Distant Worlds II: more music from FINAL FANTASY, by Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY

Distant Worlds II: more music from FINAL FANTASY

by Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY

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Clad Marti The Man With the Machine Gun is my favorite track but JENOVA Zanarkand & the Prelude are fantastic too! I went twice to the concert of Distant Worlds in the past 3 years it was a real pleasure. I'm going to go back as soon as they come again close to me! Thank you Nobuo Uematsu & Arnie Roth. Favorite track: The Man with the Machine Gun (FINAL FANTASY VIII).

faeriesforce EXCUSE ME I'M IN LOVE IN LAGUNA LOIRE. Favorite track: The Man with the Machine Gun (FINAL FANTASY VIII).

Unclejames 4th track was like an emotional rollercoaster . The vocal performance was just sending shivers trough my spine and memories of this wonderfull game just came floating back into my mind. Thank you for this moment Distant Worlds Favorite track: A Place to Call Home - Melodies of Life (FINAL FANTASY IX).

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1.	Prelude (FINAL FANTASY SERIES) 03:22	lyrics	buy track
Aura 風 Aqua 水 Ignis 火 Terra 土
2.	The Man with the Machine Gun (FINAL FANTASY VIII) 03:33	info	buy track
3.	Ronfaure (FINAL FANTASY XI) 04:40	info	buy track
4.	A Place to Call Home - Melodies of Life (FINAL FANTASY IX) 06:55	lyrics	buy track
Alone for a while, I’ve been searching through the dark For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart To weave by picking up the pieces that remain Melodies of life, love’s lost refrain. Our paths, they did cross, though I cannot say just why We met, we laughed, we held on fast and then we said goodbye And who’ll hear the echoes of the stories never told? Let them ring out loud ‘til they unfold In my dearest memories, I see you reaching out to me Though you’re gone, I still believe that you can call out my name A voice from the past, joining yours and mine Adding up the layers of harmony And so it goes on and on Melodies of life to the sky beyond the flying birds Forever and beyond So far and away see the bird as it flies by Gliding through the shadows of the clouds up in the sky I’ve laid my memories and dreams upon those wings, Leave them now and see what tomorrow brings In your dearest memories, do you remember loving me? Was it fate that brought us close and now leaves me behind? A voice from the past, joining yours and mine Adding up the layers of harmony And so it goes on and on Melodies of life to the sky beyond the flying birds Forever and on If I should leave this lonely world behind Your voice will still remember our melody Now I know we’ll carry on Melodies of life come circle round and grow deep in our hearts As long as we remember English translation by Alexander O. Smith from Japanese by Hiroyuki “Shiomi” Ito
5.	Zanarkand (FINAL FANTASY X) 04:31	info	buy track
6.	Dancing Mad (FINAL FANTASY VI) 10:42	info	buy track
7.	Victory Theme (FINAL FANTASY SERIES) 00:08	info	buy track
8.	Suteki da ne (FINAL FANTASY X) 06:24	lyrics	buy track
Wind, and my heart swimming in collected words Moved by the wind, in through the world. Clouds, like a voice that we all recognize Carry the holding future. Moon, on the sky as a trembling heart Shown on the glass unsteadily. Stars, shedding tears in an overflowing stream I see the night all around me. Suteki da ne Being together, all alone walking hand in hand. And I want to go to your city To your home, into your arms. That soul Inside your body From those conflicted nights As from my dreams. Wind died away, and I feel all the words Led by a gentle illusion. Clouds are the future that cannot be attained Told from impossible distance. The moon filled with night as it flowed through your heart Such faraway reflections. Stars, ripe like tears, like fruit falls from a tree I wipe my dreams off the nighttime. Suteki da ne Being together, all alone walking hand in hand. And I want to go to your city To your home, into your arms. To feel your face The touch of memory And now that I awake As from a dream.
9.	Terra’s Theme (FINAL FANTASY VI) 04:18	info	buy track
10.	Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII (FINAL FANTASY VII) 06:41	info	buy track
11.	Prima Vista Orchestra (FINAL FANTASY IX) 01:30	info	buy track
12.	Dear Friends (FINAL FANTASY V) 05:10	info	buy track
13.	JENOVA (FINAL FANTASY VII) 04:17	info	buy track

about

Distant Worlds II: more music from FINAL FANTASY, the much anticipated new CD with all new FINAL FANTASY scores was recorded in late January, 2010 by Arnie Roth and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Elmhurst College Concert Choir. For the first time on any recording, Distant Worlds welcomes the group Earthbound Papas, featuring Nobuo Uematsu on organ. We also welcome back vocal soloist Susan Calloway, Laura Stephenson on harp, Per Skareng on guitar, and Oskar Ekburg on the Stockholm Concert Hall Pipe Organ (Grönlund 1982). The album was recorded on location in the Stockholm Konserthuset (Sweden) & in Elmhurst College (IL, USA) Hammerschmidt Chapel in high resolution at 88.2khz/24bit.

credits

released May 1, 2010

all music composed by: Nobuo Uematsu
conductor and executive producer: Arnie Roth
performed by: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Elmhurst College Concert Choir, Nobuo Uematsu's band Earthbound Papas
vocal soloist (tracks 4,8): Susan Calloway
guitar soloist (track 12): Per Skareng
pipe organ soloist (track 6): Oskar Ekburg, Stockholm Concert Hall Organ, Grönlund 1982
harp soloist (track 1): Laura Stephenson
orchestra arrangements by: Kenichiro Fukui, Shiro Hamaguchi, Adam Klemens, Sachiko Miyano, Arnie Roth, Eric Roth, Nobuo Uematsu
recorded on location at: Stockholm Konserthus, Elmhurst College Hammerschmidt Chapel
orchestra recording by: Michael Dahlvid, Lars Nilsson of Nilento studios
additional recording at: AWR Music Studio, Ping Pong Pit Studio
additional recording by: Mathew Prock, Katsumi Sanbongi
editing & mixing by: Arnie Roth and Mathew Prock
High resolution recording at: 88.2khz / 24bit
mixed at: AWR Music Studio
mastering by: Dan Stout of Colossal Mastering
awr music production team: Leanne Araya, Fritz Hocking, Eric Roth, Marcy Roth, Chris Szuberla
art director: Bill Dolan
photographers: Jan-Olav Wedin, Stefan Ellerich, Shinjiro Yamada
production consultant: Thomas Böcker
published worldwide by: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
original publisher: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
special thanks to: Stefan Forsberg and all of our friends at the RSPO and SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.