![]() Though traditionally crafted, much like many of Hamaguchi’s orchestrations, the way it manages to be passionate yet sensitive makes it a beautiful, albeit somewhat overstated, interpretation of Final Fantasy IV‘s subtle love story. The classic “Theme of Love” from Final Fantasy IV was the next arrangement to be heard, a significant improvement on the many previous arrangements of the theme. It did, however, impress the fans and, as many people’s definitive Final Fantasy opening theme, it was an appropriate way to introduce the concert. It lacks clarity from the orchestra and the choir suffers from significant intonation problems. Though made dramatic by the rich forces used and dynamic variety, the performance is less impressive than the pre-recorded version featured on the Final Fantasy VIII Original Soundtrack. The first performance, however, is “Liberi Fatali,” essentially a live performance of Final Fantasy VIII‘s fully orchestrated and operatic opening theme with only minor adjustments to fit the context of a contest. ![]() The recording of the concert begins with the sound of the orchestra tuning, an addition that sets the scene of the concert effectively, despite being one most would skip. It does, however, suffer from inconsistency in terms of the quality of performances and a funny trend becomes quickly evident. ![]() ![]() With largely excellent full-orchestral arrangements, crafted elegantly by series’ arranger Shiro Hamaguchi, and sometimes strong performances from the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, this well-attended Japan-only event was so popular that it even received a separate album release, to be reviewed here. The concert could be described as the first in the long line of Final Fantasy concerts that were soon to follow and it was an excellent way to start a mini-revolution. Game music concerts have been abundant in recent times, but back when 20020220 Final Fantasy was announced, the only Final Fantasy concert prior to this was Final Fantasy Symphonic Suite, which occurred a whole thirteen years earlier. Final Fantasy: 20020220 -Music from Final Fantasy-ĭigiCube (1st Edition) Square Enix (2nd Edition) ![]()
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