4star Orchestra Concerts

4star Orchestra is putting on a 3-day event of all video game music by top composers. I’ve talked a bit about it before, but let me be more detailed on who is coming and what the tentative set list will include. I’ve only got the first two concerts detailed below and I will continue to update this later.

DAY 1 – Icho Hall – Playing Works! Best Vol.01

Nobuo Uematsu (Guest MC)
Michiko Naruke (Guest MC)
Ririko Yamabuki (Vocal)
Daisuke Kaminaga (Shakuhachi)
Mana Okubo (Fiddle)
Hirofumi Nakamura (Guitar)
Toshi Bodhran (Bodhran, Percussion)
Chika Umeda (Harp)
Masumi Noguchi (Uilleann Pipes, Keyboard)

Set List
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Nobuo Uematsu’s Works
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Final Fantasy
—Battle 2 (III)
—The Last Battle (III)
—The Decisive Battle (VI)
—Harvest (V)
—Vamo’alla Flamenco (IX)

Final Fantasy Celtic Moon
—Welcome to Our Town! (Town Theme)
—Troian Beauty (Troia Castle)
—Rydia (Rydia’s Theme)

Final Fantasy Dear Friends
—My Home, Sweet Home

Final Fantasy Vocal Collections
—Esperança Do Amor
—Estrelas
—Into the Light

Granblue Fantasy
—Evergreen Wind

Michiko Naruke’s Works
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Wild Arms
—Alone in the World
—The Night Sky
—Only the Night Sky Knows

Nora & the Time Studio: The Witch of the Forest of Fog
—The Time Studio
—Everyday Way of Life
—Fall Asleep Amidst the Grass
—a little visitor

Feedback 2nd
—Territory

DAY 2 – Icho Hall – Playing Works! Best Vol.02

Hiroki Kikuta (Guest MC)
Yasunori Mitsuda (Guest MC)
Haruka Shimotsu (Vocal)
Daisuke Kaminaga (Shakuhachi)
Mizuki Mizutani (Violin)
Tatsuro Ariki (Keyboard)
AKIRA (Bass)
Toshiharu Okajima (Drums)
Susumu Hosoya (Marimba)
Ken Miyamoto (Guitar)

Set List
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Hiroki Kikuta’s Works
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Seiken Densetsu 2
—The Boy Heads for the Wilderness
—Distant Thunder
—Secret of the Arid Sands
—Danger
—Steel and Snare
—Time Enough for Love
—One of them is Hope
—Meridian Dance
—The Penultimate Truth