More Friends music from Final Fantasy ~Final Fantasy Orchestra Concert in Los Angeles 2005~ / More Friends music from FINAL FANTASY ～ファイナルファンタジー オーケストラ・コンサート in ロサンゼルス 2005～ / More Friends music from Final Fantasy ~Final Fantasy Orchestra Concert in Los Angeles 2005~

Music Composed and Produced by: Nobuo Uematsu
Conducted by: Arnie Roth
Performed by: The World Festival Symphony Orchestra
              The Black Mages
  RIKKI
  Emiko Shiratori
  Opera singers (Stephanie Woodling, Chad Berlinghieri and Todd Robinson)
  and the CSUF University Singers


"Opening - Bombing Mission" [from FINAL FANTASY VII]
   Composer: Nobuo Uematsu / Orchestration: Shirou Hamaguchi /
   Performance: The World Festival Symphony Orchestra

"Aerith's Theme" [from FINAL FANTASY VII]
   Composer: Nobuo Uematsu / Orchestration: Shirou Hamaguchi /
   Performance: The World Festival Symphony Orchestra

"At Zanarkand" [from FINAL FANTASY X]
   Composer: Nobuo Uematsu / Orchestration: Shirou Hamaguchi /
   Performance: The World Festival Symphony Orchestra

"Don't be Afraid" [from FINAL FANTASY VIII]
   Composer: Nobuo Uematsu / Orchestration: Shirou Hamaguchi /
   Performance: The World Festival Symphony Orchestra

"Tina's Theme" [from FINAL FANTASY VI]
   Composer: Nobuo Uematsu / Orchestration: Shirou Hamaguchi /
   Performance: The World Festival Symphony Orchestra

"Swing de Chocobo" [from FINAL FANTASY Series]
   Composer: Nobuo Uematsu / Arranger: Arnie Roth /
   Performance: The World Festival Symphony Orchestra

"FINAL FANTASY" [from FINAL FANTASY Series]
   Composer: Nobuo Uematsu / Orchestration: Shirou Hamaguchi /
   Performance: The World Festival Symphony Orchestra

"The Rocking Grounds" [from FINAL FANTASY III]
   Composer: Nobuo Uematsu / Arranger: Tsuyoshi Sekito / Performance: THE BLACK MAGES

"Maybe I'm a Lion" [from FINAL FANTASY VIII]
   Composer: Nobuo Uematsu / Arranger: Michio Okamiya / Performance: THE BLACK MAGES

"Suteki da ne" [from FINAL FANTASY X]
   Composer: Nobuo Uematsu / Lyrics: Kazushige Nojima / Orchestration: Shirou Hamaguchi /
   Singer: RIKKI / Performance: The World Festival Symphony Orchestra

"The Place I'll Return to Someday ~ Melodies of Life" [from FINAL FANTASY IX]
   Composer: Nobuo Uematsu / Lyrics: Shiomi / Orchestration: Shirou Hamaguchi /
   Singer: Emiko Shiratori / Performance: The World Festival Symphony Orchestra

"Opera "Maria and Draco"" [from FINAL FANTASY VI]
   Composer: Nobuo Uematsu / Lyrics: Yoshinori Kitase, Nobuo Uematsu /
   Orchestration: Shirou Hamaguchi / Translation: Brian Gray, Meghan A. Fitzgerald, Joseph Reeder /
   Soprano: Stephanie Woodling  Tenor: Chad Berlinghieri  Bass: Todd Robinson /
   Performance: The World Festival Symphony Orchestra

Encore

"Advent: One-Winged Angel" [from FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN]
   Composer: Nobuo Uematsu / Lyrics: Tetsuya Nomura / Latin Translation: Taro Yamashita /
   Orchestration: Shirou Hamaguchi / Band Arrange: Kenichiro Fukui /
   Performance: THE BLACK MAGES, The World Festival Symphony Orchestra /
   Chorus: The CSUF University Singers


May 16, 2005
Gibson Amphitheatre Universal City, CA

Arnie Roth, Music Director and Conductor
The World Festival Symphony Orchestra
The Black Mages
RIKKI
Emiko Shiratori
Opera singers (Stephanie Woodling, Chad Berlinghieri and Todd Robinson)
and the CSUF University Singers

Produced by Arnie Roth and Jason Michael Paul
Live Sound Recording Engineer: Dave Dennsion
Editing and Mixing: AWR Music LLC 501 Studio, Arnie Roth, Matthew Prock
ProTools Mixes and Edits Engineer: Matthew Prock
AWR Music LLC Production Associates: Jacob Covington, Fritz Hocking, Marcy Roth, Cameron Schroeder, Chris Szuberla, Christine Worthing

Staff
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All Music Composed and Produced by Nobuo Uematsu
Music Orchestrated by Shirou Hamaguchi (All music except "Swing de Chocobo" and The Black Mages music.)
                                 Arnie Roth (Swing de Chocobo)

The Black Mages Music Arranged by Tsuyoshi Sekito (The Rocking Grounds)
                                  Michio Okamiya (Maybe I'm a Lion)

Mastering Engineer: Toshiya Horiuchi (Sony Music Communications)
Art Director: Kazuki Kezuka (world wide)
Designer: Yukari Shimoma (world wide)
Photo by Brandon Klein

Project Coordinator: Koji Suga
Production Director: Emiko Funahashi
Production Assitant: Satoko Amikura
Promotion Coordinator: Soshi Yoshida
Executive Producer: Kensuke Matsushita
Supervisor: Shinji Hashimoto

Special Thanks to WOOD GREEN INC., office RIKKI, Tet Hara, Ayako Hino,
                          Takahiro Koyama (Sony Music Communications), and Masako Miyoshi

Additional catalog number: TGCS-3081