You may have heard from this concert with all-new arrangements (http://www.symphonicfantasies.com) before, but this news warrants its own thread. I'll post this in several message boards since it's a great opportunity for those unable to attend, so don't be surprised if you stumble upon it somewhere else.

Symphonic Fantasies will be the first game music concert to have a live video stream for fans world-wide to watch!

Live Video Streaming Broadband (http://www.wdr.de/wdrlive/media/wdr-tv-event_web-l.asx)
Live Video Streaming DSL (http://www.wdr.de/wdrlive/media/wdr-tv-event_web-m.asx)
Live Video Streaming 56k and ISDN (http://www.wdr.de/wdrlive/media/wdr-tv-event_web-s.asx)
Live Audio Streaming (WDR4 Web Radio) (http://www.wdr.de/radio/audioplayer/popup_js.phtml?playing=wdr4&wdr4=true&showToggleButton=true&minimizeHandler=minimize&maximizeHandler=maximize&minimized=false)

Countdown to the Concert (http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?day=12&month=9&year=2009&hour=20&min=0&sec=0&p0=311)

Note that the first three, the video links will start working when the concert begins. The fourth link is the radio broadcast.
There should be no worries about bandwidth usage, so feel free to use the broadband link.

It begins this Saturday, on September 12th, 8 p.m. CET. To avoid timezone-based insanity, use the countdown link above. Note that the concert will start five minutes later.


The program:

1. "Fanfare overture (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akq7e7SkNnk&fmt=18)" by Jonne Valtonen

2. "Fantasy I: Kingdom Hearts" by Yoko Shimomura
Dearly Beloved (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25QXnhVijQ&fmt=18)
The Other Promise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyrWRgg_6KE&fmt=18)
A Fight to the Death (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySH1P500zic&fmt=18)
Hand in Hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPy4nSLtAyQ&fmt=18)
plus some more, unannounced tracks

3. "Fantasy II: Secret of Mana" by Hiroki Kikuta
Fear of the Heavens (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQChkLQV8_c&fmt=18)
Into the Thick of it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33d6EK2HykM&fmt=18)
The Oracle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLWc6iG-iuI&fmt=18)
Prophecy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEilQOiuE_g&fmt=18)
plus some more, unannounced tracks
4. "Fantasy III: Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross" by Yasunori Mitsuda
Chrono Trigger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDGVZUaCLFE&fmt=18)
Scars of Time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laMvJf9UNdc&fmt=18)
Battle with Magus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaK3WZg16-o&fmt=18)
Prisoners of Fate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5nelkxMKQ&fmt=18)
plus some more, unannounced tracks
5. "Fantasy IV: Final Fantasy" by Nobuo Uematsu
Prelude (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JH4O-OpVH8&fmt=18)
Bombing Mission (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8NGDsnv34M&fmt=18#t=1m13s)
Battle at the Big Bridge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtdQl6WuFeI&fmt=18)
Phantom Forest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq8TV1PqZvw&fmt=18)
plus some more, unannounced tracks

Enjoy the concert!

Hey, thanks for the heads up.

This is great! Thanks so much!

Wow I'm currently listening to it. Will somebody rip this?

Damn if i would have known I would have ripped it ... :(

Thank you Prime Blue for mentioning this concert :)

Wow, didn't expect to hear FF7's "Fighting" with a choir.

Wow, didn't expect to hear FF7's "Fighting" with a choir.

Me neither, I'm totally impressed and saying OMG :O

Damn, I'm really angry at myself that I missed the Kingdom Hearts part, after hearing Destati ... WOW :D

Haha, "One Winged Angel" percussion.

Aaarghh just missed it. Please tell me somebody somewhere ripped it and is going to put it on the internet... Why did I have to work late today...

Because of my forgetfulness to write it down that this concert is going to happen, I managed to record only the Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy part. Video quality is low, but audio is listenable :)

The music starts at 9:00 :)

Enjoy your listen (at least half of it) for those who have missed it :)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4VF9A3IR

My contribution, ripped from stream video, in VBR MP3. There are some popping noises and parts that had to be normalized to fix problems caused by the streaming. Enjoy!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZS3RVO5D

Here is my thread and a rip of the concert in higher quality, MP3 @ 256kbps :)

Thread 69455

someone have the whole concert in video (not mp3) on megaupload or other?