After reading Random J's review of the Distant Worlds II concert in London, and after listening to random clips of the concert on Youtube, I decided to do some research on this second iteration of the Distant Worlds series.
Rewind to February 2008 when I went to Chicago to reunite with a bunch of summer 2007 friends and see the Distant Worlds Music From Final Fantasy concert. It was cold and epic. I remember being late for the concert thanks to my buddy Mike who said it would take no time to make it to the Rose Theater. As we rushed in to find our seats the orchestra and choir had already begun the first few measures of Liberi Fatali... epic. During the intermission I was able to take a picture with Edea from FFVIII (awesome cosplay)
It was the first time I had ever heard video game music played by a live orchestra. I mean, sure, I had seen performances on Youtube and what not, but this was different. My video game music virgin ears' cherry had been popped all over again, and it was great.
Present Day: I found out that the aforementioned Distant Worlds II concert is going to be in nearby St. Louis in March 2012. At first I was overcome with excitement. I have friends in St. Louis that are avid gamers whom I have yet to meet (facebook generation). But... after seeing that they are having two separate concerts, both of which are not featuring the new arrangement of Dancing Mad (mainly because the venue doesn't have a pipe organ, I suppose), I just feel like this second concert would be more of the same...
I am a Final Fantasy fanatic. This was made clear to me the other day when I properly schooled a random facebook commentator on someone else's facebook status about the properties of the Ultima spell in the FF series... yeah...
However, I don't know if I want to shell out the money for a ticket and go through the arduous task of renting a car with my company's corporate discount, just to drive 3 hours away and hear a bunch of the same music that I've already heard. Have I just become jaded over the years? Oh, and not to mention, most of the best seats for BOTH concerts are already taken!!! Gamers are hardcore.
Super Happy Joy
Blasian
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