When playing "Nier", this years new action adventures game from Square ,you cannot mistake haunting soundtrack that almost sounds french in origin. You would be right in this assessment. Working with the famed composer Keiichi Okabe to create "a futuristic version of the French lyrics" is the artist ...
Squareenix France has revealed 3 Final Fantasy 13-2's composer: "Today we are announcing at Japan Expo (last month) composers of Final Fantasy XIII-2. Masashi Hamauzu and Mitsuto Suzuki return to compose the sequel from Final Fantasy XIII, and Naoshi Mizuta, who’s known for Final Fantasy: The 4 ...
Just last week, Square Enix announced that the long-awaited iOS port of Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions was submitted to Apple, which no doubt meant that the game would be out soon. Today on Facebook, they confirmed that release is in fact this week. ...
In just a few hours, Square Enix will release a demo for Final Fantasy Type-0 on Japan’s PlayStation Store. Before you download it make sure you have PSP firmware 6.39 or higher and 339MB of free space on a memory stick.
The status of a North American release for Final Fantasy Type-0 is still unclear. Over in Japan, not only will gamers be getting it on October 27, they'll also have a collector's edition to consider purchasing. Two versions of the soundtrack will be released on October 12.
Soji Meguro attained more wide acclaim for his pop-imbued soundtracks for Persona 3 and Persona 4. More recent Shin Megami Tensei works include Devil Summoner 2: [Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon]. Both directorial and arranger duties for the PSP remake of the first Persona, new tracks for the PSP port ...
Last week's surprisingly drastic price drop for Nintendo's 3DS will hurt the company in the short term, but the marketshare it will create will benefit the company in the long term, president Satoru Iwata told investors following the price cut. Accordi...
Thomas Böcker (born October 8, 1977) is an award winning German producer notable for his innovative works on numerous orchestral concerts, game scores, and album releases. He is most known for his work on the annual Symphonic Game Music Concerts initiated in 2003, historical for being ...
The soundtrack is being composed by film and television composer Sacha Alexander Puttnam. While his game credits are sparse (Tiger Woods ‘Golf’ and Adventure Ecology), he has worked on several films, documentaries, and television shows, and has a long history as a recording artist.
"Yoko Shimomura .. I had a lot of inquires about the the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack from our users. But though I wanted to reveal it personally, there wasn't anything I could do anything about it. It was an extremely pleasant surprise when I received the news from ...
Transhumanism is definitely the core theme throughout the Deus Ex series. What makes this theme so powerful is that it permeates almost every part of life – science, philosophy, art, religion, and politics. On the surface, transhumanism deals with the use of technology to push humanity beyond our physical and ...
After Activision canceled True Crime: Hong Kong for quality reasons, many assumed that that was it for the game, and the series. But if you were excited about the game, then an unlikely hero has stepped forward: Square Enix has bought the rights to the game – but not the ...
Square Enix revealed the theme songs to Final Fantasy XIII-2 during a Japanese TV broadcast. The PlayStation 3 version will feature Fukui Mai’s “Yakusoku no Basho,” and the Xbox 360 version will feature “New World” by Charice. The PlayStation 3 song is in Japanese, while the Xbox 360 song is ...
Just recently, Breath of Fire IV hit the PlayStation Network, giving the store another classic RPG from the genre’s golden days. But being the human I am, my reaction to getting something cool was to immediately think about what I wanted next. That brings us to this list of top ...
At the IFA consumer electronics conference today, Sony revealed the Sony Entertainment Network, a newly branded platform that will encompass the PlayStation Network service as well as Sony’s music and video download services. The rebranding, news of which leaked online last week, includes a renaming of Sony’s PlayStation-enabled Qriocity music ...
Working with Uematsu-san's music was certainly a delightful experience. ...in fact, that really is putting it mildly. Out of all the video game music I have ever played, it was his music that moved me the ...
Revealed in this week's Jump, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is a "Theater Rhythm Action" game. The game has field scenes set in dungeons and towns, and battle scenes that resemble the side-view battles of older Final Fantasy games. However, everything is played ...
Koichi Sugiyama's first new symphonic suite since 2005. The first half of the Dragon Quest score has a good chance of winning over even series non-followers with its accessible melodies and thematic focus. In a nice opening touch, Sugiyama adds quite a dramatic original intro to the standard overture march ...
G-Mode has confirmed that its CEO Takeshi Miyaji has passed away today. Miyaji, who was 45 years old, served as the principal creator of Grandia while at Gamearts. His role at the studio will be taken over by Ryu Okoriyama. G-Mode has not share...
For the first time on stage in New York City, the music from FINAL FANTASY will fill the halls of Brooklyn Academy of Music in the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House! April 1st and 2nd, 2011 Join Arnie Roth and Nobuo Uematsu for two evenings that you will not want to miss! The eclectic Beaux Arts-style Howard Gilman Opera House will be the perfect backdrop for many beloved Final Fantasy classics. Featuring North American Premieres of music from Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIV!
DISTANT WORLDS: music from FINAL FANTASY Returning Home – LIVE IN JAPAN on DVD
Square Enix and AWR Music Productions present the entire
FINAL FANTASY Japan 2010 concert on DVD!
The DVD and 2 CD set includes exciting performance by soloists Benyamin Nuss, Susan Calloway, Francis Maya, and Meng-Feng Su, with new FFXIII and FFXIV songs as well as many fan-favorite FF selections.
The Japanese singing sensation Kanon joins conductor Arnie Roth and the Sydney Symphony, performing award-winning music from the FINAL FANTASY video game series. The program features newly released FINAL FANTASY XIII and FINAL FANTASY XIV music and video!
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DWFF: BEHIND THE SCENES
This month our reporter in the field Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff shares more live concert experiences from our Distant Worlds performers:
Larry Larson, Principal Trumpet, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
CLAUDIA: How many years have you been playing professionally as a trumpet player?
LARRY: 30 years
CLAUDIA: Where did you go to school?
LARRY: I graduated from DePaul University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance.
CLAUDIA: What types of music do you also listen to besides Symphonic repertoire?
LARRY: I listen to a wide variety of jazz artists, a lot of Dave Matthews Band, Sting, The Beatles, Brian Wilson, Elvis Costello, and many, many movie soundtracks.
CLAUDIA: What are some of your favorite movie soundtracks?
LARRY: “Lord of the Rings” Trilogy (Howard Shore), “Born On The Fourth Of July” (John Williams), “Star Wars” (John Williams), “King Kong” (Max Steiner), “Adventures of Robin Hood” (Erich Korngold), “Spartacus” (Alex North), “L.A. Confidential” (Jerry Goldsmith), “Jurassic Park” (John Williams).
CLAUDIA: What made the Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy performance memorable for you as a performing artist?
LARRY: I have had the opportunity to record many movie soundtracks in my career, but have rarely had the chance to BE the live soundtrack while the film/video game is being shown. This was a terrific thrill, as Nobuo Uematsu’s scores to Final Fantasy play out like the thrilling, blockbuster movie soundtracks that I love to listen to.
CLAUDIA: How do you think a typical symphony orchestra could encourage the Final Fantasy fans to come back regularly to their concerts?
LARRY: I suppose by marketing certain composers as being major influences/inspirations to today’s video game composers. Also, by encouraging the fans to experience what it’s like to hear this type of music played by a living, breathing orchestra, as opposed to a midi file created for many of their video games. What is it we say? “Live music is best!"
UPCOMING DATES
On screen guest, Chocobo
