Changes: VOICES: Music from Final Fantasy

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VOICES - Music from Final Fantasy was a concert held on February 18th, 2006, at the Pacifico Yokohoma Conference and Convention Center in Japan. It featured vocal arrangements from the Final Fantasy series, including an a capella doo wop medley, orchestral versions of the series' ballads, and a symphonic metal finale performed by the Black Mages.

The guest performers included Emiko Shiratori in "Melodies of Life", Rikki in "Suteki da ne", Izumi Masuda, in the medley "Memoro de la Ŝtono ~ Distant Worlds", Angela Aki in "Eyes on Me" and "Kiss Me Good-Bye", and The Black Mages in "Advent: One-Winged Angel".

On June 21, 2006 the concert was released on DVD, featuring interviews from Nobuo Uematsu , Arnie Roth and the guests musicians.

Set Listings

Arnie Roth and Izumi Masuda, performing "Distant Worlds".

"Prelude"
"Liberi Fatali" (Final Fantasy VIII)
"Fisherman's Horizon" (Final Fantasy VIII)
"Hymn of the Fayth" (Final Fantasy X)
"Suteki da ne" (Final Fantasy X)
"Final Fantasy Doo Wop Medley" (Final Fantasy I - V)
"A Place to Call Home" ~ "Melodies of Life" (Final Fantasy IX)
"Final Fantasy" (Final Fantasy Series)
"Prima Vista Orchestra" (Final Fantasy IX)
"The Promised Land" (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children)
"Memoro de la Ŝtono" ~ "Distant Worlds" (Final Fantasy XI)
"Eyes on Me" (Final Fantasy VIII)
"Kiss Me Good-Bye" (Final Fantasy XII)
Opera "Maria and Draco" (Final Fantasy VI)
"Swing de Chocobo" (Final Fantasy X)
"Advent: One-Winged Angel" (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children)
"Encore ~ Advent: One Winged Angel Second Time"
"Encore ~ FINAL FANTASY"

Personnel

Production

Original composition by Nobuo Uematsu
Conducted by Arnie Roth
Orchestral performance by Prima Vista Philharmonic Orchestra

Arrangement

Yukiko Miyano (1, 3, 9, 11, 13)
Shirō Hamaguchi (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 1, 18)
Masashi Hamauzu (4)
Naoki Takao (8)
Kenichiro Fukui (10, 13, 16)
Naoshi Mizuta (11)
Motoki Matsuoka (12)
Angela Aki (12)
Arnie Roth (15)

Performance

G.Y.A (1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 16, 17 - Chorus)
Rikki (5 - Singer)
The Moogles (8 - Doo Wop Group)
Emiko Shiratori (7 - Singer)
Izumi Masuda (11 - Singer)
Angela Aki (12, 13 - Singer)
Etsuyo Ota (14 - Mezzo Soprano)
Tomoaki Watanabe (14 - Tenor)
Tetsuya Odagawa (14 - Bass)
Tsuyoshi Sekito (16, 17 - Guitars)
Michio Okamiya (16, 17 - Guitars)
Kenichiro Fukui (16, 17 - Keyboards)
Nobuo Uematsu (16, 17 - Organ)
Keiji Kawamori (16, 17 - Bass Guitar)
Arata Hanyuda (16, 17 - Drums)

External links

Square Enix Music Online Entry on VOICES.
Full Concert uploaded to Youtube.

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-'''VOICES - Music from Final Fantasy''' was a concert held on February 18th, 2006, at the [[wikipedia:Pacifico Yokohama|Pacifico Yokohoma Conference and Convention Center]] in Japan. It featured vocal arrangements from the ''[[Final Fantasy (series)|Final Fantasy]]'' series, including an a capella doo wop medley, orchestral versions of the series' ballads, and a symphonic metal finale performed by the [[The Black Mages (Band)|Black Mages]].
+'''VOICES - Music from Final Fantasy''' was a concert held on February 18th, 2006, at the [[wikipedia:Pacifico Yokohama|Pacifico Yokohoma Conference and Convention Center]] in Japan. It featured vocal arrangements from the ''[[Final Fantasy (series)|Final Fantasy]]'' series, including an a capella doo wop medley, orchestral versions of the series' ballads, and a symphonic metal finale performed by the [[The Black Mages (band)|Black Mages]].
-The guest performers included [[Emiko Shiratori]] in "[[Melodies of Life (song)|Melodies of Life]]", [[RIKKI|Rikki]] in "[[Suteki da ne]]", [[Izumi Masuda]], in the medley "[[Memoro de la Ŝtono]] ~ [[Distant Worlds (theme)|Distant Worlds]]", [[Angela Aki]] in "[[Eyes on Me (song)|Eyes on Me]]" and "[[Kiss Me Good-Bye (song)|Kiss Me Good-Bye]]", and [[The Black Mages (Band)|The Black Mages]] in "[[One-Winged Angel (theme)#Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children|Advent: One-Winged Angel]]".
+The guest performers included [[Emiko Shiratori]] in "[[Melodies of Life (song)|Melodies of Life]]", [[RIKKI|Rikki]] in "[[Suteki da ne]]", [[Izumi Masuda]], in the medley "[[Memoro de la Ŝtono]] ~ [[Distant Worlds (theme)|Distant Worlds]]", [[Angela Aki]] in "[[Eyes on Me (song)|Eyes on Me]]" and "[[Kiss Me Good-Bye (song)|Kiss Me Good-Bye]]", and [[The Black Mages (band)|The Black Mages]] in "[[One-Winged Angel (theme)#Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children|Advent: One-Winged Angel]]".
 On June 21, 2006 the concert was released on DVD, featuring interviews from Nobuo Uematsu , Arnie Roth and the guests musicians.