Mind. Blown. If anyone doubts the legitimacy and possibility of videogame music, let SQ Party LEVEL1 stand as proof that not only can MIDI music be orchestrated a la Distant Worlds, but DJs also can sample, mix, amplify, chop up and distort Final Fantasy to hipster hell and back – and make it sound brilliant….
In giving my impressions of the Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy Returning Home concert performed at the Tokyo International Forum this past month, I can’t help but notice the irony in the title: the advent of the Distant Worlds concert was in Stockholm, Sweden, in December 2007. What seems like a simple subtitle for…