(Images taken by me).ДЄfter a short intermission, the Seventh Astral Orchestra for FINAL FANTASY XIV Orchestra Concert 2018 вЂ“ Eorzean Symphony returned to dive straight into music selections from FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward. The first pierce performed was the theme of UlвЂ™dah (A New Hope). As a result, seeing these three particular pieces performed carried a special significance for me as a player, as it reminded me just how much my linkshell at the time and I worked together to clear everything and experience as much of the game as possible before the hard-stop game reboot came about. I had played FINAL FANTASY XIV during 1.0, and I completed the entire basic storyline in the frantic lead-up to the game being shut down so it can be rebooted into 2.0.

All three of these pieces detailed the end of FINAL FANTASY XIV 1.0 with the descent of Meteor that sets up backdrop of FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn. The first half of the concert then closed out with the second mini-arc that comprised of Calamity Unbound, Rise of the White Raven, and Answers (sung by special guest vocalist Susan Calloway). Afterwards, the concert proceeded to play music from Gardenia ( Serenity), selections as you level up to the then-cap of 50 and experience the main quest storyline ( Out of the Shattered Labyrinth and Breaking Boundaries), and then ultimately take on Ultima as part of Operation Archon (Ultima). The first mini-arc began the performance with the theme from UlвЂ™dah ( A New Hope) that was set against cutscenes of a new player entering the land of Eorzea in A Realm Reborn. (Images owned by SQUARE ENIX).ДЇor the first half of FINAL FANTASY XIV Orchestra Concert 2018 вЂ“ Eorzean Symphony, it was clear that there was a вЂstoryвЂ™ being told across two mini-arcs with the music. The current expansion, FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood was absent from the performance. The concert covered music selections from FINAL FANTASY XIV 1.0/A Realm Reborn and FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward only. Musical selections from the current expansion, FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood, were noticeably absent from the performance, however. Throughout the performance of the Seventh Astral Orchestra (as they were called on stage), cutscenes from FINAL FANTASY XIVВ 1.0/ A Realm Reborn and FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward were projected on a screen above the orchestra and were intermixed with short clips of the orchestra themselves playing live. The first half of the FINAL FANTASY XIV Orchestra Concert 2018 вЂ“ Eorzean Symphony covered music from FINAL FANTASY XIV 1.0 and A Realm Reborn, and the second half featured selections exclusively from the FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward expansion. The concert took place over a two-and-a-half hour span, with an intermission halfway through. In what I hope is now becoming a yearly E3 tradition, SQUARE ENIX and The Wild Faery Company teamed up once more (they had previously collaborated on last yearвЂ™s KINGDOM HEARTS Orchestra -World Tour- that I reviewed) to bring FINAL FANTASY XIV Orchestra Concert 2018 вЂ“ Eorzean Symphony to North America for a limited two-night engagement. The day after E3 2018 wrapped up, I attended the North American premiere at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California, and what Soken-san said was a consistent feeling you could get from everyone present -from the concertвЂ™s special guests to the performers to the audience themselves- during the show. Those were the words spoken by Masayoshi Soken (FINAL FANTASY XIVвЂs Sound Director and Composer) when he was brought on stage to address the audience shortly before the FINAL FANTASY XIV Orchestra Concert 2018 вЂ“ Eorzean SymphonyвЂs fifteen-minute intermission.

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