[News] Symphonic Fantasies Concert to Celebrate Music of Square Enix

I'm quite excited to see what they manage to arrange from Secret of Mana. Kikuta's songs have such untapped potential, as far as official arrangements go. Secret of Mana+ doesn't count, and I think the Orchestral Game Concert version of Angel's Fear is the only one besides that.

I'm hoping to hear one of the more reflective, plaintive melodies... like A Wish, Spirit of the Night, Kind Memories, or Pure Night.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Phatcorns

This just popped up in my youtube subscriptions! YouTube - Simphonic Fantasies

I'm pretty sure it's from Symphonic Fantasies, because for one it says it is and also this guy has a bunch of symphonic shades videos.

Anyone recognize it?

Well, the tags say Symphonic Fantasies Fanfare. Perhaps it's an original composition, much like the PLAY! Fanfare.

Originally Posted by Hamu-Sumo

Hm, a leaked video? The hall looks definitely like WDR's Rundfunkhaus. But two points are confusing me. 1) The different camera views let it look more professional than secretly recorded and 2) it's march now, the concert takes place in september. Isn't it too early to do any practises yet?

From Square Enix Music Online :: Interview with Symphonic Fantasies Producer (January 2009) :

Thomas Boecker: "We will have a very good amount of rehearsal time, even more than we had for Symphonic Shades. You hardly can find such conditions in the world of video game music concerts. I would even go so far to say that Symphonic Fantasies will have the biggest amount of rehearsal time ever."

How ya doing, buddy?