FF Distant Worlds Concert report!
Arnie Roth with the Singapore Festival Orchestra, Victoria Chorale, The Vocal Consort
Set list :
Liberi Fatali
To Zanarkand
Don't be Afraid
Aerith's Theme ♥
FF I - III Medley
Dear Friends
Vamo' alla Flamenco ♥
Ronfaure
FF Main Theme ♥
-Intermission-
Opening - Bombing mission ♥
Fisherman's Horizon
Memoro de la Stono
Theme of Love
Swing de Chocobo ♥
Love Grows
Opera "Maria and Draco"
-Encore-
Terra's Theme
One Winged Angel ♥
Finally! I was waiting for this day to come for months!!! XD I went for the matinee concert because the night tickets were sold out so damn quickly. One thing I noticed was the sheer number of kids who attended the event. You wouldn't normally see a whole bunch of kids at the esplanade unless it's a school event lol.
1. Liberi Fatali - ...I was really disappointed with the choir. They had this distinct SINGLISH ACCENT to the latin they were singing. That really put me off big time.
2. To Zanarkand - As compared to the ones performed in the US, I think this one lacks depth to it.
3. Don't be Afraid - See above. I still find it wierd how Rinoa was in the party during the dollet mission. XD Someone must have hacked the game!!
4. Aerith's Theme ♥ - I teared abit =X
5. FF I - III Medley
6. Dear Friends
7. Vamo' alla Flamenco ♥ - I've always loved this piece. The guest guitarist had a hard time managing his scores which were flying from the music stand for some reason. The conductor saw and held them in place XD
8. Ronfaure
9. FF Main Theme ♥ - All time favorite!
-Intermission-
10. Opening - Bombing mission ♥
11. Fisherman's Horizon - We nearly dozed off. <---- had heavy lunch before the show =X
12. Memoro de la Stono
13. Theme of Love
14. Swing de Chocobo ♥ - The drummer looked like he really enjoyed it XD
15. Love Grows
16. Opera "Maria and Draco"
-Encore-
Uematsu-san (<--- he's extremely humble ^^) comes up on stage and both him and Roth started carrying out this survey "scientifically" by gauging the cheers from the audience. Basically they were trying to get us choose our favorite from 5 battle themes so that they can add it to their future set lists. J-E-N-O-V-A (FF7) and DANCING MAD (FF6) were the most popular ones. I prefer Battle with Seymour from FF10 though =/
17. Terra's Theme
18.One Winged Angel ♥ - I TOTALLY FREAKED OUT!! Before they started this song, Uematsu-san was like all "I WANNA SING 8D" and he joined the choir behind the orchestra. I could totally see him bobbing up and down from the back lol. He was wearing extremely casual clothes, a bandana and socks with slippers. homg. XD He walks funny too. Totally reminds me of a moogle. X3 Was half expecting him to go KUPO! when he had some mic time lol.
We were so high up it was scary.
Watched Angels & Demons right after the concert. I like it way waaaay better than the Da Vinci Code. oh btw, Ewan Mcgregor's freaking hot X3
Abiel's stash (apparently he had better seats =__=) :
Cosplayers! I didn't even spot any lol.