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Eminence Symphony Orchestra: A Night in Fantasia 2007

Announcing A Night in Fantasia 2007
03.02.2007

As the new year fully rolls in, Eminence is well into preparations for this year’s concerts. Last year Eminence began ushering in change, to which we have delighted many fans with more varied music, a new concert series and the involvement of two fantastic video game composers.

As announced at Passion, this year’s A Night in Fantasia will be split into two concerts in order to solely focus on our video game and anime selections. The first concert we have for you is A Night in Fantasia: Symphonic Games Edition (ANIF07: SGE) which will be held in April this year. We are about to undertake our most ambitious project yet, and have quite a few exciting announcements to make.

Firstly, we have invited Yoko Shimomura to attend the concert. Best known for her work in the Kingdom Hearts series, the composer also created the soundtrack for Super Mario RPG and contributed to the Front Mission series. Many fans admire her work and she is certainly celebrated worldwide as one of today’s greatest game composers.

Hitoshi Sakimoto enjoyed his stay in Sydney last year for Passion and he is returning to attend the concert in both Melbourne and Sydney. His work on Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy Tactics still have people talking; his style for politically-charged emotional drama is well known and appreciated.

Continuing on with some more important facts, Yasunori Mitsuda will travel back to Australia to join us at the concert! Not only did he attend Passion, but he entertained audiences with his performance on the bouzouki. His most famous work from Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross and Xenogears is loved dearly for the unique flavour he has instilled into these games. His collaboration with writer Masato Kato on Kirite has proved popular, and was especially enjoyed at Passion.

We have also talked to Bandai Namco and we can announce that Junichi Nakatsuru (Soul Calibur series, Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War) and Masaru Shiina (Tales of Legendia & Tekken: Dark Resurrection) will also attend our concert. These two composers have created music for one of the most popular fighting game series and a title in one of the most classic RPG series from Japan respectively.

We are very excited for our Australian audience to meet our special guest composers, and all attendees will have the chance to do so for free. Tickets will go on sale early February, so get in early to secure your place!