Eminence Symphony Orchestra – Passion & Destiny Dreamer’s Alliance

Well, seeing as I noticed the lack of Eminence on these forums, I figured I might as well add what I have. However, neither were ripped by me, but I cannot remember who ripped them or exactly where I got Passion.

Destiny Dreamer’s Alliance, however, came from a torrent that is quite possibly dead as of now. Warning on DDA: The entire CD is in one file due to an odd conversion job. If you know how to convert .wvc into individual .mp3s — Or how to break a single .mp3 into multiple files, please let me know.

As a bonus, I included Yuki Kajiura’s "A Song of Storm and Fire" from the anime, Tsubasa Chronicle.

Enjoy~

Passion
– MegaUpload (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V3W3N3JC)
– MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?z1yynnjjgtn)

Destiny Dreamer’s Alliance
– MegaUpload (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CFB4E410)
– MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jkdqmoimlmn)

** Destiny Dreamer’s Alliance – Split files by Acerbus Hope
– Sendspace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/4187ev) – Uploaded and split by Acerbus Hope

** Destiny Dreamer’s Alliance – Higher quality split files by Firestorm717
– ShareBee (http://sharebee.com/e9489586)
– MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/?mgjj4qkiiyz)

A Song of Storm and Fire
– MegaUpload (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TY0MA8W4)
– MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?otnrz1emdzj)

If anyone wants me to upload to any other places, I’ll do it when I can. I hope this serves well as my first upload thread.

**Not needed, but comments would be lovely. Not for ego points or anything like that, but to let me know that this isn’t going to be of waste.

Sweet! Do they have any other albums? I’ve been looking for their stuff for the longest time since I found out about them on Youtube. lol

Great stuff! Thank you very much indeed! The stripped-down chamber ensemble arrangements on the
Destiny Dreamer’s Alliance album are very intimate. 🙂

thanks for this!!!

Well, seeing as I noticed the lack of Eminence on these forums, I figured I might as well add what I have.
Eminance Passion (Thread 56542)

Warning on DDA: The entire CD is in one file due to an odd conversion job. If you know how to convert .wvc into individual .mp3s — Or how to break a single .mp3 into multiple files, please let me know.
Thats pretty simple to do in Foobar using Lame. Download the command line encoder Lame 3.98.2 from Rarewares.org

Drag and drop the *.CUE file into Foobars playlist window–>select all–>rightclick–>convert to–>MP3

Awesome, thanks for this! I love the Destiny Dreamer’s Alliance music ^_^ beautiful classical arrangements. Do you have the extra .cue file for the .wvc, as the previous poster said, so we can split it into separate tracks?

Thanks. Much appreciated. If only buying their CDs were easier. There’s none in stock at their store and it’s such a shame too -_-

Eminance Passion (Thread 56542)

Thats pretty simple to do in Foobar using Lame. Download the command line encoder Lame 3.98.2 from Rarewares.org

Drag and drop the *.CUE file into Foobars playlist window–>select all–>rightclick–>convert to–>MP3

Oh, I guess it’s been awhile since I’ve been on here. 🙁 Last I visited and checked, there was hardly anything. I guess this can just serve as more distribution?

Sadly, the torrent did not include the .cue file. All I have is the system information file and album art — Nothing more. Is there any other way to splitting the files?

Z3120 – You’re very much welcome.

Well….for splitting files I can probably be able to do it manually but I’d have to know all the file names since I don’t know all the song titles. If someone can get a me a track list I’d be willing to do it.

EDIT: Found a tracklist and separating Destiny Dreamer’s Alliance tracks. Anyone want me to upload them when I’m done?

That would be great, thank you ^_^ I was just about to post a tracklist from the original VGMU rip.

-Tracklist-

01. YASUNORI MITSUDA – Opening from Tsugunai
02. HITOSHI SAKIMOTO – Main Theme from Odin Sphere
03. HITOSHI SAKIMOTO – Main Theme from Romeo X Juliet
04. YASUNORI MITSUDA – Hako no niwa from Rokugaki Kingdom II
05. HITOSHI SAKIMOTO – The Attic Library from Odin Sphere
06. HITOSHI SAKIMOTO – Tragedy from Romeo X Juliet
07. YASUNORI MITSUDA – Nocturne from Kirite
08. YASUNORI MITSUDA – Sailing to the World from the Seventh Seal
09. HITOSHI SAKIMOTO – Vigor from Romeo X Juliet
10. YASUNORI MITSUDA – Nephilim from Xenosaga Episode I
11. HITOSHI SAKIMOTO – Oath from Romeo X Juliet
12. YASUNORI MITSUDA – The Fall of Darkness from Kirite
13. HITOSHI SAKIMOTO – Dash from Romeo X Juliet
14. YASUNORI MITSUDA – Circle of Elemity from Kirite
15. YASUNORI MITSUDA – Radical Dreamers from Chrono Cross

Tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15 composed by YASUNORI MITSUDA.
Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13 composed by HITOSHI SAKIMOTO.
Tracks 1, 4, 5, 13, 12, 13 arrangements by KIMIHIRO ABE.
Tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11 arrangements by NORIYUKI KAMIKURA.
Track 15 arrangement by HIROAKI YURA, MINAH CHOE & ZANE BANKS.
Tracks 10 and 14 are in original form.

-Staff-
Eminence Piano Quintet are
Violin:HIroaki Yura
Violin:Masaki Nakamura
Viola:Andrew Marciniak
Violoncello:Minah Choe
Piano:Kumiko Ito
Additional Performance by Guitar:Zane Banks
Produced by EMINENCE GROUP PTY LTD
Recorded,mixed and mastered by TRACKDOWN SCORING STAGE,Sydney Australia
Recorded,mixed and mastered by SIMON LEADLEY & TIM RYAN
Assistant Engineer:Craig Beckeit

Well….for splitting files I can probably be able to do it manually but I’d have to know all the file names since I don’t know all the song titles. If someone can get a me a track list I’d be willing to do it.

EDIT: Found a tracklist and separating Destiny Dreamer’s Alliance tracks. Anyone want me to upload them when I’m done?

Go for it, if you may. If it’s okay, can I add it to the topic post and give you credit? I’m certain people would prefer the files being separated as opposed to it just being lumped into one file.

^Sure, I wouldn’t mind at all.

@Firestorm: Thanks~ There were some title discrepancies I found though (namely in the RxJ soundtrack titles) so I used a different tracklist for those ones.

Anyway, link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/4187ev

If I messed anything up, please let me know. I’m 95% sure I got the cuts/titles right but you never know.

@Acerbus Hope

I wonder why the filesize of your archive is so small compared to the archive from Nenotoki Kumoris link. Did you reencode the MP3s?

^I’m not sure exactly. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact there’s long spaces between songs that I had to shorten to keep the individual files sounding natural in length so that probably cut down on the filesize a bit.

I think the reason is because you re-encoded it to 128 kbps. The original was VBR in the ~250 kbps range. May I ask which program you used to split the files? Was it foobar?

^Ahhh, I didn’t even realize I was re-encoding.

I was using audacity and manually splitting the songs from the original track.

Yeah, it’s unfortunate that Audacity has the default set at such a low bitrate (presumably for people who do a lot of long recordings and would like to save space, as they are not too worried about quality).

You can actually change the bitrate in the options menu as described here (http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Lame_Installation#Windows_Instruct ions)…I usually rip at either high quality VBR as the original encoder did, or CBR 320 kbps.

There is no need to reencode the files. Reencoding results in a loss of quality.

mp3DirectCut works lossless = no reencoding.

Second that, PetPet – why in the name of God are you re-encoding? Madness!

^Sure, I wouldn’t mind at all.

@Firestorm: Thanks~ There were some title discrepancies I found though (namely in the RxJ soundtrack titles) so I used a different tracklist for those ones.

Anyway, link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/4187ev

If I messed anything up, please let me know. I’m 95% sure I got the cuts/titles right but you never know.

I added it to the original post, but if anyone else does another split and uploads it, I’ll add another link for it as well.

@PetPet and dannyfrench:

….

As I said earlier in this topic when it got pointed out "I didn’t even realize I was re-encoding" so it’s not like I did it just for the lols. I used what practical method I knew and didn’t know that the way I did it wouild result in loss of quality. Hell, I’d be willing to try to properly recode them but I’m busy all week with classes and exams. Feel free to do it yourselves if you like.

It’s alright, I used mp3DirectCut (thanks, PetPet) to split the file into individual tracks, keeping the original VBR encoding, and uploaded it below. Don’t worry, Acerbus Hope, nobody’s blaming you. PetPet and dannyfrench were just being quality Nazis XP.

http://sharebee.com/e9489586
http://www.mediafire.com/?mgjj4qkiiyz

Please let me know if there are any problems. Nenotoki Kumori, you can add it to the post as well; by the way, could I convince you to upload the album art? I only found LQ thumbnails floating around.

It’s alright, I used mp3DirectCut (thanks, PetPet) to split the file into individual tracks, keeping the original VBR encoding, and uploaded it below. Don’t worry, Acerbus Hope, nobody’s blaming you. PetPet and dannyfrench were just being quality Nazis XP.

http://sharebee.com/e9489586
http://www.mediafire.com/?mgjj4qkiiyz

Please let me know if there are any problems. Nenotoki Kumori, you can add it to the post as well; by the way, could I convince you to upload the album art? I only found LQ thumbnails floating around.

Sure thing. (By the way, you can just call me Kumo for the sake of a shorter name. I suppose I should PM a mod and request a shorter name as I really only use "Kumori" these days.)

Sadly, I only have Destiny Dreamer’s Alliance. There was nothing included for Passion when I downloaded it. 🙁 Perhaps the other upload thread for Passion has some album art?

http://www.sendspace.com/file/nk0ztn

Very nice! Thanks a lot for these. They’re too hard to find. I can’t imagine how I’d be able to get the others….

@Firestorm: Nah, it’s cool.

Thanks for the files though^^

Just a note on this great upload,

I’ve been to two of Eminence’s concerts now, Night of Fantasia 07 and another I can’t remember the name of..but these guys are really good. A real treat for anyone with an ear for orchestra or anime/game music.

However, due to lack of enough revenue from shows, Eminence has cut out Melbourne tours for awhile now, much to my disappointment, and only performed in Sydney for the whole of this year.

So just a note, for those who find their music great, to support them in any way, and just acknowledge their great team that put these albums together. I’ve bought three of their albums and posters, and they’re worth their stuff!

rj,

Thanks, Kumori! (Don’t worry, I’ll remember to use the shorter name XD) Yes, the other post seems to have a few cover arts, though not full scans of the booklet. Pity I can’t find any of Eminence Symphony Orchestra’s works anywhere…their online store only displays their most recent work on Blizzard. rebelliousjedi, where did you purchase the albums? Is there some other online venue, since I can’t fly out to Australia, unfortunately.

This is great, thank you all for your effort! I’m especially happy about the RxJ tracks, I just love that Soundtrack.

firestorm, unfortunately I bought them while I was present at the concert. They hold booths outside the hall during interval and at the end.

They used to have a wider variety of stock on their online website, but they haven’t been active as much, again due to funding I think.

I’m buying echoes of war though! That one looks really good.

rj,

firestorm, unfortunately I bought them while I was present at the concert. They hold booths outside the hall during interval and at the end.

They used to have a wider variety of stock on their online website, but they haven’t been active as much, again due to funding I think.

I’m buying echoes of war though! That one looks really good.

rj,

Gosh, this is a bit late of a reply, I hope I don’t get chewed out for bumping my own thread… >_>;

I really wish I had the A Night in Fantasia ’04 and ’07 albums. Sadly, I live in the US and can’t afford to fly out to Australia. It’s a shame there’s no where to find the albums online (well, there’s always eBay, but then the prices are probably insane…).

good stuff

Thanks! ^^

*smacks head on the desk* I used to have their whole discography and now I have no idea where it went. T_T

Oh, Cereus, if you find it please, please post! We’re all dying to hear more from them!

Oh, Cereus, if you find it please, please post! We’re all dying to hear more from them!

What he said! I’d love to hear more from them — Their music is wonderful…

Dreamer’s Destiny in lossless, 3-parts

Parts 1,2 and torrent (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=38cafc5b20bacb0bd2db6fb9a8902bda)
Part 3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=ce1ff45f09266bdcd2db6fb9a8902bda)

Thanks for the track lists btw. Also anyone got the other two in lossless by any chance?

Any chance of finding Echoes of War?

I managed to find a few tracks on a mixed CD that I burned ages ago but the quality varies from track to track. (Sorry if some of the tracks are crappy- that was all I could get my paws on at the time.) Also I found someone willing to part with some of the hardcopy of their collection so I should be able to rip and upload the tracks in the next couple of weeks if you’re all patient. (The person I’m purchasing from is located in Japan so it might take some time due to shipping. Plus Kiri-can is somewhat of an airhead when it comes to remembering stuff. =_=)

Here’s Cloud’s Theme from A Night in Fantasia:

http://www.badongo.com/file/12156116

Shadow of the Colossus:

http://www.badongo.com/file/12156328

Metal Gear Solid Theme:

http://www.badongo.com/file/12156364

Thanatos (Evangelion):

http://www.badongo.com/file/12156390

More to come as I track them down bit by bit.

Hey Geyzer. thanks for posting the lossless, it’s much appreciated. Question: does any have the .wvc lossless of "Passion"? As long as a .CUE file is included with the .wvc file (most likely an ISO image file) then I should have no trouble burning, ripping, and/or splitting the single file into individual tracks whilst still retaining lossless!

If someone still happens to have the original files from the torrent (to "Passion"), please do upload them and I’ll gladly show ya all how to deal with files like these for any future encounters. 🙂 I use a program called Exact Audio Copy by the way, the most accurate way to rip/burn audio CDs. I’m subscribed to this thread now, so I’ll checking in from time to time. Cya.

I managed to find a few tracks on a mixed CD that I burned ages ago but the quality varies from track to track. (Sorry if some of the tracks are crappy- that was all I could get my paws on at the time.) Also I found someone willing to part with some of the hardcopy of their collection so I should be able to rip and upload the tracks in the next couple of weeks if you’re all patient. (The person I’m purchasing from is located in Japan so it might take some time due to shipping. Plus Kiri-can is somewhat of an airhead when it comes to remembering stuff. =_=)

Here’s Cloud’s Theme from A Night in Fantasia:

http://www.badongo.com/file/12156116

Shadow of the Colossus:

http://www.badongo.com/file/12156328

Metal Gear Solid Theme:

http://www.badongo.com/file/12156364

Thanatos (Evangelion):

http://www.badongo.com/file/12156390

More to come as I track them down bit by bit.

Can I say I love you~?

I’m certain we’ll all be willing to wait if it means we can get our hands on the entire collection. It’s a shame they sell the CDs in such little printings, I’d buy them in a heartbeat if there were more around.

Wish that they did make more CDs as well. Good news is that the CD’s are coming to the States as we speak. Poor mail man- I keep overworking him with my orders from overseas. I’m debating on ordering Echoes of War as well since I’m not a big fan of Blizzard. 😡

Thanks so much!

The tracklists for Passion and DDA are actually on the Wiki article for them.

Thanks to all in this thread for the music. I am a big fan of Sakimoto in particular and like to daydream about his entire discography being performed by an orchestra someday, so of course Eminence makes me very happy. I wish more musicians understood the beauty and relevance of game music.

Wow, thank you very much for these! I had given up on getting my hands on Eminence releases, but now here they are! Joy is me! :love:

Excuse me…
The links are expired. Can someone please upload again?!!!
Thanks!!!!

Where might I find the Passion album. I’ve been looking for it EVERYWHERE, but I can’t seem to find it.

Hi could you please re upload the link for passion and destiny dreamer’s alliance on media fire cause its missing and I cant download it from megaupload cause of unknown reason….

Could I ask anyone to re-upload the lossless version of these? Particularly the Destiny Dreamer’s Alliance?
Or alternatively, if anyone is selling a copy of this CD or know where I can buy a new copy of it, please tell me T_T