Tour de Japon
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Tour de JAPON music from FINAL FANTASY is a concert tour featuring music from the Final Fantasy video game series that toured Japan from March 12 to April 16, 2004. The concert was built upon the success of 20020220 music from FINAL FANTASY and featured numerous unreleased tracks during its tour.
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[edit] Description
The series of concerts features music composed by Nobuo Uematsu and arranged by Shirou Hamaguchi and conducted by Taizo Takemoto. Uematsu is well known for his work on the music in the Final Fantasy series. The concert tour was conducted by Taizo Takemoto. The concert begins with the opening theme from Final Fantasy VII before leading into "Bombing Mission". Different from other Final Fantasy concert tours, this one did not include a choir. The only vocal performances are found during "Opera 'Maria and Draco'" from Final Fantasy VI. A new medley of the NES installments was performed and included songs "Prelude", "Cornelia Castle", "Main Theme" (Final Fantasy II), "Eternal Wind", "Battle 2" (Final Fantasy II), and "Cute Little Tozas".
The Yokohama performance was recorded and released exclusively on DVD to fanclub members residing in Japan. It introduced previously unreleased arrangements, "Bombing Mission", "Zanarkand", "Ronfaure", "Not Alone", "Main Theme" (Final Fantasy V), and "Opera 'Maria and Draco'". During the final piece, "Final Fantasy", Nobuo Uematsu comes onstage and is applauded. Conductor, Taizo Takemoto, offers Uematsu the conductor's baton but he hesitantly refuses. Uematsu then pulls his own baton from his shirt pocket and then takes his place conducting the remainder of the piece.
[edit] Setlist
Intermission is after "Not Alone" and before "Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII".
- Opening ~ Bombing Mission (オープニング～爆破ミッション Ōpuningu ~ Bakuha Misshon?, Final Fantasy VII)
- Zanarkand (ザナルカンドにて Zanarukando ni te?, Final Fantasy X)
- Ronfaure (Final Fantasy XI)
- Aerith's Theme (エアリスのテーマ Earisu no Tēma?, Final Fantasy VII)
- The Oath (Final Fantasy VIII)
- Not Alone (独りじゃない Hitori ja nai?, Final Fantasy IX)
- Main Theme of Final Fantasy V (ファイナルファンタジーVメインテーマ Fainaru Fantajī V Mein Tēma?, Final Fantasy V)
- Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII (F.F.VIIメインテーマ Efu Efu Sebun Mein Tēma?, Final Fantasy VII)
- Theme of Love (愛のテーマ Ai no Tēma?, Final Fantasy IV)
- Final Fantasy I-III Medley 2004 (Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy III)
- Opera “Maria and Draco” (オペラ “マリアとドラクゥ” Opera "Maria to Dorakū"?, Final Fantasy VI)
- New Tune from FF7 Advent Children (FF7 アドベントチルドレンより Efu Efu Sebun Adobento Chirudoren Yori?, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children)
- Final Fantasy Main Theme (ファイナルファンタジー メインテーマ Fainaru Fantajī Mein Tēma?, Final Fantasy series)
[edit] Tour locations
- March 12, 2004 — Yokohama, Japan at the Minato MIRAI Hall by the New Japan Philharmonic
- March 14, 2004 — Tokyo, Japan at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall by the Tokyo City Philharmonic (noon and evening performances)
- March 19, 2004 — Sapporo, Japan at the Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara by the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
- April 2, 2004 — Nagoya, Japan at the Aichi Prefectural Art Theater The Concert Hall by the Nagoya Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
- April 11, 2004 — Fukuoka, Japan at the ACROS Fukuoka Symphony Hall by the Kyushu Symphony
- April 16, 2004 — Osaka, Japan at the Festival Hall by the Osaka Symphoniker Orchestra
[edit] See also
- Dear Friends: Music from Final Fantasy
- Eminence Symphony Orchestra
- Video Game Symphony PLAY! A Video Game Symphony
- Symphonic Game Music Concert
- Orchestral Game Concert
[edit] External links
- Tour de Japon Official Site (Japanese): Homepage for the Tour de Japon concert series.
- Tour de Japon DVD review: Overview and review of the Tokyo performance.
- Tracklist at SquareSound: Comprehensive performance listings.
- N's Diary March 2004: Diary entries by Nobuo Uematsu covering the tour during March.
- N's Diary April 2004: Diary entries by Nobuo Uematsu covering the tour during April.
