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

Hey guys, so I'm thinking I will have to go to this. Looked at some plane tickets and they were 750 us dollars, which I can manage.

BUT what I would like help from you all is would anybody be willing to share a hotel room or have a place I could stay and show me around? I don't speak any German so it'd be great if I could meet some gamingforce folks and have them show me around. If not, that's cool, it'll be an adventure either way.

This orchestra is probably the best I have ever heard. Drammatica and symphonic shades are by far the two best orchestra albums I have ever heard.

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Hey guys, I'm trying to buy a ticket, but I'm having trouble with the site because it's in german. Can anyone walk me through the process?

I tried using google translate but I don't know how to get the pages to translate after the first one.

EDIT: Never mind, just used the google translate page and translated one field at a time. Now I just gotta figure out how I'm getting there!

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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?

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Awesome, this is getting mad exciting.

A side question, when will my tickets ship exactly? Even if I don't have them, will I be able to just show my receipt at the event?

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Haha, yeah Arcubalis, I was on that asap. When I posted they hadn't even put the tag information on there. By the way, awesome RE5 feature you got going on the blog.

Got my ticket in the mail today! Now to plan the journey to Germany. And that rhymes Marge, and you know it rhymes.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Does anyone know how many people the concert hall holds. I saw some pictures on the website and it looks really small and incredible. This is gonna be awesome beyond words.

By the way, looks like there is going to be a second concert date in Oberhausen.

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Originally Posted by datschge

German Wikipedia says up to 2000 people fit in.

Ah, thanks, I guess my real question is, will the sound be acoustic or will they use speakers. God, I hate nothing more than hearing the orchestra pumped through speakers. I want the raw sound baby, that's what's so great about concerts.

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OH my lord, you don't have drammatica yet? That is the best cd of music I have ever laid ears on. Also, more tickets are up, so I'm snatching up another one for my brother.

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Haha, seriously though, this concert is going to be balls to the wall amazing.

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Originally Posted by Cogo

The announcements could not be better. Great choice of composers and a very promising concert experience. Looking forward to meet all of you!

And I must say that I am impressed by you who travel all the way from USA.

Lucky me will also attend the Sinfonia Drammatica concert in Stockholm August 4th.

I hadn't even heard of Sinfonia Drammatica! Yoko Shimomura's Drammatica really is my favorite cd ever made so I hope they play some of the songs at Symphonic Fantasies.

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Haha, you know Uematsu couldn't miss this!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Blue Dragon is a fantastic soundtrack. From what I have heard of Lost Odyssey, that's great too.

But why not go with something more traditional, like the FF6 soundtrack. Still his best work.

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Man, I am so excited for this. All new arrangements, yes! I think I've heard the same orchestra arrangements they've been using for these games for long enough. And Secret of Mana finally getting the treatment? Oh, yes, this is too awesome.

I was speaking idiomatically.

You better believe I will get some movies of the composers, but during the concert I will be intently listening.

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If they put battle with Gilgamesh in there, I might poop my pants.

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Originally Posted by LiquidAcid

Oh-oh......

@Phatcorns: Which seat do you have?

Hahaha! Holy crap, not in my wildest dreams did I actually expect that song to be selected. That is so awesome!

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Hey guys, so I'm going to be in Stuttgart first, and I had planned on taking a train to Cologne, but I've heard it's very expensive (Roughly 200 US dollars one way). Is this true, and do you have any recommendations as far as travel between cities is concerned?

EDIT: On further research on my own, it looks like I can use the bahn.de website and the price is about 165 Euro's for a rountrip. That sound about right?

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Im at an internet cafe in germanz posting this and let me just saz that last night#s concert was absolutelz mindblowing! The concert hall is ridiculouslz beautiful and the sound is all acoustic, so I was verz pleased with that.

I got there about an hour earlz, but the line to meet the composers was too long. So I walked around the venue taking pictures of the people and the lines. Also took lots of stalker photos of the composers, haha! Then I just sat and watched the composers signing and talked to some nice German fellows from I think the squaresound or sqexmusic forums.

So then I headed over to mz area and got inside when the doors opened. Took some pictures and had prettz good seats. I switched with mz brother#s seat after the intermission though.

The arrangements were incredible and the Chrono Trigger segment was definitelz the best. For starters, the surprise theme was SO perfect and in retrospect so obvious. And it was great how at the end of the piece each song#s melodz made an appearance. Oh, and the surprise Twinkle Twinkle Holidazs in the kingdom hearts was great too. That is one of mz verz favorite songs ever!

The encore was THE BEST of the whole evening though. It started with Destati and I was like, no one winged angel? But I realiyed it was one song from each game. All in all, worth the trip across the world and I#m so glad I went. I just wish I could have found the internet beforehand and met up with zou guzs! Oh well,

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