Thread by @aitaikimochi

The FF7R Orchestra Concert livestream event begins now!

Doors "open" at 4pm Japan Time, and the Special Program with Toriyama starts at 4:20pm.

All Special Program live tweets and info will be in this thread! You can follow the hashtag #FF7ROC for updates!

The Nicovideo link currently says "Concert doors open soon. Stay tuned."

The special program with Toriyama starts at 4:20pm, so the screen will probably stay like this for the next 20 minutes. Stay tuned!

live2.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv330137…

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The Square Enix Music official page has released a screenshot of what the special program looks like. This one is of Cloud and it asks the question (to Toriyama):

"What was the reason you had when making this song to use mainly during battle scenes?"

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All rightttt 4:20pm let's gooooooo......? Video hasn't changed yet, but I'll update when things start happening lol.

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Lol the Japanese comments are like "ummm.....it's starting later...?"

We'll just wait...patiently lol...

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Apparently the comments are saying the Special Program has an impromptu change, and it's now supposed to start at 4:30pm.

5 minutes to go...

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IT'S STARTING!!!

PRELUDE STARTS PLAYING!

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The MC is voice actor Lousbery Arthur.

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The program will be first talking about the song Tightrope as it is used in many different battle sequences, with a very nerve-wracking but powerful feeling. They are asking Music Supervisor Kawamori about it.

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They wanted to put a new song into the trailer, so they decided to use Tightrope to bring a new feel. At first they weren't sure if they should add too many new songs, but they found that it did fit into the FF7R atmosphere.

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Kawamori mentions that the Bombing Mission song in the original had some pretty loud clanging sounds, and he and Ise discussed how to change it so it fit the Remake. They were able to find a good balance by changing it but still paying homage to the original song.

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Kawamori and Ise mentions that Kitase and Uematsu had different visions of how the songs should go since they had worked on the original, and Kawamori and Ise tried to work closely to make sure the songs fit the image they were looking for.

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Ise mentions that he absolutely loves Tifa's Theme.

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Next song they will talk about is One Winged Angel, and how did Hamauzu rearranged it with the chorus and entire ensemble.

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Ah, hold on, he actually sang with the chorus! He says he remembers it happened when he just joined Square Enix, and he was still quite young at that time haha.

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Next song is going to be about Shinra's Theme! Visuals include President Shinra and Heidegger scenes. There are a ton of songs related to Shinra.

The question is "Why does Shinra has so many other songs related to it?"

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The reason is because there's a lot of elements in Shinra's theme, so they were able to branch it out to other songs.

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Next song is about "Stand Up" that was actually recorded abroad.

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Toriyama and Suzuki will be discussing information about Stand Up!

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Toriyama and Suzuki held an audition for foreign artists abroad, and they had a lot of people who auditioned. Toriyama were also thinking maybe checking YouTube if there would be some talent as well.

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Toriyama says that Suzuki is always going to places abroad and leaves Toriyama in Japan as he goes abroad lol. Toriyama is like "you always choose the coolest looking studios!!" as he talks to Suzuki via Zoom lol.

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LOL Suzuki's Zoom call is at his house, and his doorbell just rang.

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Toriyama said they decided to record abroad so that the artist could be relaxed when recording the song.

Stand Up is not a song performed by an orchestra, so he's very excited to hear the orchestral arrangement.

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Suzuki mentions "Stand Up" is a very bluesy song, so it was interesting to think about how to change the instruments so that it would work with an orchestra arrangement.

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The next topic will be about the Juke Box songs. Toriyama will be talking about the Jukebox songs too.

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Toriyama said that when they were deciding on the Juke Box songs, they were thinking about what kind of music people living in Midgar would listen to and what type of music would play in a restaurant's entrance, store, etc.

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Toriyama wanted the music for FF7R to be like a soundtrack for a movie moreso than a game. He thinks that the team was able to really compose something that fit that movie soundtrack image he had.

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Seems like Toriyama is saying a closing message now!

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He mentions that although experiencing the music during a concert is different than a livestream, he still hopes that everyone will still be able to enjoy the music and arrangements that they have planned for the concert!

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Aww, cute. The last video message is all 5 composers and music staff saying "We hope you enjoy the concert from beginning to end!"

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The video is showing an empty concert hall (obviously), but all the musicians are now in tuning.

The concert begins in 5 minutes at 5pm Japan Time!

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Thanks everyone for joining the Special Program thread! I will have the FF7R Orchestra Concert thread in a separate on and will link it later after the concert has finished.

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