The recent Tokyo Olympic Games saluted the music of video games in a big way!
The Parade of Nations saw athletes entering the stadium to a huge orchestral medley of game music tunes, including themes from Kingdom Hearts, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy and lots more.
On GAMEPLAY this week, we'll take you through highlights of the game music played.
Generous support for the music heard on this program comes from the Robert T. and Ruth Haidt Hughes Memorial Acquisitions Fund. Special thanks to Michael Culler for engineering assistance and to Anastasia Scholze for production assistance. Amanda Sewell is IPR's Music Director. Keith Brown is GAMEPLAY’s host and executive producer.
To hear the full episode, click the link above! Here's the playlist:
Masato Kouda, arr. Shiro Hamaguchi - Proof of a Hero (Monster Hunter) - Monster Hunter 15th Anniversary Orchestra Concert [Hunting Music Festival 2019] - Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Nobuo Uematsu - Main Theme (Final Fantasy) - The Greatest Video Game Music
Nobuo Uematsu - Victory Fanfare (Final Fantasy Series) - Various albums
Motoi Sakuraba, orchestrated by Tomomichi Takeoka - Sorey's Theme~The Shepherd (Tales of Zestiria) - 20th Anniversary Tales of Orchestra Concert - Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Motoi Sakuraba and Kibiki Aoyama - Royal Capital Majestic Grandeur (Tales of Graces) - 20th Anniversary Tales of Orchestra Concert - Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Marika Suzuki, arr. Kaoru Wada - Winds of Departure (Monster Hunter) - Monster Hunter 15th Anniversary Orchestra Concert [Hunting Music Festival 2019] - Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Yoko Shimomura, arr. Natsumi Kameoka - Olympus Coliseum (Kingdom Hearts III) - KINGDOM HEARTS - III, II.8, Unchained χ & Union χ [Cross] – (Original Soundtrack) - Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Yoko Shimomura, arr. Yoko Shimomura - Hero's Fanfare (Kingdom Hearts III) - KINGDOM HEARTS - III, II.8, Unchained χ & Union χ [Cross] – (Original Soundtrack) - Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Yasunori Mitsuda, arr. Mariam Abounnasr - Frog's Theme (Chrono Trigger) - CHRONO TRIGGER Orchestral Arrangement - Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Yasunori Mitsuda, arr. Daisuke Shinoda - Robo's Theme (Chrono Trigger) - CHRONO TRIGGER Orchestral Arrangement - Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Keiki Kobayashi - First Flight (Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War) - Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War Original Soundtrack
Norio Maeda - Act 1-1 (Gradius) - Gradius in Classical 1 - London Philharmonic
Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi, Kakeru Ishihama, arr. Kosuke Yamashita - Song of the Ancients (NieR Automata) - NieR Orchestral Arrangement Album-Addendum - Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Junichi Nakatsuru - The Brave New Stage of History (SoulCalibur VI) - SoulCalibur VI Original Soundtrack
