Eminence Symphony Orchestra - A Night In Fantasia (2009)

Still seeding as of 2013.02.13.

Founded by Hiroaki Yura in 2003 and based in Sydney, Australia, the Eminence Symphony Orchestra aims to change the perceptions or symphonic music and hopes to open it to a wider audience by breaking new ground in music history through contemporary programming. They hold the annual concert, A Night In Fantasia, as well as other performances such as Piano Stories. They have recently held Passion, a concert featuring notable video game and anime music in collaboration with Japanese video game composers Yasunori Mitsuda and Hitoshi Sakimoto.

A Night in Fantasia 2009
After two years without having performed a concert of the magnitude of A Night in Fantasia 2007: Symphonic Games Edition, Eminence announced in February on a teaser website their next event, A Night in Fantasia 2009. Performed on 26 September 2009, the concert was held only on one night in Sydney at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Music featured included suites from DEATH NOTE, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro and Laputa: Castle in the Sky. Full pieces performed included James Hannigan's Soviet March from Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, The Unsung War from Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, Tonari Ni (Beside Me) from The Idolmaster composed by Go Shiina and performed by Chiaki Takahashi, and the world premiere of Dragon Age: Origins ending theme, I Am The One, sung by Aubrey Ashburn. The majority of the arrangements were created by AFRIKA composer Wataru Hokoyama. Other guests included Kow Otani and AIKA Tsuneoka, who performed a suite from Shadow of the Colossus, Inon Zur, Yasunori Mitsuda and Cris Velasco.