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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Medley

admin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:53:31 +0000

Radical Dreamers Orchestral

admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:54:00 +0000

World of Warcraft Theme by Video Games Live

admin — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:09:58 +0000

MMO’s aren’t really known for their music – but some of the themes from World of Warcraft’s music composer Jason Hayes has incredibly memorable themes, epic in scope and truly beautiful. While I have a love hate relationship with MMORPGs (WoW in particular) I can not deny the music as superb.

Practice Session of The Filmharmonyc Orchestra

admin — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:11:09 +0000

You see lots of performance videos, but I can never find a ton of behind the scenes and practice stuff. So this practice session of the Legend of Zelda and Castlevania themes was a pretty cool find.

Behind the Scenes at Play!

admin — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:17:38 +0000

Cool behind the scenes video about the Play! concert series.

Tour de Japon Final Fantasy VII Main Theme

admin — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:44:26 +0000

Final Fantasy VII. One of the most (it is sometimes argued to be the most) influential Final Fantasy’s of all time. The score was thrilling, grand, and really stayed with you for years and years. There’s no way you can listen to this without remembering the first time you put in Final Fantasy VII, wondering if all of the hype and promise was true. Once you got into it, it was unmistakble – Final Fantasy VII was a masterpiece.

Tour De Japon Facts and Trivia

admin — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:36:43 +0000

The Tour De Japon was a concert tour, based in Japan obviously, that took place between March 12, 2004 and April 16th, 2004. It involved the New Japan Philharmonic, the Tokyo City Philharmonic, the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, the Nagoya Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the Kyushu Symphony, and the Osaka Symphoniker Ochestra.

This tour was spurred on by the success of 20020220 music from Final Fantasy concert. The music was composed by Nobuo Uematsu and arranged by Shiro Hamaguchi. The orchestras were conducted by Taizo Takemoto.

The setlist is as follows (videos will be featured in posts in days to come):

Bombing Mission FF VII
To Zanarkand FF X
Ronfaure FF XI
Aerith’s Theme FF VII
The Oath FF VII
Not Alone FF IX
FF V Main Theme
FF VII Main Theme
Theme of Love FF IV
Final Fantasy I-III Medley
Opera Maria and Draco FF VI
FF 7 Advent Children
Final Fantasy Main Theme

Tour de Japon Does To Zanarkand

admin — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:28:54 +0000

Can anyone really deny the haunting and beauty that is the To Zanarkand melody (FF X)? A sweeping ballad to capture anyone’s heart and mind, and one that truly did help to cement FF X into the minds of millions.

Tour De Japon Plays Not Alone from FF IX

admin — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:24:41 +0000

This is a beautiful rendition of Not Alone from FF IX. I especially enjoyed the trumpet solo around the 2:20 mark. This song is certainly uplifting, beautiful, and enchanting. FF IX might not have been one of my favorite FF, but the music certainly made an impression on me.

Video Games Live

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:08:12 +0000

Video Games Live is a concert event that has all sorts of video game music, new and old. They pair their music arrangements with video footage from the games. The current game list that they cover includes:

Mario™, Zelda®, Halo®, Metal Gear Solid®, Warcraft®, Myst®, Final Fantasy®, God of War™, Kingdom Hearts, Castlevania®, Medal of Honor™, Sonic™, Tron, Tomb Raider®, Advent Rising, Headhunter, Beyond Good & Evil™, Splinter Cell®, Ghost Recon™, Rainbow Six®, EverQuest® II and a special retro Classic Arcade Medley featuring over 20+ games from Pong® to Donkey Kong® including such classics as Dragon’s Lair, Tetris, Frogger, Gauntlet, Space Invaders & Outrun!

They have an extensive tour list that literally goes worldwide – you can see the complete list here.