I was there, it was an amazing expierence. The moment i heard the FF6 opening theme BURSTING out.. man. that feeling i will never forget.

The Boundless Ocean, finally get to hear it performed live. Such a beautiful song, it's a shame it's so rarely performed live in similar performances.

This Medley alone would have been worth the concert, but all other arrangements were just as magnificent. I'm glad I was there, being a part of this wonderful evening.

Wanamo deserves credit for his arrangements and he did a fantastic job here, definitely. Truth be told though, I love each of Uematsu's individual pieces so much that it could be arranged in whatever fashion and I'd still fall in love :]

As much a fan of Final Fantasy music as I am, HOW am I only seeing this 9 years later. Thanks for sharing!

This mashup between "The boundless ocean" and "Opera Maria & Draco" was wonderful. It really fits the theme of "a sad love story". It moved me to tears. Roger Wanamo did a great job. :)

06:04 The biggest smile on my face...ever! I love this whole piece, thanks so much for uploading!

I am musician and composer. I love Final Fantasy series. This performance was well done! It was very cleverly harmonized and well orchestrated. The conductor and pianist both were amazing. The great balance between the woodwind and strings section and yet still have enough room for a dominated piano performance. Bravo!

i am over here crying in tears, damn this is the best rendition of a uematsu medley I have ever heard..

"The boundless ocean"... wow I totally loved the flute and piano duet at 9:47.

This video is basically the greatest thing that has happened all day. Thanks for posting!

Thanks for uploading this video, achieving the soul reach me remembering so many exciting and intense moments happened with Final Fantasy, especially the FF VI the best in the series and was Sakaguchi.

Whoever was able to attend this, I seriously envy you. This is absolutely stunning music.

He could easily step into classical if he wanted to. Let's just hope that this tribute will form a bridge between the 2 genres and fans of either gain an appreciation of each other and the music each of them love so much.

A tear rolled out of my eyes when i heard they played Aria Di Mezzo from FF 6. When they turned over to Four Fiends and Clash at the big bridge i got so totaly hyped. Im glad that i was there and even met the master of symphonic music himself, Uematsu Nobue-san !

わたしはFF曲大好きでした。小学生のころから、つい最近までクラシックで主にバラード曲が好きだったのですが、今は多くのクラシックがなかなか好きになれなくて…この動画ではわたしの知らない曲も割と多いですね。…なのに、どうしてこんなに感動するのでしょうか…植松さんってすごい。演奏している方々の技術もすごい。

Chills and tears. I'm wordless. Magnificent.

I absolutely *love* this arrangement! So much love for 6~

I was not even capable to handle all this magnificence

Nobuo Uematsu has graduated from the department of English language and literature at a university. He got no special musical education, except for ordinary piano lesson in his boyhood. That proves him to be a genius, in my opinion. He is a gifted composer!

This whole arrangement is incredible. Definitely one of the best ever made for this game.

5:50-7:10 Gold. just absolute gold im fucking crying so hard.

I needed this. I can't explain why, but I just feel better now.

At 11:15 ! One of the most memorable songs to ever grace any FF game.

Thank you very much, such a sublime and beautiful piece.

Its great seeing people that have never played these video games play the songs in concert.

It is a fact that none of these arrangements would have been possible without Uematsu's creativity but the true beauty of his music would not have blossomed if it weren't for the arranging talents of Wamano, Valtonen, Hamagchi and Hamauzu. That too, is a fact.

Awesome concert, glad I were there and able to get the seemingly best tickets right behind Nobuo Uematsu :D Count me in next year too!

the piano complements this piece very well just wish i could play that at my school

This is too beautiful!!! This beautiful video made me burst into tears many times! I love the first song. It sounds so familiar. And Benjamin Nuss, the pianist, did a great job! 5:29 was one of the epitomes! 12:44 is also a beautiful masterpiece!! I think it's a track from FFIV or FFVI.. either one.. I forgot the title. And Gilgamesh's Theme where the violins sound great is also one of my favorites in this video. I really love the piano parts in their renditions. 6:06 and 12:47 - 12:49 are the parts that the great pianist made mistakes but I'm not sure about the 6:06 part. He's still great though and we're all bound to make mistakes! He's only the same age as me but he's a great pianist already and performing live! I wish to be like him and pursue a music career except in singing 'cause I'm more passionate about playing instruments especially the piano, violin and guitar. The violin used to be my favorite instrument when I was a kid tho! XD Now it's the piano! If there is an orchestra dedicated to Final Fantasy music in a near location or even a little farther away, I would do everything to watch it! XD

This. This forever.

Fabuleux concert, j'en suis tout ému, presque même une envie de verser une larme tellement que c'est beaux. Une certaine nostalgie ce fait ressentir. Une musique puissante dans laquelle les sentiments sont retranscris à la perfection, l'amour, la haine... dans ce concert qu'est l’ouvre de cette homme fantastique, Nobuo Uematsu.

Oh . . . now this, this is just delightful.

Well said! The arrangement preserves the flavor of the original song and yet implement many new spices into the medley! It was well done!

Jamás nunca en mi vida había escuchado semejantes arreglos... ES EL MEJOR ARREGLO QUE HE ESCUCHADO EN TODA MI VIDA! gracias Uematsu por tus composiciones xD!

Four fiends clash in the big bridge and battle to the death. They're so epic together than even their titles compose a phrase.

I love the 2nd movement! The mixture of Celes Theme and Boundless Ocean sounds wonderful. Roger Wanamo did a really good job there.

Got chills when i heard 4 Emperor's intro. No gonna lie.

Happy birthday Nobuo Uematsu!

Actually, I would say that this was "arranged" by Wanamo. The difference is a big one. Not to say that it is easy, but taking compositions already composed, and arranging them together isn't so difficult as you might think. Especially if you consider that Uematsu loves to keep his music in relative key signatures.

Funny thing I listened to FF6 OST the night before leaving to Cologne to attend this. I was totally bawling when i heard that, as well as during Celes' theme and the main FF theme. Almost 2 decades playing these games and finally hearing those themes from my chilhood played live by an orchestra ... Amazing, amazing concert.

"very little"? Any ordinary person can't just pick up Uematsu's original pieces and create this wonderful arrangement. To say Wanamo does not deserve much credit is extremely arrogant of the hard work he also put into making this such a delightful piece to listen to. I'm astounded you even tried to say that.

Wow, you're right! That was certainly a very nice touch.

Goosebumps when they started playing the FF6 opening @ 1:40.

Holy shit, am I really hearing the greatest rendition of my nostalgia fuel? I can really die fulfilled now.

The mere fact that it begins with The Omen from Final Fantasy VI automatically wins it the good prize.

Oh goodness. This whole suite was amazing O_O Meshing together separate pieces was flawless and flowed really well! I hear bits of Jenova and The Unforgiven at the end. Very small bits, but it's worth noting :)

wow that opening of FFVI was amazing. That Final Fantasy game sound track hands down one of the best. And don't get me started on Secret of Mana

Love this.

A testament to the true value of video game music. It's very sad that many older generations of musicians overlook the genre and do not take it seriously. It's essentially modern program music.

I can die happy now.

Wow. Just wow.

magnifico...............!

Because it's benyamin nuss, german pianist and huge fan of Final fantasy and Uematsu.He's just a fan like you and me, he already recorded an album of Uematsu's song and presented it on ARTE channel.If you like this music you should listen to benyamin nuss's album.

What a job, the piano page turner.

It's best all in the KZfaq.

i wasnt expecting to hear a bit of the unused FF2 battle theme in there, as far as the FF2 arrangement of music went. all the same, i'm liking this quite a bit thus far.

SOOOOOOOOO beautiful *v*

Did they mix the opera from ff6 (ff3 in the us) with the boundless ocean from ff3 (the real one?) That's genious and it works so good

i cried

That pianist is REALLY into it.

I'll be seeing that in London in 2013 :)

Any FF6 is greatly appreciated...Nobuo, you are the brightest star in our musical heaven.

WOW this is even more powerful than the first time I played FFVI and heard this...nice, I like.... -continues to drag knuckles, breathe through mouth...and moves on..-

madre mia que bien echo esta

celes theme on piano *chills

I totally agree with you.

awesome.... pianist Benyamin Nuss!!

Battle on the Big Bridge was awsome

Because this is only part 2 of the "A Tribute to Nobuo Uematsu" performance (out of the twelve listed above): the Final Fantasy Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

It's the same case with "Distant worlds" : a lot of people don't know that is Annie Roth who has arranged the final fantasy pieces for ochestra !

The pianist is awesome!

Final Fantasy IV at the end

WOW !!

Well considering it was fashioned as a Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, I think it was pretty warranted. And IMO (likely biased by the fact that I play piano) I thought that the meld was absolutely stunning with flawless input from both ends. I think the piano emphasis here is fashioned more from classical influences, which is understandably alien to casual listeners. But after the complete lack of piano on the Symphonic Fantasies medley, I was extremely appreciative of what was presented here.

9:38 The bandana that started it all. :)

Yup, Boundless Ocean, which you NEVER hear orchestrated yet is one of the most awesome and underrated songs in the FF universe. I only wish the piano accompaniment augmented the piece instead of fighting against and overpowering it.

Wow that page turner's sure doing a fine job!

Benyamin Nuss - a great discovery!

@redcloud02 At 3:40 it's Battle Scene 3 from FF2. This music was not used in the final game and is only available on the original soundtrack.

Four Fiends/Atma Weapon/Gilgamesh mashup is phenomenal.

@Karldaj That is Nobuo Uematsu... his bandana is practically a trademark.

Ramon, don't continue this pointless debate. I completely understand what you're saying, even more so maybe because Im both a composer and arranger myself. Uematsu's music is splendidly written but what many people dont seem to realize is that arrangers have been responsible for uematsu's work shining as brightly as it does. The gorgeous song of prayer, suteki da ne, to zanarkand were all brought to life by Hamauzu and Shiro Hamaguchi who also did so much for uematsu in the Piano collections tbc

Nobuo composed the entire OST for XIV.

No, it is the truly original sound playing. I've still got the nes and final fantasy one. It's truly playing same. (with a, not so bad, quality)

I would just point out that this had several arrangers, Wanamo just did 3 of them, Jonne Valtonen was the main arranger here.

3:40 is a bit of the unreleased final boss battle music that was supposed to be in FFII

my fave ones were ff main theme and the ffiv four fiends

@redcloud02 i heard in celes theme and darkness and starlight of what u said is actually aerith's/aeris theme

So Wanamo DID arrange the whole concert then? Sorry I definitely was mistaken. I still don't know if I agree with the comment that he takes Uemtasu's music to a new level though, saying a "new level" implies better.... but this concert is very enjoyable, especially the Lost Odyssey themes (not heard in this video), and he deserves credit if he arranged the pieces ^_^ And so does Arnie Roth, he's a very nice man and a very talented violinist ^.^

if nobou never made these tracks the composer would have nothing to arrange, nor would they carry the weight they do. music is so much more than who put what note where, but rather what those notes represent to a person and where they take you. the final fantasy sound team are geniuses and should be revered as such, plain and simple.

Absolutely true. I personally conceive "Fantasy I" these days also more as one musical piece rather than the medley of known titles. BUT in the beginning, when you start listening, your game experience builds the connection and own emotions strengthen the musical experience - otherwise Zelda Symphony and DW wouldn't work (far too simple orchestrations). Roger and Jonne are great (!), but amateurs wouldn't pay the ticket if they hadn't learnt to love the original compositions beforehand.

i missed terras theme but it was totally awesome

fuck i got the chills

Wait a sec, it's been so long, now that I'm looking at the info it says Wanamo DID only arrange three pieces, so how was I missing something? I'm very confused now...

@redcloud02 they said before they played this that it is arranged music from FF 1-6 in this part, so I don´t think so. You are right it sounds a little bit like it, but I´m unsure which one it is.

@GrandMageFang No kidding. That was a very pleasant surprise!

he was talking about composing not this particular orchestration. I think most of the credit should go to the person for which none of this would be possible. Yes, this is a wonderful performance, but there have been dozens like this none of which would be possible without Uematsu.

FF VI BABY!!

mmm...i..i love Uematsu music.