Distant Worlds: Music from FINAL FANTASY

Celebrating 25 Years of FINAL FANTASY X!

Join legendary Maestro Arnie Roth and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for this special presentation celebrating FINAL FANTASY X!

Highlights will include iconic music by Nobuo Uematsu, including “Hymn of the Fayth/The Sending,” “Zanarkand,” and “Suteki da ne,” sung by original vocalist RIKKI for the first time in Australia! The concerts will also feature the world premiere concert performance of “Thunder Plains” from FINAL FANTASY X composed by Masashi Hamauzu, who will be in attendance for these historic performances.

Additional music from across the FINAL FANTASY series includes “One-Winged Angel” from FINAL FANTASY VII, “Love Grows” from FINAL FANTASY VIII, “Roses of May” from FINAL FANTASY IX, “Cosmo Canyon - Sanctum of Planetology” from FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, as well as "The Final Day" from FINAL FANTASY XIV and "Ascension" from FINAL FANTASY XVI!

Featuring

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Arnie Roth conductor

RIKKI vocalist

Masashi Hamauzu composer

MSO Chorus

Warren Jones-Trevelyan chorus director