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  Live Music by Piano and Strings: 7th Dragon Super Arrange Version Track List

  May 18, 2009 | Jayson Napolitano | 3 Comments Share this Live Music by Piano and Strings: 7th Dragon Super Arrange Version Track List

  

  Another RPG from Yuzo Koshiro, another arrange album produced by Norihiko Hibino. Last year Koshiro’s work on Etrian Odyssey received numerous arrange albums produced by Norihko Hibino, the last of which was the Live Music by Piano and Strings: Sekaiju no Meiq I+II Super Arrange Version, but this time around it’s Koshiro’s latest project, 7th Dragon that’s receiving the small ensemble treatment.

  Due out on June 24 from 5pb. Records, the arrange album will once again see the return of both Koshiro, Hibino, and a number of live performers to recreate some of the most memorable pieces from the score. Recording is already complete, and we’ve been fortunate enough to receive the official track list for the album, so start saving up for that import now!

  Were you a fan of the Etrian Odyssey piano and strings album? Are you looking forward to a similar approach with the 7th Dragon arrange album?

  Find out which tracks made the cut after the jump. (more…)

• Game Music, Reviews

  Live Music by Piano and Strings: Sekaiju no MeiQ I & II Super Arrange Version (Review)

  October 8, 2008 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this Live Music by Piano and Strings: Sekaiju no MeiQ I & II Super Arrange Version (Review)

  

  I think the title says it all.

  It’s great to see the music in a game getting as much love as the music in Etrian Odyssey has. Not only do the official soundtracks contain both DS and PC-88 versions of the music, but there have been Super Arrange Version albums for each title, a Piano sketch version, and even a drama album in Japan. I hope this sets a precedent for Yuzo Koshiro, and hopefully we’ll see that Actraiser album that Hibino mentioned he’s interested in pursuing last month.

  Aside from having a long title, Live Music by Piano and Strings: Sekaiju no MeiQ I & II Super Arrange Version is the first Etrian Odyssey arrange album to feature music from both titles in the series, and hopefully it’s not the last. Arranged entirely be Norihiko Hibino and performed by a small group of talented session artists, this album visits many of Koshiro’s memorable melodies in a soothing instrumental style with a bit of bossa nova.

  Hit the jump to find out of this approach does justice to the music in the series, and for pictures of the recording session. (more…)

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  Interview with Masatoshi Nakamura, An Extra Hyper Game Music Fan

  October 1, 2008 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this Interview with Masatoshi Nakamura, An Extra Hyper Game Music Fan

  

  What’s sure to be one of the coolest game concerts of the year is right around the corner, coming in the form of EXTRA – HYPER GAME MUSIC EVENT on October 13, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan.  The show was announced last month, and will feature performances by Yasunori Mitsuda, Yuzo Koshiro, and Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka just to name a few. I’ve already talked to many game music fans who are as jealous as I am that this awesome event is only going on in Japan.

  We’ve actually had the pleasure of speaking with Masatoshi Nakamura, a producer at 5pb Records who was responsible for starting the EXTRA event last year. In this exclusive interview, Nakamura discusses how he came up with plans for the event, what his thoughts are about composers performing their music live in front of their fans, and even how he came up with the super-energetic title of the event. Lastly, he tell us that he hopes to bring the event overseas.

  Do you agree that the EXTRA – HYPER GAME MUSIC EVENT is a great idea? Would you travel across the United States to attend a show if they were to put one on over here?

  Read the interview after the jump. (more…)

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