Project 9: The Republic of Bastok / Project 9: The Republic of Bastok / Project 9: The Republic of Bastok

Virtual Video Game Orchestra is proud to present our ninth project, "The Republic of Bastok" from Final Fantasy XI, featuring 188 community submissions from musicians across the global video game music community.

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The purpose of VVGO is to provide a fun and accessible virtual community of musicians from around the world by performing video game music.
All instruments, musical backgrounds, and skill levels are welcome to join!

— CREW —
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Brandon Harnish, Finny Jacob Zeleny, Jackson Argo, Jerome Landingin, Jose Daniel Ruiz

MUSIC PREPARATION
Jerome Landingin (DIRECTOR), Jaycee Chan (DIRECTOR), Elliot McAuley (DIRECTOR), Joselyn DeSoto (DIRECTOR), Thomas Håkanson

SCORE PREPARATION
N.J.C., Thomas Håkanson

ENGRAVING
Thomas Håkanson

PART REVIEW
Brandon Harnish, Elliot McAuley, Jaycee Chan, Jerome Landingin, N.J.C.

CLIX & REFERENCE TRACK GENERATION
John Wallar (JYDM)

CONDUCTOR
John MacKay

AUDIO EDITING & MIXING
John Wallar (JYDM)

MASTERING
William Brewer (Flying Soda)

"PRELUDE" AUDIO EDITING
William Brewer (Flying Soda)

"PRELUDE" MIXING & MASTERING
Finny Jacob Zeleny

VIDEO SYNCHRONIZATION
Brandon Harnish

EDITORS
Brandon Harnish, Jordy de Lat

MOTION GRAPHICS
Jordy de Lat

ILLUSTRATOR
Bestestcat

COMMUNICATIONS
Brandon Harnish, Jerome Landingin, Rayanne Tuason, Sophia W (herb), Tamaira Jaszczak, Thomas Håkanson

WEB + CODING TEAM
Jackson Argo

released May 1, 2021

"The Republic of Bastok"
Composed by Kumi Tanioka (谷岡 久美)
Arranged by N.J.C. and Thomas Håkanson

— PERFORMERS —

PICCOLO
Cheryl Carr, Dan Gonda, Eddie Chung, Lilac Flute, Mika Shamoto Hill, Riley Zielinski, Tamaira Jaszczak

FLUTE
Cheryl Carr, Dan Gonda, Eddie Chung, Lilac Flute, Mika Shamoto Hill, Riley Zielinski, Tamaira Jaszczak, Vineeta Muthuraj

OBOE
Eddie Chung

COR ANGLAIS
Eddie Chung

E♭ CLARINET
Andrew Robinson, Dan Kolb, Eddie Chung

B♭ CLARINET
Chris Erickson (1, 2), Dan Kolb (1, 2), Eddie Chung (1, 2), Kathy Doan (2), Nikko N (2)

E♭ ALTO CLARINET
Kristian Müller, Marcus Stables

B♭ BASS CLARINET
Chris Erickson, Dan Kolb

CONTRA-ALTO CLARINET
Aleister Pasternak

CONTRABASS CLARINET
Aleister Pasternak, Kristian Müller

BASSOON
Andrew Skrzypczak, Bailey Whaley

CONTRABASSOON
Andrew Skrzypczak, Bailey Whaley

B♭ SOPRANO SAX
Dan Kolb, Finlay Mckechnie, Jonathan Shi, Olive

E♭ ALTO SAX
Andrew Skrzypczak, Dan Eckels, Dan Kolb, Eddie Chung, Finlay Mckechnie, Jonathan Shi

B♭ TENOR SAX
Dan Kolb

E♭ BARITONE SAX
Dan Kolb, Finlay Mckechnie

HORN IN F
Colton Privette (1, 3), Max Dei Rossi (1-4)

F MELLOPHONE
Justin Miller (1-4)

TRUMPET
Brendan Agnew, Kyle Mesce

HORN IN E♭
Brandon Harnish

BARITONE HORN
Brandon Harnish

TROMBONE
Andrew Skrzypczak, Bryan Alvarez, Justin Miller

BASS TROMBONE
Bryan Alvarez, ColourBlind, Justin Miller

EUPHONIUM
Thomas Håkanson

TUBA
Jackson Argo, N.J.C., Travis Slaughter

TIMPANI
Dan Kolb

SNARE DRUM
Scott Luxenberg

BENDIR
Ian Martyn

PIATTI
Scott Luxenberg

SUSPENDED CYMBAL
Dan Kolb

TAM-TAM
Dan Kolb

FINGER CYMBALS
Dan Kolb, Leo Martyn, Thomas Håkanson

CLAVES
Dan Kolb, Leo Martyn, Thomas Håkanson

BONES
Ian Martyn

TRIANGLE
Dan Kolb, Leo Martyn

SHAKER
Dan Kolb, Leo Martyn

ABACUS
Ian Martyn

GLOCKENSPIEL
Scott Luxenberg, Theodore Lau

VIBRAPHONE
Dan Kolb

MARIMBA
John Wallar (JYDM)

ELECTRIC BASS
Jeremy Benik, Rayanne Tuason

HARP
Vineeta Muthuraj (KEYBOARD)

PIANO
Vineeta Muthuraj

SOPRANO
Amanda Cavanagh, Tamaira Jaszczak, Tifamin, Zeynep Dilli

ALTO
Brandon Harnish, Ian Martyn, Tamaira Jaszczak

TENOR
Brandon Harnish, Dan Eckels, David Silberman, David Werner, Ian Martyn, Jonathan Shaw, Thomas Håkanson

BASS
Brandon Harnish, David Werner, Leo Martyn, Thomas Håkanson

VIOLIN
Sean Harding (I, II), Gabrielle B. (I), Caroline Augelli (II), David Werner (II), Zachary Calcagno (II)

VIOLA
Beverly Shih, Sophia W (herb)

CELLO
Grace Fiacco, John McCormick, Enoch Ng


"The Prelude"
from Final Fantasy
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫)
Arranged by Thomas Håkanson

— PERFORMERS —
FLUTE
SableProvidence

FINGER CYMBALS
Thomas Håkanson

PIANO
Finny Jacob Zeleny