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"Gaming" Concerts En Route To Australia, Singapore

JennifARGH — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:07:48 MST

I first heard of these guys years back when I heard a young guy playing Aerith's Theme on his violin. First time I bought a CD from a street busker too.

Can't wait to them perform.

JennifARGH

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Demaar — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:24:20 MST

lol, Metroid = the game music world's Freebird?
I'll start chanting "Metroid! Metroid!" if I go to one of these things. Anyone else?

Demaar

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mAAddog — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:29:51 MST

Ahehe Hello Kotaku-Nites,
I have been to these before, they are very well done and very much worth the entry cost.

My GF & I went to this one (event details):
http://www.eminenceonline.com/2006/index.php?display=anif0...

(Poster):
http://www.eminenceonline.com/images/anif06_poster_final_m...

She doesn't get into gaming too much, be she very much enjoyed the concert, We will be going to this one for sure !

mAAddog

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V1L3 — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:15:14 MST

Would pay the $65 just to hear a single, random song from SotC played by an orchestra. No kidding.

And yes, spacevlad... Vagrant Story was underrated on every level when it came out. Everyone was too buy playing *sigh* Parasite Eve 2.

You people make me sick.

V1L3

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DarkTetsuya — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:57:43 MST

You don't know Yasunori Mitsuda? Composed Chrono Trigger (greatest OST EVAR), Chrono Cross, Xenogears, and Xenosaga.

DarkTetsuya

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dnzperson — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:50:32 MST

"which would be fantastic news if I knew who the hell they were"

You obviously don't keep much track of composers then do you ;-) Try wikipedia, lol. Please tell me you know who Nobuo Uematsu is!

I only wish PLAY! would come down to aussie and newzealand, I can't get enough final fantasy music.

Anyway, great for aussie and singapore! It's good to see these concerts sprending around the world :-)

dnzperson

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MoreTypingOfTheDeadPlease — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:46:58 MST

I'm not jealous, having to brave the Melbourne night, only two days after the Wii launch, no thank you, darkened room for me.
Thankfully i'm a sydney-sider so i can go later.

MoreTypingOfTheDeadPlease

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Regulus — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:30:40 MST

Yes, Sakimoto's music is amazing, FFT in particular. I wish I could see this...

Regulus

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spacevlad — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:19:14 MST

I know who those two are...they're probably my two favorite VG composers. The Vagrant Story and FFT soundtracks, both by Sakimoto, are underrated and fantastic, as is just about everything that Mitsuda has ever done. the presence of the Shadow of the Colossus music is nice too, I imported the soundtrack and it's great to study to. I'm SO jealous of Melbourne right now.

spacevlad

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WuDynasty — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:22:39 MST

Yasunori Mitsuda > any game composer ever.

WuDynasty

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Peacefulsoldier — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:10:08 MST

Curse you, Kotaku commenting system.

Peacefulsoldier

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Peacefulsoldier — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:09:07 MST

I never saw Play, but I did catch Video Games Live when it was here in Vancouver, and it was great. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

Peacefulsoldier

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Peacefulsoldier — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:06:35 MST

Though I never saw Play, Video Games Live was great when it came to Vancouver. I'll have to keep an eye on this.

Peacefulsoldier

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TitillatedOcelot — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:55:50 MST

I also reviewed the Play concert when it game to Toronto. Check out http://freedom.constantchange.com (scroll down just a wee bit)

To save time for those who want an impression, it was amazing. Well worth the price of admission, and then some. Other than that guy from Sega singing "Daytona"...the guy is a hell of a piano player, but ye gods could he ever NOT sing. The only part of the concert that stuck way out. Tone deaf. It was painful.

But for the rest of the show, I hope that there are more of these shows coming this way. It's another way in which gaming will shrug off its "kiddie" image, finally emerging as an artform.

TitillatedOcelot

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char — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:14:02 MST

Needs more Marty O'Donnel.

10 million strong... and growing.

char

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DashTheHand — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:55:22 MST

Better watch out, Australia might sue or ban anything game related that doesn't have happy bouncing smiley faces that depict that the world is rainbows, sunshine, and gumdrops.

All that violence in those Square games...with the swords, and guns, and death by magic. Even Super Mario Bros with its gooma-stomping homocides...

DashTheHand

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spot778 — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:49:16 MST

I actually had a fun time at Play when it came here.

My review http://www.dailygame.net/news/archives/006049.php

spot778