"The concert was pretty good, and it was mainly because they played "Megalomania" from Live A Live as the capper to the first half of it, and also because I got to get pretend-mad that there was no Final Fantasy 6 music involved."
"The conductor had to drag everyone along several times, most critically at the start of "Megalomania," and there was something very upsetting happening in the horn section that killed one of the big moments of "Time's Scar" from Chrono Cross."
"generally, the way concerts like this work is NOT that an entire orchestra that has excessively practiced this specific program travels the world for weeks, performing the same songs again and again. Usually what happens is a local symphony (here I'd assume the Seattle Symphony) gets the music a bit in advance, and then the entire group gets together maybe one time before the actual performance to play through the whole thing."
"it's fun to go to these things and feel different emotions when they play songs you know and do not play songs you wish they would, and then imagine motivations for why certain tunes were picked and others were not. For instance, multiple songs from multiple Kingdom Hearts games were played."
A Square Enix orchestra concert in Seattle took place at Benaroya Hall and was conducted by Eric Roth. The program featured multiple game music pieces, with “Megalomania” from Live A Live serving as a major highlight. The experience was enjoyable, especially for familiar songs, even though the overall music quality felt less impressive than expected. The conductor had to repeatedly pull the ensemble into alignment, particularly at the start of “Megalomania.” Problems in the horn section disrupted a key moment in “Time’s Scar” from Chrono Cross. The performance likely involved limited rehearsal time with a local orchestra, which can affect tightness and sound.
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