Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY Tickets

Nobu Uematsu & Hironobu Sakaguchi were both present at the performance + Sephiroth was the encore. Could not have asked for anything else :)

It was a good concert, and I enjoyed the music and games scenes. However, I think the tickets were too expensive, and the directions were poor, especially at the UCLA campus.

I liked how Nobuo tried to involve the fans!!!!!!!

The concert was great! Dark World was a slight disappointment as was the guitar soloist, but the Opera and all the other songs were amazing. The visualizations they play on the main screen were nostalgic but ultimately unnecessary and distracting.

I had an incredible time. I knew this was going to be good, but this FAR exceeded even the best that I could imagine. Nearly everyone in the audience had tears in their eyes at some point in time during the evening. There were so many breath-taking, unforgettable moments that I felt this to be a once-in-a-lifetime event. Arnie Roth, Susan Calloway, Nobuo Uematsu and the entire Orchestra were just too incredible for words! I have to say the ultimate highlight was Nobuo Uematsu coming up on stage to perform Dark World and then joining the chorus during the encore to perform One-Winged Angel. I think even people that never played any/all of the games could still enjoy this; perhaps it may inspire some to start playing.

The conductor (Arnie Roth) and the orchestra were amazing. The UCLA chorus group perfectly complimented the music and the use of the house organ for Dancing Mad was unbelievable. I caught myself tearing on a couple of the pieces performed...nostalgic reminders of my younger days playing Final Fantasy I, VI, and VII. And the Kefka cosplayer was a nice touch. A must see if you are a Final Fantasy fan. And we were treated to an amazing surprise when Nobuo Uematsu-san and Hironobu Sakaguchi-san both showed up and sat in the audience.

Amazing! I loved the use of the UCLA Choral and the Royce Hall organ.

Unbelievably spectacular. I wish everyone I knew were there. I am looking forward to another concert with new or even the same play list. Even so, It'd be just as breath taking.

Dancing Mad. Need I say more? I cried, it was beautiful. Definitly plan on going again. Glad I got to meet Nobuo and Sakaguchi-San :)

I am a classical music fan more than anything. I have little game reference, only having played a few of the Final Fantasy games. The reference is not necessary to appreciate the genius behind the music. The complexity grace and emotion carried in every piece could not bettered were Mozart alive. Uematsu-san is one of the greatest composers there has been and Arnie Roth leads a flawless performance. A duet between Uematsu and Roth demonstrated why Roth is the man in front of the orchestra. His violin comes alive and sings such a soulful song under his touch, It is almost worth the trip to hear this alone. By the end of the concert, It was not a simple show that one has seen, but an enlightening experience that has been had.

Being a long time fan of Final Fantasy and Nobuo Uematsu's compositions especially, this was a must see event. There were many stellar arrangements of favorite pieces like Theme of Love, Man with the Machine Gun, Terra's Theme, and Dancing Mad. The evening ended with an excellent encore of One Winged Angel. Completing the amazing night were the guests: in the audience were several members of Square Enix Japan and US, the creator of Final Fantasy Hironobu Sakaguchi, and Nobuo Uematsu himself. Totally unexpected. He even got up on stage and did a couple of numbers with the orchestra! My one suggestion where they could improve is the visuals projected on the screen. Working with footage from the 90's and early 2000's is definitely tricky, but I feel like the clip selection and editing could have been a bit better. Nevertheless, this is a minor quibble. All in all, a fantastic experience.

LOVED the MUSIC. Got to see Nobuo Uetmasu and Hironobu Sakaguchi. Arnie Roth, the conductor, has got to be one of the best humorous conductor-- loved the atmosphere. MUST GO SEE if you're a FF FAN! I've finally gone after 14 years of loving this game. They show stills of each game as they perform the orchestra.

It's my 6th time attending Distant World Final Fantasy Concert. DW plays different pieces in each concert. Highly recommend this concert to everyone!

Being able to listen to these songs played live was amazing. The guests were a pleasant surprise, meeting and chatting, even for a few minutes, with Uematsu was a real treat. The selection of songs was good, nothing that should have or should not have been played in favor of anything else. A good show, altogether.

It was beautiful. The concert was amazing.Nobuo Uematsu was quite funny.

I've always liked the music of Final Fantasy and was really impressed when Distant Worlds released their CDs of very well-adapted orchestral versions of the songs. It was enough for me to drag my wife, who had never played a single FF game, to see Distant Worlds at the UCLA Royce Hall; even she thought it was amazing! If you like going to orchestra / choral concerts, you won't be let down; if you are like me and played a large handful of the 14 FF titles around today, the music - paired with a nice projected video montage for each song - will make for one of the greatest nostalgic evenings of your life.

This was my first time going. The music, videos and crowd energy was amazing. Highly recommended.

All I can say is that..... everyone in this universe should watch it.... it's just bombastic!!!!!

I waited 5 years for this to come to LA, and it was totally worth the wait!

What more could be said, FF in concert :) It was incredible