niki Oct 30, 2006
First off, I'm very impressed with the sound quality. Really nice job there.
1. MGS main theme. Is this actually different than the game orchestral version? I rather listen to Virt's version of this. =p
2. Puzzle Medley. hehe, that one was nice. Too bad they didnt play Column's theme entirely.
3. Popolocrois. Very nice. It was long enough and they did all the themes I wanted to hear. SS will love that.
4. Mother Medley. I think most of it was from Mother 1 which I am not so familiar with. Still a nice listen.
5. Outrun. I wish they kept to symphonic only and didnt add the electric guitar in there. Also, they could have medled the 3 themes easily. Meh ~
6. Anubis. Don't know the original music, and I found the whole thing quite messy. May be the recording. =/
7. Ys Medley. Aaaah. This is good. Sounds like they actually asked Kentaro Haneda for his arrangement cheets at times, but hey, I'm not sure anyone could ever do better. Bad point: too short !
8. Romancing Saga. Eventhough I'm a huge SaGa music fan, I never liked that Minstrel Song intro. But getting the main Romancing SaGa main theme live made up a thousand times for it. Hearing the orchestral version of this on the OST back then was already a 10 years fantasy coming true, so I can't imagine how I would have felt if I actually attended the concert. *goosebumps overdose*
9. Monster Hunter. Don't know any of that. Nice listen though. Definitely going to check on the original tunes.
10. Ico. Couldnt go through that one ... ;_;
11. Namco medley. Didnt recognize much of it. Was still shaking my head left and right through the whole thing. Shows the power of early arcade catchy melodies. =p
12. Zelda medley. haha, that was awesome. re-Awoken my hopes for orchestral Zelda goodness as well. Though what I'd *really* like would be a Link to the Past themed album... (also: *quietly strangles the coughing guy in the background*)
13. Final Fantasy theme. Classic. <3
14. Smash Bros. Brawl. Nice version, and a nice way to end the concert.
Out of all the recent VGM concerts taking place all around the world lately, I think that's the one I would have enjoyed the most. Let's hope they do that again sometimes and actually release CDs of it.
Thanks again for the recording guys.