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Uematsu Heads Up Abbey Road Recording Of Final Symphony Album
Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu filled halls across the globe with his latest concert series, Final Symphony. If you weren't able to attend the live orchestral performances of Final Fantasy tunes, the next best thing is coming in 2015. Uematsu and Merregnon Studios are teaming up to release an album of the show, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. It's being recorded, mixed, and mastered at famed London recording studio Abbey Road.
“It is always an honor to hear my work being performed live on stage, but in bringing Final Symphony to Abbey Road Studios I hope that many more people will now be able to enjoy the outstanding arrangements that Merregnon Studios has become famous for,” Uematsu says. “To work with the London Symphony Orchestra in a studio that has played host to many of my own personal, musical heroes will be a very special experience.”
The album will be released digitally next year.
Our Take
Like most people, I never got a chance to see any of these shows in person. I'm not a game-music superfreak like Tim Turi, but I've enjoyed the music from Final Fantasy over the years. This is a pretty low-commitment way to check out the music I missed, and I'm looking forward to hearing it next year.
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