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    ja: 仲間将太
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  names:
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- link: artist/104
  names:
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    ja: 岩垂徳行
- link: artist/16790
  names:
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    ja: 久保直人
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category: Game
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    ja: 光田康典
- link: artist/5403
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- link: artist/11441
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    ja: 寺島里恵
- link: artist/104
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    ja: 岩垂徳行
- link: artist/1386
  names:
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- link: artist/77
  names:
    en: Nobuo Uematsu
    ja: 植松伸夫
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      English: Theme of World Warriors (Street Fighter 2)
      English (Bandcamp): Street Fighter 2 (Live)
      English (CD): Theme of Street Fighter 2
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  - names:
      English: Chrono Trigger
      English (Bandcamp): Chrono Trigger (Live)
      English (CD): Chrono Trigger
    track_length: '4:51'
  - names:
      English: Still Alive (Portal)
      English (Bandcamp): Still Alive (Live)
      English (CD): Still Alive
    track_length: '3:26'
  - names:
      English: Vampire Killer (Castlevania)
      English (Bandcamp): Vampire Killer (Live)
      English (CD): Vampire Killer
    track_length: '4:25'
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      English (Bandcamp): 'Medley Final Fantasy Tactics: Brand Logo / Backborn Story
        / Ovelia''s Anxiety / Sorrow / A Moment''s Rest / Boss Battle'
      English (CD): Final Fantasy Tactics Medley
    track_length: '8:36'
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      English (CD): The End of the World
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      English (CD): The End Begins to Rock
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        Fighting / Aerith''s Theme / Chocobo Theme / One Winged Angel / Main Theme
        (Live)'
      English (CD): Final Fantasy VII Suite
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notes: '"To me, VGO is like my child. It was back in the summer of 2008 when I was
  in my last semester finishing up my film scoring degree at Berklee College of Music,
  I came up with this crazy idea (I did not think it was crazy, but everybody thought
  it was) while listening to the soundtrack from Chrono Cross composed by Yasunori
  Mitsuda: create a live group to perform video game music. Next day, I was already
  asking my friends if they would be interested to play in this new group, soon-to-be-called
  Video Game Orchestra. After a bunch of declines and laughs-at-my-face, somehow I
  was able to gather about 25 people to perform at a small chapel in Boston. That''s
  how everything began.

  Five years from then, we have a rock band, full orchestra and choir, making incredible
  music, rocking thousands of people out with our signature "rockestral" video game
  music arrangements and even recorded for the actual soundtrack of the latest Final
  Fantasy, Lightning Returns - Now THAT is crazy. I am from a small island called
  Okinawa and came to America at the age of 18, dreaming about, "Oh man, I am so going
  to be a huge rock star!" 13 years later, I guess I am a step closer to it? Maybe
  a bit more than a step, especially after this live album that I am the most proud
  of.

  This album was recorded live at Boston Symphony Hall on October 7th, 2012, and it
  includes some of the most beloved video game music of all time, with extraordinary
  performance and sound quality. This is the best video game music concert album out
  there, guys. I thank all of you who supported us - the musicians, engineers, staff
  (especially Wen), fans and those backers who helped fund this CD on Kickstarter.
  This is for every one of you. Here I present, Live at Symphony Hall!"

  - Shota Nakama, VGO Creator/Producer

  I - Theme of Street Fighter 2

       Composed by Yoko Shimomura / Arranged by Shota Nakama

      "Originally, I made this arrangement for the small version of VGO for performing
  at events like PAX. For this concert, I expanded the score since we had the entire
  orchestra backing up the rock band. The real challenge was how could I make it sound
  like a stand-alone song because the original version is less than a minute long!
  So I added the extended, epic bVI-bVII-I progression introduction where I shout
  out to the audience. After the theme, the amazing solo battle between our violinist
  and keyboardist kicks in and they are on fire here! Getting out from the battle,
  the song approaches its end with the recap of the theme, now harmonized, with the
  crazy guitar and bass unison lines making it even better!"

      © 1991 Capcom

  II - Chrono Trigger

        Composed by Yasunori Mitsuda / Arranged by Shota Nakama

       "This arrangement features pretty much the same instrumentation as Street Fighter
  2 except adding the orchestral percussion section to it. This is one of my favorite
  arrangements I have ever made because it really musically describes our signature
  style, "rockestral" video game music.

        The song begins with a funk groove type of thing where the bass, drums, and
  percussion are playing 16th note figures, followed by this quieter section where
  you can hear the beautiful violin melody played by Chris Baum, along with the piano
  and string section. Then suddenly, you are in the world of rockestra. Chris bursts
  out his energy and the entire group comes in to give a huge hit going into the next
  rock section. During the second half of the solo section, I used a motif from Radical
  Dreamers, the ending song of Chrono Cross, which is a sequel to Chrono Trigger.
  If you catch that without reading this note, you are a true Chrono fan."

      © SQUARE ENIX MUSIC LTD. ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY WB MUSIC CORP.

  III - Still Alive

         [Lyrics &] Composed by Jonathan Coulton / Arranged by Shota Nakama

       "Firstly, thanks to Jonathan Coulton for creating such a cute, fun song. The
  whole orchestra plays in it, but it is more strings centered and kept quite simple
  overall to not destroy the "cuteness" of the song.

        Still Alive has been the closing song of our recent concerts because it is
  such a perfect sing-along song that fills the room with joy. Other than this song,
  are there any songs from video games that the entire audience sings along with?
  I believe Still Alive is the only one so far, and this was the perfect conclusion
  to this magical night."

       © 2007 Valve Corporation

  IV - Vampire Killer

        Composed by Satoe Terashima / Arranged by Shota Nakama

       "If you were a Castlevania fan, you might notice that the intro B-3 organ line
  is from Bloody Tears, another well-respected song from the series. The line is probably
  enough to tell you this will be an epic symphonic metal song, following the tradition
  of the Castlevania soundtracks.

       This arrangement of Vampire Killer came together very quickly. Ever since I
  decided to arrange this piece, even before writing anything down, I pretty much
  had everything laid out in my head, note for note. You can totally hear the European
  metal influence here from my favorite bands like [Helloween], Stratovarius and Rhapsody
  of Fire, and the fast unison at the end of the solo on the Bach progression after
  another incredible solo battle between the electric violin and keyboard is as European
  metal as it can get. Nothing gets better than this."

       © 1986 Konami Digital Entertainment

  V - Final Fantasy Tactics Medley

       Composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto / Arranged by David Saulesco

      "Knowing his versatile composition skills, I asked David Saulesco, who is quite
  an accomplished video game composer living in Europe, to arrange the music of Hitoshi
  Sakimoto from Final Fantasy Tactics. I gave him a few guidelines like requesting
  him to throw in some fragments of Final Fantasy 12, not use the band section and
  focus on only the orchestra and choir because Sakimoto-san'' s music really calls
  for pure orchestral arrangement, make it epic (as I always tell people whom I work
  with) and so on. After 3 days, boom, he sent me this fantastic arrangement that
  you would absolutely enjoy listening to."

      © SQUARE ENIX MUSIC LTD. ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY WB MUSIC CORP.

  Ⅵ - The End of the World

  VII - Theme of Grandia

          Composed & Arranged by Noriyuki Iwadare

        "When I contacted Noriyuki Iwadare, the composer of the Grandia series, to
  attend the concert as a guest, he quickly replied to me saying, "I am going to quickly
  put together something and send you the scores!" That was totally an unexpected
  and pleasant surprise! So these pieces are both re-orchestrated by lwadare-san himself
  especially for this concert. Our concertmaster of the night, Sho Omagari, enhances
  the piece even further with his beautiful solo in the middle of the Grandia theme.
  By the way, the Live at Symphony Hall was actually the first time ever that the
  music of Grandia was officially performed at a live concert in the US. You are listening
  to something very special here!"

      © 1997,1999 GAME ARTS/ESP

  VIII - God of War

     IX - The End Begins to Rock

           Composed by Gerard K. Marino

        "I loved the brutality of God of War both in its game play and in the music.
  The composer Gerard Marino told me he really loves epic rock style as he once was
  a shredding metal keyboard player. You can definitely hear the metal influence everywhere
  and even the theme, which does not have a rock band, rocks out, or maybe I should
  describe the beginning as if you suddenly encounter a massive titan, with its gigantic
  arm, crushing you hard. It sounds that big. The second part, The End Begins to Rock,
  is an alternative version of the song that the composer created for Rock Band, and
  this is as metal as a song from video game music can get. You would totally understand
  what I am talking about here once you hit play. Then you unleash your inner beast
  calling you to bang your head and grip your middle and ring fingers making the devil''s
  horns with a glorious, mean rock face."

      © 2007 Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.

  X - Final Fantasy VII Suite

       Composed by Nobuo Uematsu / Arranged by Shota Nakama & Naoto Kubo

        "The longest piece from the VGO repertoire! I created this a while ago and
  I was thinking to myself "How can I tell people the story with the music?" First
  thing I did was to choose the most well known pieces from the game, but as I was
  selecting them, the pieces fell into the right places in my head. Shortly after,
  the entire medley concept was already there.

         We performed this for the first time back in 2010 when the group was a little
  bit smaller. The orchestra was still a chamber orchestra size so naturally for L@SH,
  the score had to be expanded. My composer friend, Naoto Kubo, whom I went to school
  with, helped re-orchestrate this, and the collaboration worked out quite well for
  sure! The ending is the recap of the famous Final Fantasy theme with the distorted
  electric guitar taking the melody part ... so epic. Originally this arrangement
  had Still More Fighting and JENOVA, but we had to cut them due to time constraints.
  Perhaps we can add them back next time so we can play the "full" version of it!"

      © SQUARE ENIX MUSIC LTD. ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY WB MUSIC CORP.

  Video Game Orchestra

  ROCK BAND

    Guitar: Shota Nakama

    Bass: Louis Andre Ochoa

    Drums: Takuma Anzai

    Percussion: Noriko Terada

    Keyboard: Haruka Yabuno

    Electric Violin: Chris Baum

    Solo Vocal: Ingrid Gerdes

  ORCHESTRA

    Conductor: Yohei Sato

    Violin I: Sho Omagari, concertmaster

                 Yi-Hsiu Liu

                 Angel Valchinov

                 Yura Hyun

                 Chang-Lung Lin

                 Natsuki Kumagai

                 Felix Chen

                 Patrick Shaugnessy

                 Tudor Dornescu

                 Alsksandra Labinska

                 Momoko Matsumura

                 Sarah Peters

                 Michael Rau

    Violin II: Julia Okrusko

                  Li-Mei Liang

                  Harry Chang

                  Tara Mueller

                  Kenneth Mok

                  Daniel Koo

                  Nelli Jabotinsky

                  Shu-Fang Du

                  Konstaintin Rybakov

                  Rita Wang

                  Mu-Ying Tsai

                  Li Lao

    Viola: Chen Lin

              Debbie Apple

              Cait O-Brien

              Ting-Ru Lai

              Kevin Hsu

              Susan Chu

              Justin Ouellet

              Oliver Chang

              Hye Lim Shin

    Cello: Ignacy Grzelazka

              Robert Mayes

              Drew Comstock

              Kett Lee

              Mike Dahlberg

              Ro Rowan

              Jiwon Suh

              Yina Tong

    Double Bass: Chao Chen

                        Andrew Chilcote

                        Yi-Jung Su

                        Eddie Kass

    Harp: Sena Hornby

    Flute / Piccolo: Kazuyo Kuriya

    Flute: Alex Stoyanov

    Oboe: Akane Inoue

              Miri Kudo

    Clarinet: Linus Wyrsch

                  John Dioati

    Bassoon: Vince Ocampo

                  Tzu-I Lee

    Trumpet: Andrew Gushiken

                  Matt Ebisuzaki

                  Loo-Kit Chong

    Horn: Chuta Chulavalaivong

             Paige McGrath

             Nick Rubenstein

             Sarah Sutherland

    Trombone: Johnny Elizondo

                    Mary Tyler

    Bass Trombone: Jessica Smith

    Tuba: Jobey Wilson

    Percussion: Noriko Terada

                      Ethan Pani

                      Rich Chwastiak

                      Matt Sharrock

    Timpani: Jonathan Hess

  CHOIR

    Soprano: Shadi Ebrahimi

                  Alyssa Koogler

                  Sarah Moyer

                  Noel Smith

    Alto: Von Bringhurst

            Abbe Dalton

            Lauren Frick

            Allegra Martin

    Tenor: Elijah Hopkin

               Henry Lussier

               Nathaniel Smith

               Martin Thompson

    Bass: James Dargan

             Justin Hicks

             George King

             Jonathan Mendoza

  Creator & Producer: Shota Nakama

  Production Manager: Wen Hsu

  Production Assistant: Ivan Lin

                                  Poya Chang

                                  Maho Azuma

  Mixing Engineers: Alex Levy & Warren Brown (Epilogue Audio)

  Mastering Enginner: Falk Au Yeong

  Recording Engineers: Nick Squire

                                  John Weston

  Assistant Recording Engineers: Igor Stolarsky

                                                Dan Schwartz

  Additional Recordings at/by Futura Productions

                                           Igor Stolarsky

                                           Yuki Kishida (Keyboard)

                                           Livan (Additional Piano)

  Concert Publicist: Audun Sorlie

  Photographers: Thomas J. Dougherty (Nickeledge)

                         Ryuhei Asai

  Jacket & Booklet Design: HIRAKU

  Special Thanks: Sean Lewis

                          Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yoko Shimomura, Noriyuki Iwadare, Kinuyo
  Yamashita

                          Yasuhiro Takamatsu & Yukiko Kusano (Square-Enix Inc.)

                          Rika Okabe (Game Arts Inc.)

                          Hiroko Miyaji, Takahiro Nishi, Anna Ejiri

                          Robert Khoo, Khahil White and PAX, Jonathan "JoCo" Coulton,
  DJ Frontalot, Protoman, Mini Bosses

                          Noguchi-san and his crew, Patrick Gann & Stephen Merick

                          Morimasa & Yoko Tonaki

  Kickstarter & Notable Backers!

  Mohammed Taher / Stephanie Simpson-White / Geran Smith / Cuauhtemoc Yescas / Penny
  Arcade / John / brendan sheehan / Island / Isaac a€ Will It Worka€™M Dansicker /
  Kenneth Benoit / Scott Feuerstein / Greg Ashcroft / Thomas J Dougherty / thekenbaughman
  / Neil Chatterjee / erinkoconnor / Jia-Chi Yao / Steven Lord / Alvin Ao / Jeremy
  Scott / Harrison Salzman / Jay / Ytterbium / Nate Horsfall / Andrew Lafko / James
  Oikawa

  Jason Roop / Crescens / Jonathan Rodgers / Joe Kozachek / Jin Lem / fred / John
  Unterseher Jr / Christian DuAYe / Dustin / David Dryden / Rikki Nilsen / Kaelu /
  Tom Loughead / Chris Ling / George Bieber / Jordan Sekiya / EmbryonJen / Chris /
  Nicholas Thaera / Antonia Ursa / Skye Souter / Margaret-Hannah Wing-Yan Emerick
  / Adam Page / Edwyn Tiong / Kenneth Moy / Joshua Savage / Yuyuke / Kim / Matt Chan
  / Andrew Kwon / Stefan Schuler / Thomas Schwake / Logan Arias

  ==========

  Digitally reissued on Bandcamp in August 2019 via Materia Collective [MCOL-0228]'
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votes: 0
websites:
  Reference:
  - link: http://www.originalsoundversion.com/standing-on-their-own-feet-vgo-live-at-symphony-hall/
    name: 'OSV: Live Concert Report'
  - link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vgo/video-game-orchestra-live-at-symphony-hall-album/posts/314104
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