| UPDATE: Symphonic Fantasies CD out September 17 2010! It features a recording remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London. The CD comes with a beautiful 16p booklet, more than 70 min. of music and can be found for €14.95 at Amazon.de. For more info, check out www.symphonicfantasies.com ! Orchestral Game Music Concert, entitled "Symphonic Fantasies", featuring arrangements of some of Square's greatest hits. Conducted by Arnie Roth, and performed by the WDR Radio Orchestra at Cologne, Germany (2009-09-12). Yoko Shimomura, Hiroki Kikuta, Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu were in attendance. A fantastic orchestral medley of the Secret of Mana series, which includes - Fear of the Heavens (part 1, 0:00-4:51; part two, 1:34-2:15, 7:33-9:35) - Into the Thick of it (part 1, 4:52-6:29) - Eternal Recurrence (part 1, 6:30-8:31) - Prophecy (Part 2, 0:00-1:33) - The Oracle (part 2, 2:16-4:36) - Rose and Ghost (part 2, 4:37-7:32) Orchestral arrangements of the Mana series are rare, so this one is definitely welcome. |
