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, by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, from 1991 to 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
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
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
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, Toshiko Watanabe
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
Conductors: Koichi Sugiyama
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
