Orchestral Game Concert
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The Orchestral Game Concerts (OGC, sometimes also called Game Music Concerts) were a series of five concerts of video game music performed in Tokyo, Japan from 1991 to 1996, by the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra (1991–1995) and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (1996). It was also released as a series of albums, which are now known for their rarity.
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[edit] The Concerts
[edit] Orchestral Game Concert / Game Music Concert 1
Year: 1991
Conductors: Koichi Sugiyama, Yoko Kanno, Kousuke Onozaki and others
Performer: Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
CD Catalog #: WPCL-560
Concert program (game and song title):
- Wizardry - "Opening Theme"
- Wizardry III - "Adventurer's Inn 3"
- Dragon Quest IV - "Palace Minuet"
- Dragon Quest IV - "Sea Breeze"
- Super Mario Bros. - "Super Mario Bros. (medley)"
- Super Mario World - "Super Mario World"
- The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods - "Hyrule Castle"
- The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods - "The Legend of Zelda Theme"
- Populous - "BitPlane" and "It's a Process"
- Populous - "Ending Theme"
- Romance Of The Three Kingdoms - "Theme of Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms II - Main Theme
- Final Fantasy IV - "Red Wings"
- Final Fantasy IV - "Theme Of Love"
- Final Fantasy IV - "Ending Theme"
- Dragon Quest III - "Into The Legend..."
[edit] Orchestral Game Concert / Game Music Concert 2
Year: 1992
Conductors: Kousuke Onozaki, Yoko Kanno, Koichi Sugiyama, Kentarou Haneda
Performer: Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
CD Catalog #: WPCL-709
Concert program:
- Mother 2: Gigya's Counterattack - "Because I Love You"
- Mother 2: Gigya's Counterattack - "Eagle Land"
- SimCity - "Village"
- SimCity - "Town"
- Great Strategy Expert: Soldiers Walk - "Soldier's Rhapsody"
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Record Of Military Affairs - "Sky Rocket"
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Record Of Military Affairs - "Distant Mountain River"
- Dragon Quest V - "Palace Trumpet"
- Dragon Quest V - "Bridal Waltz"
- Wizardry V - "Opening"
- EVO: Tale Of 4.6 Billion Years - "In Admiration Of Nature" and "Earth"
- EVO: Tale Of 4.6 Billion Years - "Sorrow"
- Sound Novel Otogirisou - "Lingering Morning Mist"
- Sound Novel Otogirisou - "Beyond The Sadness"
- Final Fantasy V - "Opening Theme"
- Final Fantasy V - "Waltz Clavier"
- Final Fantasy V - "Town Theme"
- Final Fantasy V - "Main Theme"
[edit] Orchestral Game Concert / Game Music Concert 3
Year: 1993
Conductors: Kousuke Onozaki, Koichi Sugiyama, Yoko Kanno and others
Performer: Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
CD Catalog #: SRCL-2732
Concert program:
- Star Fox - "Star Fox Theme"
- Fire Emblem 2 - "God's Young Stage"
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - "Looking Toward the Island of Dreams"
- Mother 2: Gigya's Counterattack - "Because I Love You"
- Toruneko's Big Adventure - "Toruneko's Theme"
- Toruneko's Big Adventure - "And Here's A Little Waltz"
- The War Era of Emperor Ki - "The Legendary Warriors"
- Dragon Quest V - "Almighty Boss Devil Is Challenged"
- Half-Boiled Hero - "Divertissement - Fourth Movement"
- Seiken Densetsu 2 - "Fear of the Angels"
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Legend of the Supreme Ruler - "Introduction", "Defeated Army" and "The Morning Bell"
- Lennus - "Nasukuoto"
- Albert Odyssey - "Albert Odyssey Theme"
- Albert Odyssey - "God's People"
- Kabuki Story of Heaven's Magical Barrier - "Kabuki's Theme" and "In Retrospect"
- Elfaria - "Eruru's Song" and "Ending"
[edit] Orchestral Game Concert 4
Year: 1994
Conductors: Kouhei Tanaka, Nobuo Kurita, Kousuke Onozaki, Keiichi Oku, Koichi Sugiyama, Yoko Kanno, Toshiyuki Watanabe
Performer: Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
CD Catalog #: SRCL-2736
Concert program:
- Lennus II - "In Admiration of the Gods, The Final Dungeon"
- Wild Trax (Stunt Race FX) - "Special Trax"
- Super Mario Bros. - "Medley"
- Super Metroid - "Theme of Samus Aran, Galactic Warrior, Big Boss BGM, Ending"
- Itadaki Street 2 - "Sofie's Cavern"
- Dragon Quest II - "Pastorale, Catastrophe"
- Uncharted Waters II - "Visiting the Harbors of the World, Close to Home"
- Night of the Kamai - "Sequence"
- Night of the Kamai - "Two People Return Alive"
- Albert Odyssey II - "Together, in the Glory of the Legend"
- Final Fantasy VI - "Love Oath, Maria and Draco"
[edit] Orchestral Game Concert 5
Year: 1996
Conductor: Koichi Sugiyama
Performer: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
CD Catalog #: SRCL-2739
Concert program:
- Kirby Super Deluxe - "The Gourmet Race", "Collision Theme" and "Theme Of Kirby's Triumphant Return"
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - "Yoshi's Athletic"
- Donkey Kong Country - "Water Music"
- Fire Emblem II - "Fire Emblem's Theme Song"
- Dragon Quest VI - "Evil Motive", "Satan's Castle" and "Shivering, Beating Heart"
- Dragon Quest VI - "Flying Bed"
- Hercules' Glory IV - "Atlantis' Memories", "At The Edge Of The Earth" and "Goblins' War"
- Lennus II: Sealed Believers - "Erutsu Turbulent Journey"
- Bounty Sword - "Invincible Knight"
- Iihatoovo Story - "Iihatoovo Hymn"
- Seiken Densetsu 3 - "Meridian Child"
- Chrono Trigger - "Theme Of Chrono Trigger"
[edit] See also
- Dear Friends: Music from Final Fantasy
- Symphonic Game Music Concert (Germany)
- Chamber Music Game Concert (Germany)
- Eminence Symphony Orchestra
- PLAY! A Video Game Symphony
- Video Games Live
