Description

On September 15, 1991 at Tokyo, the first Orchestral Game Concert occurred. It featured popular music from the Wizardry, Dragon Quest, Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Populous, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Final Fantasy series. With direction by Koichi Sugiyama, various composers, arrangers, and conductors united to produce an unprecedented and highly successful event. The concert inspired annual follow-ups till 1995.

Production

Led by Koichi Sugiyama

Original Composition

Kentaro Haneda (1, 2)
Koichi Sugiyama (3, 4, 16)
Koji Kondo (5 ~ 8)
Kazuo Sawa (9)
Dave Hanlon & Peter Molyneux (10)
Yoko Kanno (11)
Makoto Mukaiya (12)
Nobuo Uematsu (13 ~ 15)

Arrangement

Kentaro Haneda (1, 2)
Koichi Sugiyama (3, 4, 16)
Yoko Kanno (11)
Nobuo Kurita (5, 6)
Toshiko Watanabe (7, 8)
Motoaki Takenouchi (9)
Hayato Matsuo (10)
Reijirou Kogo (12)
Katsuhisa Hattori (13 ~ 15)

Conductor

Kentaro Haneda (1, 2)
Koichi Sugiyama (3, 4, 16)
Toshiko Watanabe (7, 8)
Yoko Kanno (11)
Reijirou Kogo (12)
Kosuke Onozaki (5, 6, 9, 10, 13 ~ 15)

Performance

Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

Official Recordings

Game Music Concert ~The Best Selection~

Reviews

Review of Album by Jon Turner