Final Symphony

Final Symphony is an officially licensed series of concerts featuring symphonic music from Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X. The exclusive arrangements are penned by Masashi Hamauzu, Jonne Valtonen and Roger Wanamo.
In May 2013, Final Symphony was premiered by the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra at the Historische Stadthalle in Wuppertal, Germany under the leadership of Eckehard Stier. In the same month, the UK premiere of Final Symphony took place with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre in London, marking the orchestra’s first ever performance of music from video games.
Having been performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, additional Final Symphony concerts took place in 2014 with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra.
==The Symphony==
==="FINAL FANTASY VI Symphonic Poem: Born with the Gift of Magic"===
This symphonic poem was arranged and orchestrated by Roger Wanamo. Final Fantasy VI was the first Final Fantasy game he played and was swept away by the story, the characters and the music. He wished to retell his experience with this arrangement that focuses on the journey of Terra Branford, the heroine born with the gift of magic.http://www.spielemusikkonzerte.de/en/konzerte/final-symphony/
==="FINAL FANTASY X Piano Concerto"===
Masashi Hamauzu arranged this piano concerto. He is one of the original composers of the music for Final Fantasy X alongside Nobuo Uematsu and Junya Nakano. Hamauzu has explained he could give more priority to his feelings and sensitivity when composing for Final Fantasy X and that while he had the game's storyline in mind, he also got ideas from the real world.
Having worked for so long with the series, Hamauzu sees it more as a continuum than as a series of separate scenes and stories. His inspiration for the material in the Final Symphony concert was more a reflection of that bigger vision, and not so much connected to a certain story-arc or a set of characters. He saw this concert as an opportunity to fulfill his vision of the music as there were a few things he couldn't express well enough with the original music of Final Fantasy X.
==="FINAL FANTASY VII Symphony in Three Movements"===
;I. Nibelheim Incident
;II. Words Drowned by Fireworks
;III. The Planet's Crisis
==Album Releases==
The music from the concert was released digitally as Final Symphony - Music From Final Fantasy VI, VII and X on 23rd February 2015, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eckehard Stier, with Katharina Treutler on piano, and was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. A Blue-ray of the same was released on 16 September 2015.
A promotional vinyl was released on 23 April 2015. A three vinyl set was released on 20 December 2016.
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Final Symphony VI VII X BD.jpg|Blu-Ray
Final Symphony VI VII X Vinyl.jpg|Vinyl
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==Gallery of Personnel==
Portrait stier.jpg|Eckehard Stier, Conductor
Portrait boecker.jpg|Thomas Bocker, Producer
Portrait valtonen.jpg|Jonne Valtonen, Arranger
Portrait_wanamo.jpg|Roger Wanamo, Arranger
Portrait_treutler.jpg|Katharina Treutler, Pianist
==See also==
*Final Symphony II
== External links ==
*Final Symphony
*VGMdb - Final Symphony - music from Final Fantasy VI, VII and X
*VGMdb - Final Symphony - music from FINAL FANTASY VI, VII and X Japanese printing
*Final Symphony - Music From Final Fantasy VI, VII and X at iTunes
*Final Symphony - Music From Final Fantasy VI, VII and X at Spotify
*Album Video Trailer
==References==
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