LOGO ILLUSTRATION: © 1997 YOSHITAKA AMANO. CHARACTER DESIGN: TETSUYA NOMURA/ROBERTO FERRARI.
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All associated trademarks are owned by and used under license from SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd. AWR Music Productions, LLC, and Square Enix Co., Ltd. Yosh really put everything that was him into his singing of “Hollow”, and it was just mesmerizing to watch him perform with the orchestra. The fact that he was there was a genuine surprise for me that I was extremely happy to get to see, as I figured that we might not have anyone with recognition there to perform the song due to the concert’s date being moved from June 2020 several times because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The biggest surprise of the night was that Yosh Morita, from The Prophets, came to sing “Hollow.” He was so animated to watch, and he was definitely the highlight of the entire concert as he absolutely got completely into putting on a masterful performance. Thankfully, this was corrected in the second half – especially in time for the One Winged Angel encore at the very end. At times, I almost found myself straining to hear the vocals and the person I was there with agreed with me about this. I assume it was a sound mixing issue, but for the first half of the concert (before the intermission), the orchestra was frequently drowning out or competing against the chorus instead of complimenting it. With that said, my biggest issue was with how the chorus was integrated in with the orchestra. The musical performance itself was great, and it was clear that the orchestra both enjoyed what they were playing and actually cared about what they were playing.
LOGO ILLUSTRATION: © 1997 YOSHITAKA AMANO.Īs I had previously attended the FINAL FANTASY VII – A Symphonic Reunion concert in 2019, where the orchestra didn’t play all of the songs but instead would rest intermittently for pre-recorded pieces to instead play, I was quite pleased that they performed all of the music in this concert show. Towards the beginning of the show, Arnie Roth welcomed us to the performance, and talked about how it has “een a long eighteen months for all of us” and he welcomed us “back to the concerts we love.” AWR Music Productions, LLC, and Square Enix Co., Ltd.
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While this concert was not perfect and at times a bit surprising in its execution, it was absolutely worth attending and I am so glad that I made the six-and-a-half hour drive down to the Octoperformance in the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.Īrnie Roth – conductor of pretty much every SQUARE ENIX-linked concert series since the Madebut performance of Distant Worlds: Music from FINAL FANTASY at the Rosemont Theater that yours truly had attended – led the ShinRa Symphony Orchestra and Chorus through 22 songs (including two encores) taken from FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE and its story DLC, EPISODE INTERmission. I have attended a lot of SQUARE ENIX concerts, including the somewhat-misfiring FINAL FANTASY VII – A Symphonic Reunion concert from 2019. This photo really gives a perspective on how big the orchestra and screen was.
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