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Do you live in Illinois? If so, come Feb 19th, you may be able to go to the Final Fantasy Symphony Concert, featuring music by the ever-popular Nobuo Uematsu. (Source:RPGamer.com)

"The two-hour program will be produced by Uematsu, and conducted by Grammy award winning Arnie Roth, who is the music director and principal conductor of the Chicagoland Pops. Scenes and scores from the games will be seen on massive screens.

Other tour locations or which scores from the games have not been confirmed at this time."

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I think this is very exciting. There's a link on this page that gives details about purchasing tickets.

This post has been edited by Elena99 on 15th December 2004 22:54

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I had an old signature. Now I've changed it.

No way I'd be able to go but I'd love a recording of it.

Color me Envious when i can't get to Illinois :-/. Heres hoping they hit buffalo or somewhere nearby.

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If you've been mod-o-fied,
It's an illusion, and you're in-between.
Don't you be tarot-fied,
It's just alot of nothing, so what can it mean?
~Frank Zappa

Sins exist only for people who are on the Way or approaching the Way

Well, it'll probably be high on my list if a show comes to someplace near Texas but there's no way I could make it to this one. I just don't have the money or the time. If they keep doing them I will go to one before I die though.

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I wish, oh do I ever wish...

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Games on the Go
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy: Four Warriors of Light
Baldur's Gate

Too much to play, so little time!

Greg

Well, I can walk to Illinois if you give me 5 minutes. I just don't have the motivation.

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The clouds ran away, opened up the sky
And one by one I watched every constellation die
And there I was frozen, standing in my backyard
Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the last star
I should've known, walked all the way home
To find that she wasn't here, I'm still all alone

-Atmosphere "Always Coming Back Home to You"

Blast it. My only hope is that they release a CD. Do they have a CD out?

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And behold, I saw a Pale Gaming System, and the name of he who rode it was Squaresoft, and Enix followed him.

Same Here SB, I hope as well, or I may just fly to Illinois just to see that concert. and get tickets of course as well.

Too bad I live in Norway, i would have liked to be three ...

Like most others, I am unable to go for various reasons. At least I can always pop my FF games in ye ol SNES if I want to listen to FF music. Oh and sharkerbob, they do have a CD out. It contains some boss music from various FF games.

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Role reversal at its finest.

From what I hear the tickets are going rather cheap (concidering this is such a classy show).That is one show I would definetely not want to miss. Man-o-man I hope they come to Houston some time

Here's to hopin' for next year.

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I fear my heart and fear my soul
Life goes on, it surely will,
Without me and I wonder:
Will I ever see light again?

Life goes on...

if they come to GA, i'm all over it. though, they'll prolly be stopping stopping in Atlanta.

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moé in the streets, senpai in the sheets

Nope, I can't go there, Illinois is too far away. However, if they ever come down here to the Big Apple, I'd be the first one to buy tickets.

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Music is a mysterious thing... Sometimes, it makes people remember things that they do not expect. Many thoughts, feelings, memories... things almost forgotten... Regardless of whether the listener desires to remember them or not...

- Shitan, Xenogears

I won't know if I can go until I find out what my situation will be regarding a move into my own condo. By the time I know the show will probably be sold out. They should release a DVD of one of these concerts, because there's obviously a lot of people who would like to go but can't. I would go and film it but security probably wouldn't let me.

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FFXI (Siren server)
Tauu the Windurstian Tarutaru!
White Mage & Paladin

why does america get all the good stuff.... thoses guys would probably never come to canada.... oh well....

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For some odd reason, I was compelled to buy the VIP tickets ($120). Well, I consider it a somewhat fair exchange, considering that I got front row, center seats and supposedely get the chance to meet Nobou Uematsu afterwards.

And yeah, I live in Chicago. It's about damned time that something good came to this city; we usually get passed over for LA and New Yawk.

So...ph33r! XD

Hm. Well, how to sum up how things went?

All I can say is this: the concert was an absolute blast--Chicagoland Pops Orchestra r0><0rx my b0><0rz. Also, for those of you who know of the Chicago White Sox announcer (Gene Honda), he was the Master of Ceremonies that night. For those of you who haven't checked on RPGamer, the order of the songs went like this (my personal rating is in the brackets):

Liberi Fatali (FFVIII) [4/5]
Zanarkand (FFX) [4/5]
Terra's Theme (FFVI) [5/5]
Theme of Love (FFIV) [2/5]
Dear Friends (FFV) [3/5]
Vamo' Alla Flamenco (FFIX) [5/5] (gotta give props to the old man on the guitar. DAMN!)
Love Grows (FFVIII) [4/5]

INTERMISSION

Areis' Theme (FFVII) [5/5]
Not Alone (FFIX) [4/5]
Ronfaure (FFXI) [3/5]
FINAL FANTASY I-III Medley [5/5]
New Melody from FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN [3.5/5]
Final Fantasy [4.5/5]

After that, Nobou Uematsu, who had come out already at the beginning of the concert and after the intermission, came on at the end and spoke to the crowd (through an interpiter). From what I garner, he's a very likable guy. He also seemed to hint at the Black Mages coming to the US in the near future...to which the crowd was jubulant. Anyway, after a bit more chitchat, he left the stage, asking the crowd if they wanted an encore. I find this funny, because I was the first one in the theatre to scream for one after the end of the last song. So the conductor leaves the stage, telling the crowd to wait a minute. The choir comes back in. Everyone thinks that it's Liberi Fatali again.

We were proven wrong.

After the first few notes, everyone cheered. It was One Winged Angel. And I have to say that I think they had the song right. It was a little bit faster in tempo than normal, but that made it all the better. Afterwards, since I had paid $125 (!!), I got to go with some other lucky people to meet Nobou Uematsu himself for a few minutes and get some things signed. I did so and then left.

Overall, I'd say it was the best $125 I had spent in my lifetime. TOTALLY worth every penny. I also found it quite odd that there were a LOT of adults there...I'm talking people from the Nintendo era were there, for chrisakes!

For those that couldn't make it...I feel for you. For those that did, they know what I'm talking about. ^_~

Color Me Jealous man.

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If you've been mod-o-fied,
It's an illusion, and you're in-between.
Don't you be tarot-fied,
It's just alot of nothing, so what can it mean?
~Frank Zappa

Sins exist only for people who are on the Way or approaching the Way