Final Fantasy Concert Series Coming to the States

On February 19th in Chicago, Illinois, a concert series titled "Dear Friends" will kick off a U.S. tour. The music? Music from the Final Fantasy series performed by orchestra. From the press release: "The first FINAL FANTASY concert in the U.S. brought fans from far and wide together in Los Angeles to share in an unforgettable musical experience," said Ichiro Otobe, president and COO of Square Enix, Inc. "We are pleased to announce that, due to the overwhelmingly positive response, a North American tour will soon bring the emotionally moving and powerful scores to fans across the country." This is personally very exciting for me. See you there!

At last!

[mistersooreams]

I think it's great to see video game music finally getting the (fairly) widespread critical acclaim it has so long deserved. RPGs have had awesome music for year (Secret of Mana springs to my mind), but now it seems people are really starting to appreciate the music for its own sake.

Maybe the consoles of the future will offer as much scope for awesome sound as they currently do for the visuals.

Re:Interesting

[Vengeance]

Do you know why they don't 'deep-link' directly to Ticketmaster?
Neither do I. Ticketmasters lawsuit about it was thrown out, and the judge in charge of the case made this statement:

"Hyperlinking does not itself involve a violation of the Copyright Act," Hupp said in his ruling. "There is no deception in what is happening. This is analogous to using a library's card index to get reference to particular items, albeit faster and more efficiently."

Before you think it's stupid or gay...

[koreaman]

Nobuo Uematsu is one of the best composers of the present time. This is not about a bunch of video game fanboys with too much time and money on their hands, this is about a bunch of music afficionados going to a concert.

What is stupid or gay about a bunch of music afficionados going to a concert? If you think of the music as separate from the game, that's whay it becomes. And yes, Nobuo Uematsu's music is good enough to stand on its own and not as part of Final Fantasy.

Before I stopped downloading music (for ethical reasons) I used to download and listen to Final Fantasy music all the time, while I wasn't playing the game. And I don't even like Final Fantasy that much.

So, before you think that this will just be a bunch of people who live in their parents' basement dressed up like Cloud, think again. It really is good music.

Black Mages

[dannycim]

I'll go if they come near the East Coast. I'd be even more enthusiastic about a Black Mages tour. FF + Heavy rock? Live performance with Nobuo Uematsu at the kyeboards? Yeah!!!

Still, as long as they play X, S, T, L1+T, L1+S, X, S, T, L1+X, O, X, S, X, I'll be happy to go.

(I'll send a stack of Ghysal Greens to the first nerd who recognizes that. :)