Dragon Warrior (NES) Soundtrack - 8BitStereo

[@haohaowan2]

fortune smiles upon thee, for thou hast found the best music.

[@LexEllis]

Fortune: *smiles upon thee* I'm proud of you!

[@youfrancis]

:0) y 100%

[@jessetrott6011]

this game started my love of video games. oh good times

[@Leothelion357]

Best compliment to this game in the comment section 😂😂😂👌

[@danielpowers5891]

Fortune hath smiled upon thee as thou hast found the legendary tablet that belongeth to the late Erdrick, great warrior of light from ages past.

[@Doommaster1994]

RIP Koichi Sugiyama 1931-2021

[@DougGay]

I got this game for free for being a long time Nintendo Power subscriber. I was shocked to get an actual NES cartridge in the mail. What a gift it was. It started my life long love of RPG's. Great memories and a great soundtrack to boot.

[@adamcolbertmusic]

As I recall from a video I watched, this game was a total flop in Japan so Nintendo gave them away with Nintendo Power subscriptions as a promotional tool and it became a huge hit [EDIT: as a promo tool in USA and subsequently became a huge hit in USA]. I remember my older brother getting the subscription for the free game and it's possibly my all time favorite NES game.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

RIP Koichi Sugiyama. This was the first NES game I ever had and the music has always been lodged in my brain ever since.

[@lewt187]

I don't have to play the video to hear this music either.. There's not very many games like that, even almost 40 years later.

[@SchiesterMalG]

I hum and whistle the Town, Castle Throne, and Overworld tunes while putting the kids to sleep. I came to see how close I was to the actual music. My goodness, it is exactly as I remember. This was also my first NES game. When my kids are old enough I'll show them Dragon Warrior and they will "excrement masonry".

[@lordsorcerer3885]

My friend never used an inn while playing DW1. Never. He realized that you could be healed at the castle for free and I realized he was the cheapest person I've ever known.

[@Crezelda]

During quarantine, this made me remember being a 4 year old girl again watching dad beat the big bad guys on the nes lol.

[@mozfan2436]

this brought back memories and feelings that were buried deep in my psyche ... Christmas time. Everyone in a good mood. The joy and wonder of cracking opening the new NES system and this game.... turning it on, sitting back and watching magic happen... I don't think I got to play much... just watched my mom play... but it was an experience for all of us... Memory is a strange thing.

[@sovereignryan1681]

nostalgia trip~

[@Kreedogger]

Wow man... this game has a lot of space in my heart. Played it a lot when I was very young. I did a playthrough a couple years ago.. still fun.

[@countryboyred]

smoked salmon for all The NES era can never be replicated. A huge stepping stone in the history of gaming.

[@StevenMichaelCunningham]

Call it Vegan or do not but it is 100%

[@Shuaiguy13]

Reading this legit made me smile. This game actually terrified me. I was 6 years old when I first played this, or was it 8? Regardless, I remember having such limited vocabulary. I couldn't understand "thee" and "club" and "dmg". It's funny how this kinda taught me a little bit of old medieval culture with the way of talking. I thought a "club" was like a nightclub and I would read "dmg" as "D.M.G." The music scared me too, it was so mysterious, yet cheery at times. The battles I couldn't handle

[@scotttaylor7146]

The underworld theme slowly dissolving into madness gets me every time

[@ravenlord4]

13:12 -- awesome memories. "dost thou love me?" You can reject her forever (I tried for 30 minutes once) and she just comes back with "but thou must!" And when you finally give in, you get her cheesy music with "I'm so happy!". What a stubborn and plucky girl :)

[@BuddyBoy600alt]

raven lord It also plays when you rescue her as well.

[@North33A]

But...thou must!

[@WreckerR]

I remember trying that for awhile...

[@mityahubenkeshet]

HAHAHA Yes! But thou must! I forgot about that one. So good the memories. lol.

[@Dove01s]

Kind of put her in creepy stalker territory for me. I think I avoided the castle as much as possible for the rest of the play-through. XD

[@ragepoweredgamer]

Got this game for a dollar at Funkoland in 1999-2001. Back when retro games were cheap, everywhere, and NO ONLINE THINGS TO RUIN THEM.

[@darklordyianni4463]

lol

[@Morgil27]

I got it at a flea market in 2017 for $7. Despite being in my late 30s and having grown up through the NES era, I never actually played the game as a kid, and this was actually my introduction to the series as a whole. I liked it so much I immediately set out to ebay and Amazon to obtain all the sequels.

[@jiggityjake4015]

Man, the overworld theme totally sent me back to where I used to wander for random battles right by that one southern town for hours hoping to run into a gold golem because that dude was literally made of money.

[@LaPoubelle42]

memories memories, my neck is hurting from looking up at the tv just thinkin about it!

[@averagegamer2471]

Metal slimes

[@travisanderson77]

The Slime is attacking...the Slime is running away.

[@Kreedogger]

The damn metal slime... I want me XP sucka! hahah

[@camcloutier2738]

When you get to the point that "The Red Dragon is attacking! ...the Red Dragon runneth away!" you know it's time to move onto...Dragon Warrior 2.

[@Worldofourown2024]

Metal slimes always run away.

[@aneros988]

The Tantengel Castle music is so nostalgic for me! I am currently working on a phd in Renaissance literature... those interests all started with this game for me!

[@BeamMonsterZeus]

How is that going for you? Still at it?

[@michaelmclaughlin261]

Yeah give us an update!

[@bsharpmajorscale]

Paging Dr. Best. Dr. Best to lit room. Dr. Best to lit room.

[@aneros988]

@@BeamMonsterZeus Hey! Sorry, I don't often check KZbin! I just defended my dissertation on Shakespeare in June. I am currently working as a postdoc teaching writing at the university. And I still love Dragon Quest!

[@Will-xk4nm]

Tantengel castle music is my favorite RPG castle theme besides the castle music from Ultima IV.

[@lightning_11]

This reminds me of how much trepidation the progressively lower-pitched cave music gave me when I first reached the underworld...

[@allthingsmotion]

I remember getting this game for free when my parents renewed my membership to Nintendo Power! Thanks for all the uploads!

[@Nikos8BitStereo]

You bet! ;)

[@Darksuperchaossonic]

I wish I could've gotten the game ;-; I only even found out it actually existed like two years ago

[@jdspencer60]

allthingsmotion I traded my copy of Legend of Zelda for this game. Good for you though.

[@samurphy]

+allthingsmotion I think that was the single largest boost in Nintendo Power's subscription. I got the game then, too. Took for EVER to arrrive.

[@kt81776]

+Sean same here it was the first time ever seeing a ups truck at my house! God i still remember that evening, dying from excitement, free game! Took me about a year to defeat it!

[@MindCrime550]

Got this game for free when i got a Nintendo Power subscription, spent many many hours on this as a little kid. And then when i was like 30 i played it on an emulator and beat it in like two nights. still good memories playing this on a tiny tv late at night while my parents thought iw as sleeping.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Sound effects: The two-note jingle that plays before an enemy attacks you ("The [name of enemy] attacks! Thy Hit Points decreased by [n].") The two three-note jingles that play if you fail in your attempt to attack an enemy (lower pitched) or vice-versa (higher pitched). That is: "It is dodging!" or "The attack failed and there was no loss of Hit Points!" for the lower-pitched jingle, and "A miss! No damage hath been scored!" for the higher-pitched jingle.

[@RichKnight36]

This game taught me how to read! No lie.

[@Psychentist]

Me too! Fight, Item, Spell, and Run, baby!

[@Ardepark]

Hadst thou to unlearn the archaic diction?

[@Tomosies]

I loved this game and beat it at least 1/2 a dozen times. I was even the Dragonlord for Halloween one year!

[@pasta-eo5mt]

can't listen to the town music without hearing (in my head) the fast high-pitched text scroll beeping on top of it.

[@darkfelony]

lol i feel about the same

[@pumarega]

beep-beep-beep-chirp-chirp (Yes / No)?

[@ozgurkarter4368]

Now that you mention it, the music is ruined for me forever :)

[@Psychentist]

Hahahaha. Yes. I still copy that technique in my indy games, and it works great.

[@goredorf677]

So who else killed slimes outside of the castle to afford the axe before going to the next town?!

[@WreckerR]

I probably did...

[@ApollyonBainer]

Nah bamboo POLE

[@michaelmclaughlin261]

A metallic slime runs away.

[@Trader_Logan]

And who else wandered as far as they could survive just to see what was at bottom of map before getting wrecked by a wyvern?

[@roccoricobene2746]

ZTZTLT bare handed all the way till Dragonlord :D

[@matthewrileymcleanwilkinson]

"But thou must!" Lol, just discovered I was born the year this game was released. Sweet. I really am a descendant of Erdrick.

[@evolgenius1150]

3:33 Everytime I hear this I think of Stratovarius - "Black Diamond", and everytime I hear Black Diamond I think of this Dragon Warrior tune.

[@Ryknfjor]

Uhhh. Legit my eyes teared up at hearing 4:10 Brought back memories from decades past. Never knew it was called "Overworld". Thats top notch music even now wtf. Need this song on loop.

[@michaelbrunner8891]

I love how all the cave music was diminished.

[@brillopad6901]

This game started it all for me in the RPG department, I grew up on those old King's Quest computer games and this felt like the first thing on the NES close to them. This is the hardest one for me to want to go back and play today since it always felt repetitive and slower. Only having 1 member in your party was tough back in the day. Still had fun playing it and credit it with addicting me even more to games lol

[@devonlord-moncrief9355]

I remember when I was about 3 or 4 my mom was playing this in the living room. She had the NES on the floor and she used to stick match books between the tray and games because the systems pins got loose. Anyway, she got to the Dragon Lord and his battle theme started. Me, knowing how important this was, started to do this little march/dance in time with the song and fuckin kicked the NES by accident. Froze the game and everything, my mom started yelling at me and I ran off out of the room. Knowing now what a pain it is to get all the way to Castle Charlock, down through the dungeons, and survive against the knights and dragons, yeah, Id yell at me , too.

[@dozerroman4325]

Dragon Warrior...First RPG I ever played as a kid (when NES came out to put my Atari2600 to shame, to give some insight on how long I have been gaming. So old, right?! Pah!)I remember my younger brother was chomping at the bit to play this game as a toddler... Ironically enough(?), my twin (who hoarded all controller time with me as we took turns leveling and beating the game), well, he would give up video games right after that. My younger brother though? Took to them like gloves fit the hands. He has, since those thirty-plus years ago, taken up naming his characters (even his profile gamertags) after my DW character... Dukie B. To all the younger brothers (gamers) out there that are now carrying the torch....I fucking love you guys 😎 As do I the person who posted this soundtrack. (Thank you!)

[@Psychentist]

Hahaha. Awesome. Thanks for sharing. I was a little brother gamer, but these days, I'm the much larger brother, LOL. The first words I learned how to read were FIGHT, ITEM, SPELL, and RUN. Take a wild guess where I learned those from. :)

[@bunnybismuth]

2:22 "Descendant of Erdrick, listen now to my words." "It is told that in ages past Erdrick fought demons with a Ball of Light." "Then came the Dragonlord who stole the precious globe and hid it in the darkness." "Now, HERO, thou must help us recover the Ball of Light and restore peace to our land." "The Dragonlord must be defeated." "Take now whatever thou may find in these Treasure Chests to aid thee in thy quest." "Then speak with the guards, for they have much knowledge that may aid thee." "May the light shine upon thee, HERO."

[@archiericketts2111]

Chan Kobun marry me ... right fucking now

[@kingcyrusking]

I think about this castle music every few days. This has been going on in my head since 1990.

[@Winterheart786]

I am a happy kid again.. thank you.

[@AdamBrussGoGo]

I'm going to play Overworld on repeat during my next marathon.

[@lawrencefitzgerald4744]

The RPG that started it all (LoZ was later retconned as 'Action/Adventure'). 4:10 When Google did their 8-bit Google Maps April Fool's video--and this music played--I nerd-gasmed...so hard!

[@sarahh2072]

The shift in pitch between the underworlds was terrifying as a kid. First it was easy bats and mummies but then it devolved into knights, wolves, red dragons, green dragons and blue dragons getting harder and harder with every level and pitch shift. With there being no internet or books about it you never knew what you were walking into.

[@Supperbeta]

This game used to scary me. I mean, when monsters appears on the field by surprise. I was only 5 xD

[@jonathanbradley4896]

I remember being little and afraid of leaving town, the overworld theme scared me haha

[@Psychentist]

Even 30 years later, encounters still scare me when I'm in Hauksness. xD

[@dosito86]

Dying scared me the most. Specially to the demon knight... fkr gave me nightmares (I was 4 lol)

[@Trader_Logan]

@@jonathanbradley4896 Me too actually - i jumped but i liked the thrill

[@joelestrada6552]

Last year was my 25th anniversary of being a fan of Dragon Warrior along with the likes of River city ransom, Final Fight, Strider, Phantasy Star 2, Ghouls n Ghosts, etc. I was 5 when I became a fan of DW. 1989 4ever!

[@kryptin420]

each version represents a lower floor in a cave/dungeon. The tone gets deeper and deeper as you go down. The lowest was only found in the final dungeon.

[@LinktoLinkGamer]

this is badass, and great job with including all of the pitch shifts for the underworld music. to me it's still one of the scariest things in gaming. thanks for the upload top notch.

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

i never realized but that's all that they did. shifting the pitch of the sound in underworld levels. bizarre and unique at the same time. no one else did it!

[@derekseguine]

Such a genius idea changing the register making it slower each lower level of dungeons.

[@SamuraiTacos1]

rest in peace Koichi Sugiyama his work will be remember

[@budkin]

This game was a grind but it was so fun.

[@vengefulgamer778]

I'm lucky to have an original copy of this game. It is very fun :)

[@bricemorrison8458]

When I was a kid the CURSED music scared me so bad I turned off the console!

[@johnjm3152]

Being 16 and played all of the Dragon warrior games, i'm just astonished on it's impact. I played them when I was 12, 13, and 14 doing every possible thing I could, searching for everything, and gambling to try and get the Babble armor.....I need to bring the file over to my new pc now

[@davidus9702]

I hope you kept your adventurous spirit!

[@lightning_11]

This guy is a legend, he even provides a working download link! By the way, are these copywrited? Will there be issues if I use these for my D&D games?

[@thraelyad6751]

Nobody is going to arrest you if you play copyrighted music with your friends, lol

[@Shuaiguy13]

This game actually terrified me. I was 6 years old when I first played this, or was it 8? Regardless, I remember having such limited vocabulary. I couldn't understand "thee" and "club" and "dmg". It's funny how this kinda taught me a little bit of old medieval culture with the way of talking. I thought a "club" was like a nightclub and I would read "dmg" as "D.M.G." The music scared me too, it was so mysterious, yet cheery at times. The battles I couldn't handle. The way the screen would spiral and show a monster, the first monster ever... a slime. The way the graphics were, they were so primitive, which allowed my imagination to take place. That stupid slime was too happy, how could something with such a smile hurt me? And when you got hurt enough, your screen would go red?! My heart rate would go up, I would sweat. Every hit I took made me feel like my blood was pooling on the floor. It's crazy how back then things were visually limited, which allowed our minds to fill in the rest. To this day, I get uncomfortable listening to the battle music. I would actually listen to it when something in real life is actually stressing me out and it would remind me of when I was a child - no longer a big deal. Funny how things work out huh?

[@Worldofourown2024]

Wow. You'll be evermore terrified when you find it rhymes with our real world and what's about to go down and happened in previous antique eras of history. Think war of the world part 3. Oh gosh...

[@carrieandraya]

OH SO AMAZING, I was just figuring these out on the piano and I needed the solid tonal refresher!

[@TheUPChannel]

Thou hast successfully defeated the Goldman... Thou receives 6 EXP. and 156 Gold!

[@nokiausuario1984]

Cuanta nostalgia, sin lugar a dudas uno de mis juegos favoritos ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@8bpianoplayer]

Good times. I remember the first time I beat the Dragonlord and he transformed, and that music changed...at the time I wasn't sure if level 25 was enough to take him down...music legitimately creeped me out.

[@danielzavesky9911]

was the best rpg untill FF came :P i will never forget my hrs spent on these games made me the boss rpger i am today thanx dragon warrior you will always be famous in my eyes

[@superjustinebros3504]

The Hero Draws Near! - Smash Ultimate Hero's Trailer

[@chetmanley5180]

9:56 "please be a metal slime!!!!!!! ............. FUCK!"

[@chazzsilva7060]

12:44 Thou art dead.

[@Drakengard-cb5ot]

The slime is crapping itself........ The slime is running away...

[@trst361]

The Underworld themes set the tones of the game. All other tunes no matter how genuinely gleeful were shadowed by that Underworld theme.

[@hammudesigns1039]

I found elsewhere it was made in 1986. Around that time, give or take, it was also in my house when I was little.

[@erboproxy]

9:06 : when you found out the dungeon music went lower and slower that every other dungeon encountered so far, you knew you were shortly about to die.

[@wardrich]

4:10 - the very intro of this song sounds like the intro to one of the songs from Crystalis that has been bumped up in pitch. The sounds are also very similar. (It would have bee Crystalis that "borrowed" from this game).

[@wardrich]

For that matter, the next song at 4:53 may have also been adapted for one of the tunnel songs in Crystalis.

[@beltran8787]

I used to love watching my brother play this game :)

[@internet_introvert]

That overworld theme was so lonely though I was glad to encounter monsters just to break the depression And don't even get me started on the caves without the radiant spell

[@ToguroCrypto]

possibly better than final fantasy series.

[@bigeshu]

So, I remember being super proud since the NES strategy guide said you couldn't beat the first dragon until lvl 12 and I did it at lvl 8. Thought I was a nintendo game master or something.

[@dosito86]

I'd say you were. Back in the day we couldn't beat hi. Until level 14

[@tunguskagoboom107]

Nostalgia

[@chobbyarriola3464]

thank you so much, i remenber my childhood whit that song

[@Savages-Softball]

this music still gives me chills down my spine

[@ivanorozco9673]

thanks for uploading the dragon warrior/dragon quest soundtrack

[@Universal.G]

The Slime is happy

[@Benobot99]

I love Dragon Warrior, and some of the music is great too. Thanks for the upload.

[@damacattack8434]

The Hero Draws Near!

[@rotkehbarrera8324]

Dai no Daibouken.. man they need to finish that anime ... it was so damn awesome..

[@MousLS25]

Watch the Remake!

[@BaconEggnCheeze]

mine too. played this way before i discovered ff. damn it brings me back.

[@ItalNico]

And so the tale comes to an end, unless the dragons return again.

[@leudwigvonshwartsenhelm3624]

this brings back memories

[@ryan2stix]

First game I got when I got my nes for my birthday...at first I hated it....and then I loved it

[@Optimum45]

The first time I got to the bottom, a part of me wanted to run away. My 5 year old self made a choice that has carried through my entire life. To this day, I'm still not afraid to face the unknown, even if it scares me.

[@o_o_o_o_o-o_o_o_o_o]

What if there is a druinlord though? Even then??

[@Euquila]

Listen to all of this and u'll level up

[@sammymorini9748]

aww yesssssssss childhood right there :D

[@rudolfix7772]

the battle theme reminds me of koume and kotake argueing somehow :P

[@Lightsydephil]

2020, still listening to this.

[@peteraldrich1444]

4:10 has me nostalgic in the best way!

[@BONESTORM2501]

I just figured out the song at 2:25 on piano. Takes me so far back

[@ravensnflies8167]

Metal slimes are so you dont have to grind... find them early and dont even get your hopes up if you find one after lvp 15. They will run away.

[@TheInvaderDust]

thank for this!

[@Nikos8BitStereo]

You're welcome for it!

[@risingsonseven]

The one coming to Wii U is going to be the best dragon quest ever

[@xirabolt]

Is there a problem with my earbuds or is this mostly in the left channel?

[@thraelyad6751]

Not just you - it sounds like the treble is stronger in the left channel, and bass is stronger in the right.

[@WreckerR]

God I miss this game. Wish i could get it for my computer...

[@LaPoubelle42]

i only played this game for the beautiful music

[@ivanorozco9673]

indeed they do have even more phenomenal music ^_^

[@zevilgehannivani256]

takes me back next I am trying willow music I love it

[@Psychentist]

Oh hell yeah. That was a great game! That first boss though. "NOOOOOOOOO!" xD

[@Leothelion357]

12:44 making this my bosses ringtone

[@averagegamer2471]

My brother and I maxed our character out before facing the Dragon Lord lol.

[@goredorf677]

Holy.....NNNNNnnnniiiiiice! Mine went to my then 8yr old nephew so he could get addicted as well!

[@k9mouse]

Brings back such good memories! =)

[@DremicosART]

10:00 scared me. Maybe it's a reflex from playing too much Dragon Warrior.

[@JeremySchultz1]

I still have my subscriber copy in the shrink wrap.... :)

[@heyitsyeh]

Ah yes...I used to play the Tantengel Castle theme on piano and people were like "is that Bach"? XD

[@samurphy]

+heyitsyeh I was just watching a video with people playing Bach and I was like "Is that the Tantegel Castle music?"

[@scottythegreat1]

It is THE one song that has been ripped of by so many people Ive lost track of everyone that have ripped it off. It is the second part of Toccata and Fugue in d minor (BWV 565) by: Bach. Everyone has heard that song at some point in their life, but not everyone knows the name of it or that its Bach.

[@SamuraiTacos1]

dragon quest builders i am playing now i should build to this soundtrack lol

[@Shadowfynx]

SamuraiTacos thinking about picking that up soon.

[@SamuraiTacos1]

its a good game better than minecraft i like the rpg mechanics and building music is good lol its a short game but there is a freebuild mode you unlock and challenges beating the chapter world in a certain time and doing certain stuff

[@SamuraiTacos1]

no maybe dlc but i don't know

[@Psychentist]

Man, I wanna play that so bad, but I have zero gold, and the goldmen have gone extinct. :(

[@ShadowSage8899]

9:55 When a stranger walks up to you in Walmart.

[@Grounded-Healer]

Donned the scale of the dragon.