| abstract | - <default>20020220 music from Final Fantasy</default> Catalog # Composers Arrangers Producers Publisher CD Info Length Release date 20020220 music from Final Fantasy is a live recording of an orchestral concert, performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Tokyo International Forum on Feb. 20, 2002. Track 2-06 is performed by Rikki, accompanied by orchestra; track 2-08 is performed by Emiko Shiratori, also accompanied by orchestra. Tracks 2-02 and 2-03 are solo piano pieces performed by Aki Kuroda. The album includes introduction and commentary by the two Masters of Ceremonies of the concert; Masakazu Morita and Mayuko Aoki, and because this is a concert recording, the audience can be heard clapping. The "MC" tracks refer to the announcements from Masakazu Morita (Tidus) and Mayuko Aoki (Yuna). On "MC-5," Nobuo Uematsu and Shirō Hamaguchi both join the pair, prior to the finale of the concert. This album was also released on iTunes without the tuning or MC tracks, as a one disc album. The second CD is a bonus CD with footage from the concert including video of the equipment being set up for the concert, and interviews with Nobuo Uematsu, the emcees, the conductor, pianist Aki Kuroda, Rikki, and Shiratori, and footage of the concert itself. The liner notes contain the tracklist in mixed English and Japanese, a message from Uematsu, pictures from the concert, lyrics to "Suteki da ne", mixed English/Japanese lyrics of "Melodies of Life" to match the version Shiratori sang at the concert, and orchestra credits.
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