Nobuo Uematsu - Symphonic Odysseys (Benyamin Nuss; Arnie Roth)

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Composer: Nobuo Uematsu

CD1:

1. Opening Fanfare
2. Final Fantasy Concerto ~ For Piano and Orchestra: I. Grave - Allegro
3. Final Fantasy Concerto ~ For Piano and Orchestra: II. Adagio cantabile
4. Final Fantasy Concerto ~ For Piano and Orchestra: III. Allegro molto
5. King's Knight BGM ~Pretty day out~ (from King's Knight)
6. Light of Silence (from Chrono Trigger)
7. The Final Fantasy Legend / Final Fantasy Legend 2
8. A Fleeting Dream (from Final Fantasy X)

CD2:

1. Spreading Your Wings (from The Last Story)
2. On Windy Meadows (from Final Fantasy XIV)
3. Waterside (from Blue Dragon)
4. Lost Odyssey Suite
5. Ending Theme (from Final Fantasy X)
6. Final Fantasy VII Battle Suite

Benyamin Nuss, piano

WDR Rundfunkchor & WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

Arnie Roth, conductor

Date: 2011

Label: Dog Ear Records

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Nobuo Uematsu (born 21 March 1959) is a Japanese composer and keyboardist best known for his contributions to the Final Fantasy video game series by Square Enix. A self-taught musician, he joined Square in 1986, where he first met Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi; the two later worked together on many games at the company. Uematsu left Square Enix in 2004 and formed his own production company and music label, Dog Ear Records. He has since composed music as a freelancer for games and anime. Many soundtracks and arranged albums of Uematsu's game scores have been released.

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Benyamin Nuss (born 20 June 1989 in Bergisch Gladbach) is a German pianist and composer. He was a student of Andreas Frölich and Ilja Scheps. After high school, Nuss studied at the Hochschule für Musik Köln and graduated with a Bachelor in Music. He attended masterclasses there with Anatol Ugorski, Einar Steen-Nokleberg and Ragna Schirmer. Besides his love for classical music and jazz, he always had a passion for videogames and videogame music. He was the featured soloist in the award-winning Symphonic Fantasies and Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy concerts in Tokyo, Chicago, Cologne and Stockholm.

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Arnie Roth (born April 28, 1953) is an American conductor, composer, and record producer. Roth began his career as a professional violinist before founding AWR Music, where he became more involved as a producer of orchestral concerts and recordings. Roth is perhaps best known as the co-creator (along with composer Nobuo Uematsu) and Music Director of Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY, produced in collaboration with the video game company Square Enix. Distant Worlds has performed hundreds of sold-out concerts around the world and has produced six full-length albums of orchestral Final Fantasy music.

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