Final Symphony II – Listener’s Guide
Overview With the release of Final Symphony II – music from Final Fantasy V, VIII, IX, and XIII, Thomas Böcker’s Merregnon Records has presented […]
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Final Fantasy VII Symphony Listener’s Guide
Overview At this point I have given closer examinations of Roger Wanamo’s narrative “Final Fantasy VI Symphonic Poem” and Masashi Hamauzu’s thematic […]
Final Fantasy X Piano Concerto Listener’s Guide
Overview In this three-part series, I am taking a deeper look into the major works of Spielemusikkonzerte’s Final Symphony album, featuring new large […]
Final Fantasy VI Symphonic Poem Listener’s Guide
Overview With the release of the recent chart-topping Final Symphony on many digital retailers’ classical charts, it seems that the discussion of the connection […]
Final Symphony II: Bonn, August 2015
Last Saturday (August 29, 2015) I had the chance to see the world premiere of the Final Symphony II concert in Bonn, […]
Thomas Boecker Interview: Why Final Symphony Isn’t the End
Thomas Boecker’s concert productions have featured heavily on this site over the years, and for good reason. Concerts such as Symphonic Fantasies, Symphonic Legends, and Symphonic […]
Final Symphony: London, May 2013
Background and Pre-Concert Thomas Böcker’s recent concerts have been a major breakthrough in exploring video game music artistically, taking a wealth of […]
Nobuo Uematsu Profile
The most popular game music composer across the world, the artist won legions of hearts with his Final Fantasy scores, albums, and concert productions
Shiro Hamaguchi Profile
A successful anime composer best known to gamers for creating the orchestrations for Final Fantasy cinematics, arranged albums, and concerts
Masashi Hamauzu Profile
Square Enix turned freelance composer noted for pushing artistic boundaries on titles such as Final Fantasy XIII, SaGa Frontier II, and Dirge of Cerberus
Thomas Boecker Interview: Going Universal
Behind acclaimed productions such as Symphonic Fantasies and Symphonic Shades, Thomas Boecker has been producing Symphonic Game Music Concerts since 2003. The artist is currently […]
Thomas Boecker Interview: The Final Symphony
Behind acclaimed productions such as Symphonic Fantasies and Symphonic Shades, Thomas Boecker has been producing Symphonic Game Music Concerts since 2003. The artist is currently […]