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First U.S. Final Fantasy Concert Announced

Posted by simoniker on from the chocobo-poop dept.

Carlos Rodriguez writes "I just read at Games Are Fun that Square Enix has officially announced the first U.S.-based Final Fantasy Concert. Entitled 'Dear Friends', it will take place in Los Angeles at the Walt Disney Concert Hall this May 10th, and will feature melodies from the entire series composed and arranged by Nobuo Uematsu. This is the first Final Fantasy music event since 'Final Fantasy 20020220' took place on February 20th, 2002 and the first official Final Fantasy concert to take place outside Japan... It looks like fun! Anybody is planning to attend?"

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  1. im so there by tokaok · · Score: 5, Funny

    you can spot me in the crowd as ill be jumpin up and down pumping my arms in victory.

  2. Re:flamebait by eunos94 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Ok, I won't tout prevailing opinion, but I will disagree with you.

    Uematsu is an exceptionally talented composer. The themes and motifs that he created for the FF series and other games are argueably some of the better for the entertainment industry. After several years of studying music in college and still having many friends and colleagues who are professional writers/arrangers, I can say that his music would stand up in any concert hall against most of todays prominent orchestral composers.

    Now, the one coveat to all of this is that Uematsu needs to arrange the works for the appropriate ensemble. For a looped track in a game that could go on forever, the game system audio tracks are great. However, for an orchestral suite, there is a lot of work involved to properly craft it to that venue.

    There are some previous FF works arranged for orchestra and performed in Japan and to the average non-gamer they sound just like a Hollywood soundtrack (in the best sense of that phrase, not in the soundtrack to You Got Served sort of way). A concert of his works is completely appropriate and I applaud them for bringing quality, modern soundtrack music to our concert halls.

  3. Re:I would love to go by Haikiba · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've gotten all 11 Final fantasy OSTs through AnimeNation. They may cost more, but their reliability is top-notch.

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  4. FFV album by SpikeSpiegal · · Score: 5, Informative
    I am so going to this, then 2 days after is E3. HELL YEA.

    But just incased people didn't know Dear Friends was the name of a Japanese released FFV music CD. Where they orchastrated Final Fantasy V. It sounds awesome, if anyone wants any previews for it, I might put some tracks secretly on www.shadowgt.com