A Night in Fantasia 2009: The Ultimate Games and Anime Experience

After a year’s hiatus, the Eminence Symphony Orchestra returned to the ‘Night in Fantasia’ concert series with a one-night-only performance at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The result was the biggest video game and anime concert in history, with several guest composers and performers. This great 2 CD set contains live music from some of the greatest video game and anime scores in the world, all arranged specially for the full orchestra. You will not hear these themes played the same way anywhere else, some of them redesigned and re-imagined for Eminence by the original composers, such as Kow Otani and Inon Zur. The companion DVD contains a gallery and live videos of the Laputa, Astro Boy and Shadow of the Colossus performances, all of which you will find on the CDs. As an extra bonus, you will also get Go Shiina’s masterpiece from The Idolm@aster ‘Tonari Ni’ by Chiaki Takahashi. Please note: this is the only live orchestral performance of this song in existence. Over a hundred minutes of top quality orchestral video game and anime music exclusively arranged for Eminence spanning two professionally remastered CDs and a bonus DVD. The quintessential Eminence experience. “This album is the best live recording of any anime and video game concert – possibly the greatest live recording of orchestral game music ever.” – OriginalSoundVersion “a must-buy for fans of orchestral game and anime music and a confirmation of the Eminence Symphony Orchestra position in the market.” – Square Enix Music Online “The entire Eminence Orchestra was absolutely phenomenal as each performance was mind blowing.” – Palgn.com.au concert report “ANIF ’09 was Eminence’s most technically brilliant, diverse and ambitious concert to date.” – OriginalSoundVersion concert report “A fabulous collaboration between composers, arrangers, conductors, and performers that commemorated a range of emotional anime scores and epic game productions.” – Square Enix Music Online concert report