.soundtrackcentral.com/cds/dragonquest9_symphonicsuite.htm
    name: Soundtrack Central's Review
