Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Square Enix Music Online's Juan2Darien reviewed the game's symphonic scores: "Dragon Quest Suite"; "Dragon Quest I Remix Symphonic Suite (London Philharmonic Orchestra)"; "Dragon Quest I &amp; II Symphonic Suite (London Philharmonic Orchestra Remastered)"; and "Dragon Quest I Symphonic Suite (Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra)". Comparing each of the suites, he gave all ratings ranging 7 through 9 out of 10, and found the Tokyo Strings Ensemble recording superior. He praised efforts by Koichi Sugiyama and the orchestras to compose an above-average piece beyond the flatness of the source material. Gamasutra's Kurt Kalata also praised the symphonies' melody, commenting that "the overworld theme ... is pretty simplistic and grating, but actually sounds pretty beautiful when played by a live orchestra".