Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
As with most "Dragon Quest" games, Koichi Sugiyama wrote the game's original score. An official soundtrack for "Dragon Quest VIII" was released in December 2005, published by Aniplex. In the Japanese release of the game, the game features sequenced music, whereas the North American and PAL versions contained the symphonic suite orchestral recordings performed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, with Sugiyama serving as the conductor. The 3DS versions swaps the soundtracks with the Japanese version using the symphonic suite orchestral recordings, while the North American, PAL, iOS, Android, versions use the sequenced music.