Thread by @aitaikimochi

The FF7R Orchestra Concert live tweets from me will be in this thread! I'll use the hashtag #FF7ROC so everyone can keep track with info from the concert as it happens!

Here's the entire Set List, which includes an intermission in between.

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Based on the Set List, the orchestra seems like it will be at least 2 hours long, perhaps longer with the Encore and Intermission.

Any announcements or surprise guests will likely be towards the end of the concert.

Kitase is also scheduled to have a video message.

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All the musicians have joined the stage along with the lead violin. Once again tuning instruments.

The conductor Sasaki has joined the stage.

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Concert begins with the Prelude -Reunion-!
It shows the opening Title Screen screen as a beautiful harp melody plays.

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Visuals of January 31st, 1997 Original game omg. So emotional 😭

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Prelude -Reunion- showig the original game's intro of Aerith, then Cloud jumping off the train, now of Sephiroth with Jenova, battle sequences. All from the original game. Wow it's so good T__T

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All of the chorus wears a very interesting mask, more like a shawl that covers their face from their nose and below. Good COVID precautions.

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The Prelude ends with the FF7R Orchestra World Tour key visual.

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Also want to add the mask that the chorus wears has Shinra's logo on the side. IT'S BADASS. I NEED IT LOL...

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Next song is Opening Medley. The CG intro of FF7R is playing right now with the sweeping images of Midgar leading up to the actual opening with Aerith.

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Wow the orchestral arrangement of the Opening Medley song is slightly different with a bit more brass. It's so beautiful.

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Visuals right now are the entire bombing mission opening with Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge taking out the Shinra guard and the Barret telling Cloud to come along.

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I kind of wish the live stream would still continuously show the visuals on the side of the screen as well when the camera focuses on the orchestra musicians instead of the visuals. Ah well.

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Footage begin shown is all of Mako Reactor 1 with the lasers, fighting the guard dogs, President Shinra and Heidegger watching, etc. All scenes from Chapter 1 basically.

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Oh, how awkward, I suppose we should clap now at home since the orchestra has risen for the audience.

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Kitase has a message now!

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Kitase is saying that because of the lockdown, they decided to do a livestream concert for everyone's safety. He says it's unfortunate they couldn't meet in person, but he's happy for everyone's support for making this still happen.

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He says the songs in the original have been redone in the Remake to make it more interactive and dynamic. He says that the orchestra has also created some new arrangements for a lot of the songs and hopes everyone enjoys them!

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We now transition to Mako Reactor 1 with scenes of Midgar, President Shinra, Heidegger, Jessie talking about Midgar with Cloud, Mako Reactor 1, and Mako Reactor 5 footage.

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Shows Cloud, Tifa, and Barret going through Mako Reactor 5 and heading down the train tunnels, fighting the Crab Warden, etc.

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Now showing footage of Cloud, Tifa, and Barret fighting the Airbuster!

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Cloud now drops from the ledge and into the church. Makes sense that the next song is now Flowers Blooming in the Church.

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Flowers Blooming In The Church now! Starts off with Aerith asking if Cloud's okay and the meeting with her in the church.

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Cloud stepping all over the flowers lol. Aerith giving Cloud the materia he dropped and Aerith talking about the materia she has. Now showing them walking across the rooftops.

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Showing the scene where Aerith falls and Cloud catches her. Next scene is of Aerith with the orphans at the Leaf House in Sector 5. Scenes with Elmyra too in her house.

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Scene of Aerith and Cloud at the playground. Aerith talking about Zack and Cloud having a painful headache lol. Then transition to Aerith in Chapter 11 with the ghosts.

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Shows now the flashback of Aerith as a kid as she gets left alone while playing hide and seek. Aww that's sad. Why they gotta do that during this song 😭

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Now a flashback of Aerith's mom dying, cut to the scene in Sector 8 with Cloud getting another headache as he sees Aerith for the first time.

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Ends with Chapter 14 Aerith's Resolution scene as she puts her hand on Cloud's cheek. She then disappears. So emotional 😭

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Next song is The Turks!!!

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Omg it's not with a guitar??

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Scene starts off with a full orchestra with Reno walking into the church and then cut directly to Rude jumping off the helicopter in Sector 5.

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Now showing scenes with Reno's battle with Cloud in the Church.

Holy shit this orchestra version is AMAZING.

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Scene of Reno saying "Partner's got it," and then cuts directly to Rude approaching Cloud to get payback.

Scenes of Rude's battle in Sector 5.

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Next scene is Chapter 12 boss battle with Reno and Rude, scene with Rude's helicopter exploding, Reno screams "Rude!" then cut to Rude putting his hand on his shoulder as Reno smiles.

Turks Theme ends with Tseng at the door of Seventh Heaven.

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That orchestra version of The Turks theme is something I've never heard before. IT WAS BADASS AHHHHH!!! I need this on an OST lol.

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Next song is "Tight Rope," and it shows scenes of Sector 5 with Cloud, Tifa, and Barret once more, walking across the planks to turn on the sun lamps, making their way through the Sector.

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Now scenes of the sewers and the fight with Abzu as well as fighting off the monsters in the sewers such as the crabs and teenage mutant turtles (sorry I forgot the name of that monster lol)

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Scene of now Tifa and Cloud back to back as Cloud tells her to go on ahead out of the Sewers and Cloud follows soon after. Song ends now and the next thing is a video message from Composer Suzuki!

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Suzuki is talking about the bluesy jazz numbers they have in the soundtrack, such as Scarlet's Theme, and he's discussing how they decided on the vocalist for Stand Up.

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He now is discussing about how Stand Up is very upbeat, so he had to think about how to rearrange it for an orchestra without vocals this time around. He hopes everyone enjoys the new arrangement of this song!

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Oh wow, the song still has vocals, but it's a chorus now! Wow this is epic!!! It sounds like a Broadway musical number!

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Visuals are of Andrea dancing, scenes of the Honey Bee Inn where the girls lead Cloud in and onto the dance floor. Cloud and Andrea dancing together, Aerith watching.

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OH wow they actually are showing a lot of the actual dancef number lol this is awesome. Now it's Cloud's makeover scene. He wears the basic black dress in the scene haha.

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Now it shows Tifa, Aerith, and Cloud in their dresses standing in front of Corneo. Tifa wears the purple dress, Aerith wears the red dress, Cloud wears the black one.

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Now showing scenes of Corneo's henchmen, Johnny, Madam M, and sights of Wall Market. More scenes of Cloud's dance number with Andrea.

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Now we see Tifa doing pull ups, Cloud doing squats, more dancing with Andrea lol

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Next song is "Words Left Unheard" with Cloud being surrounded by the Whispers. Wow what a transition after Stand Up lol...

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This song's visuals is like perpetual Cloud having an aneurysm throughout the entire game montage. Like legit, that's it, that's the visuals. And flashes of Sephiroth lol

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Wow Cloud has headaches for a full 2 minutes throughout the game? I'm actually surprised there are THIS MANY scenes with him having weird flashback or headaches. The song ends with Tifa looking at him worriedly.

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Next song is Tifa's Theme -Seventh Heaven- yasss!!

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Song starts with Cloud seeing Tifa at Seventh Heaven and giving her the flower. Aww so cute 🥺

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Tifa asks if she can get him a drink. Next scene is Cloud and Tifa in his apartment as she gives him the key. Now scene of them at Sector 7 fighting the Shinra guards.

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More scenes at Seventh Heaven where Tifa now makes Cloud a drink. Entire drink sequence, but the drink is the yellow drink. Next scene shows Tifa holding her cup as she sits next to Cloud at the bar.

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Next scene is Cloud and Tifa in Nibelheim under the starry sky as Tifa asks him to promise to come save her if she's in trouble.

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Scene after is Tifa and Cloud on the train as they fight the security machine things. Next scene is of Cloud and Tifa rolling out of the train together and embracing.

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Scene after that is Tifa's Resolution scene in Chapter 14 as Cloud hugs her. The music crescendo as Cloud wraps his arms around her. Song ends with the end of Tifa's Resolution scene.

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Next song is a Battle Medley for Those Who Fight!

Visuals start with the Colisseum battle in Chapter 9 lol.

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Is it Hell House?

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Oh not Hell House...yet...lol

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Just a bunch of fighting scenes with Shinra soldiers. Oh Roche has appeared too! Cutscenes with Roche now.

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Oh. There it is. Hell House. Lovely.

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This battle medley is pretty epic though, ngl. Extensive footage of the Hell House battle lol.

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The Battle Medley ends with the Victory Theme and Aerith and Cloud high five after Hell House is defeated.

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Intermission time now! Not exactly sure how long intermission is though...hmm...

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Oh the concert will resume at 6:10pm Japan Time, in 20 minutes! See you then!

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Crap I went to the bathroom and I think right now it's like some merch commercials?

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Oh they're basically just talking about the FF7R Orchestra Concert goods. You can buy them here (international shipping available) for anyone interested!

https://twitter.com/AitaiKuji/status/1360272585158631436?s=20

Why they gotta make it look all dramatic like it's actual NEWS NEWS LOL?? There's like a "breaking news" intro outro that says "FF7 REMAKE NEWS" and a news anchor to announce it too haha.

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OKAY! The musicians are back!! FF7R Orchestra Concert second half begins now!

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First song for the second half is Anxious Heart!

Footage starts off with Cloud sleeping in his apartment room and the Whispers come out of the floor and hover over him.

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Next is Tifa meeting with Cloud in front of the apartment. Scene after that is Tifa looking at the children ghost drawings on the wall. Then of Aerith and Tifa both grabbing onto Cloud's arm as they walk through the Train Graveyard together.

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Interesting, the footage they use for this song is primarily from Chapter 11's train graveyard. Very interesting choice. I was expecting Nibelheim flashbacks haha.

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Next scene is Barret hugging Marlene, then cut back to the Train Graveyard ghosts.

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Oh wow this arrangement of Anxious Heart is beautiful There's some notes that aren't in any version I've ever heard.

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Song ends with Tifa, Aerith, and Cloud leaving the Train Graveyard.

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The song Hurry! is next, and it's scenes from Chapter 12 where AVALANCHE are fighting the Shinra soldier helicopters as Cloud scales the pillar and gets fired at by Reno and Rude.

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Scene of Aerith going through Sector 7 to look for Marlene. Then Cloud and Tifa joining Barret at the top of the pillar. Reno and Rude coming in by helicopter as Reno jumps out and fights Cloud and co.

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Next of Reno and Rude defeated, Reno falling unconscious, Rude pushing the button to dismantle the plate, then of Aerith in the video footage with Tseng that plays at the pillar. Follows up with Cloud, Tifa, and Barret escaping the pillar with the zip line.

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Oh nice! A video message from Arnie Roth! He apologizes for not being able to join in person, and he mentions the pandemic has forced them to reschedule the concert dates. He's excited that they were still able to make this Tokyo concert happen (via livestream).

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Arnie Roth praising Uematsu's composition of the original songs. He thanks the musicians and conductors as well as many thanks to Square Enix. He says he can't wait to be in Japan with us again.

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Next song is Jessie's Theme!! Scene starts off with Jessie giving Cloud materia. Then explaining the blueprint of Midgar while on the train with him.

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Jessie montage with scenes of her and Cloud at Sector 7. Then on the bike together as they go visit her house.

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Shows Jessie holding onto Cloud on the bike as they ride through the tunnel. Then of Jessie with Biggs and Wedge at her house eating pizza while Cloud waits outside.

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Next is of Cloud, Wedge, Jessie, and Biggs as they parachute back down to Sector 7. Then Jessie giving Cloud a hug as he visits her at her house.

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Oh damn, now Jessie and Biggs at the Pillar with Biggs dying.

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More parachuting scenes after the scene of Biggs dying lol...??????

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Now cut back to pillar with Jessie dying while Cloud holds her. Damn...

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Jessie's Theme ends with her dying. Wow.....

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Next song is Shinra's Theme! Shows sweeping footage of Shinra Building. Then the parking lot area. Next Cloud looking up at the Shinra building with Tifa and Barret behind him.

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Damnnn the Shinra theme is played with percussion slapping chains against the drums. That's hardcore lol

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The percussion person is taking a bunch of chains and dropping it in beat against a metal plate, creating the marching sound. That's SO COOL and metal lol.

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Footage shows the Chapter 16 Shinra building tour and introduces Scarlet, Palmer, Hojo. Scarlet is in the research lab watching the materia explode.

Next is with Hojo interrogating Aerith.

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Cut to Heidegger talking with President Shinra and then Reeve, Scarlet, Palmer, Hojo, Heidegger, and President Shinra at the board meeting.

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Now President Shinra aiming a gun at Barret. Then cuts to scenes from Chapter 17 where they go through Hojo's lab.

Cuts to a scene with RUFUS YASSSSS

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Shinra's Theme ends with Rufus stepping out of the helicopter.

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Next song is The Arsenal!!!

Starts off with visuals of Barret, Aerith, and Red XIII fighting against the Arsenal. Also shows a bunch of monsters you meet in the Shinra building, such as the experiment thing (forgot the name).

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Shows footge of summoning Ifrit, then cut to the steel fish monster.

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Now back at the fight against the Arsenal. Now showing the Fat Chocobo fighting the Arsenal LOL.

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OHHHHHH JENOVA FOOTAGE YAAAAA

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Showing footage now of the fight with Jenova, and Tifa summons Shiva!

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Tons of battle footage against Jenova, Shiva uses Diamond Dust. Now cuts to scene of Cloud fighting Rufus at the rooftop.

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Rufus throwing his coins in the air and then fighting Cloud.

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I think they used Counterstance in the battle for Cloud versus Rufus lol.

Next scene is the Midgar Expressway battle against that machine car thing (i'm so sorry i'm really bad at monster names lol).

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The Arsenal ends with Sephiroth waiting for everyone at the end of the Expressway.

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Next song: Those Chosen By The Planet -Fate's Calling-

SEPHIROTH!!!!! IN THE AIR! CHAPTER 18!!!

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Aerith saying the "everything about you is wrong" scene to Sephiroth.

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Basically just the entire scene with Sephiroth at the end of the Expressway is playing right now.

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OH! Wow they're playing a bit of the Opening Medley lines in this part! Nice.

It cuts to now a bunch of encounters with Sephiroth, like him pushing Cloud onto the floor in front of the apartment, their meeting at Sector 8, Sector 5.

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More Cloud getting headaches, Aerith holding his hand after his headache episode in Chapter 5. Cloud seeing Sephiroth in President Shinra's office carrying Jenova to the top of the building.

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This arrangement of Those Chosen By The Planet ALSO HAS THEMES OF THE MAIN THEME OH MY GODDDDDDD I'M CRYING???????

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There's a full chorus that sings the ending part- it's like how they end with Barret's monologue in Chapter 18. Wow that was so beautiful, I might have shed a tear.

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Hamauzu has a video message now!! He is talking about the songs he wrote in FF7R, such as Jessie's Theme, which we just listened to.

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Guh, my connection kinda freaked out for a second, so I missed the 2nd half of Hamauzu's message. The part where it cut back in is where he says he hopes we all enjoy the concert to the end.

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Next song is Arbiters of Fate -Singularity-

More footage of the Chapter 18 end of the Expressway scene where everyone walks into the wall of Destiny.

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Now we see footage of the Arbiters and the fight against them.

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Just a bunch of battle footage against the Arbiters right now. And then everyone facing off against the Whisper Harbinger as well as the other 3 Kadaj, Loz, Yazoo Whispers.

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Lol, the cameraman kinda freaked out for a moment there and accidentally panned to nothing.

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Oooh!! Video message from Nobuo Uematsu now!!

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Uematsu is introducing HOLLOW. He says the melody is quite different from other FF7 songs, and he hopes we can all enjoy it!

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I believe he mentioned it was different from the FF7R version, not that it's different from other FF7 songs.

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OH MY!!!! THIS ORCHESTRAL VERSION OF HOLLOW WITHOUT THE GUITAR IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! IT'S HAUNTING, CHILLING, MESMERIZING!!!!! OMG

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Wow this version of Hollow is phenomenal. It is an instrumental version with no guitar, bass, or drums. Absolutely chilling but beautiful!!!

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Footage shows recap of FF7R from Chapter 1 and onward through the entire game. Wow this is really really beautiful.

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"Shine bright" lyrics part with footage of Cloud and Aerith high five during the Colisseum, Reno and Rude in the helicopter together, Cloud grabbing onto Tifa's hand as she goes up the stairs, Barret and Marlene hugging.

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And then Jessie dying...again...why they gotta do that man...

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Chapter 16 CG scene with Sephiroth stabbing Tifa and Cloud running up to her, then Cloud seeing Sephiroth as the Meteor falls.

Next scene is more of Shinra with Hojo and President Shinra.

Aerith's flower falling apart. Tifa reaching out to Aerith in her room.

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This performance of Hollow is seriously epic. I hope they release it in a BluRay/DVD format. It's so so good.

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I'm actually crying LOL. There's a chorus that accompanies Yosh's vocals too. The song ends with Aerith looking at the Mako from the opening sequence.

With the words

THE UNKNOWN JOURNEY WILL CONTINUE.

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Next song is FF7 Main Theme. Excuse me as I cry rivers- this song gets me so emotional all the time.

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There's no footage that accompanies this song so far. It makes the music so much more powerful and allows you to reflect on the game and everything it's about. Wow, yup, I'm definitely crying right now lol.

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The FF7R Orchestra Concert credits are now playing as the orchestra continues with the Main Theme.

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Oh...oh no...it's the most beautiful part of the FF7R Orchestral Arrangement version of the Main Theme where the chorus kicks in. Oh mannnnn the tears lol....

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Conductor Sasaki and the musicians rise again as the audience claps (from their homes) around the world.

The concert isn't done yet though- there's still the Encore!!! 🙌🙌🙌

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THE FIRST ENCORE SONG IS AERITH'S THEME!!!!!!!!

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The footage it shows is of her church. Just the church scenery, peaceful and bright.

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I think this arrangement of Aerith's Theme is similar to the one in the FF7R OST that plays during the credits. I guess I'll cry again now lol

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The next Encore song is......

ONE WINGED ANGEL

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

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ONE WINGED ANGEL -REBIRTH- begins with Cloud standing against a burning fire and Sephiroth watches him.

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Basically all footage is Sephiroth montage, Sephiroth seeing Jenova, Tifa saying "I'm sick of this!", Cloud getting a headache and Tifa tries to comfort him as they see Sephiroth at the Drum. Cloud walks slowly up to Sephiroth at the Drum.

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Oh, footage of Sephiroth stabbing President Shinra now and Barret, then everyone goes to help Barret.

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One Winged Angel Rebirth transitions to Arbiters of Fate with some notes, that's so cool omg.

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Now footage of Sephiroth descending onto the Midgar Expressway.

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More scene from the CG sequence at the Shinra Building VR with Sephiroth stabbing Tifa...again...why they gotta show this twice???

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One Winged Angel ends with Cloud and Sephiroth stepping back to back as Meteor falls, from the CG sequence in the VR part of the Shinra Building tour.

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Conductor Sasaki invites Yosh back on stage and there's a standing ovation. Then Sasaki comes back on stage once more.

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The musicians seem to be exiting the stage now? The concert is over perhaps?

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The concert is finished? I think?? It says "The concert has finished. Thank you watching the concert!"

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SO.......IS THAT IT...??????? Or.....??? 🤯🤯

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No...news...? WELL THEN.....

That was an amazing concert though. It was such a ride, and thank you everyone for tuning in. Slightly disappointed they didn't end with any new PC or PS5 information, but I suppose I will monitor later today to see if there's updates!

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LOL the Japanese comments too asking, "What about the PS5 version...??"

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Thank you everyone for tuning into my FF7R Orchestra Concert live tweet thread. It's unfortunate they didn't announce any news of a PS5/PC version, but hopefully more info gets released soon! #FF7ROC

You can watch the recorded live here (it's 4,500yen):
live2.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv330137…

I know some of you out there were watching the FF7R Orchestra Concert live on Nicovideo too, so if anyone has a thread on how to access the website while living outside of Japan, please let me know so I can share it with everyone as well!

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I will also have a FF7R Orchestra Concert review later tonight where I'll talk about details of the concert and answering any questions anyone might have, so I'll let you know when the stream is live.

twitch.tv/aitaikimochi

Once again, thanks for tuning in, everyone! #FF7ROC

Also, FF7R Orchestra Concert’s Japanese hashtag is currently trending at #5 in Japan right now!

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Rewatched the Hollow song- Barret & Marlene aren't hugging- it's instead the scene w/ Marlene sleeping in the bed and Barret watches over her with lyrics "smile bright once more."

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The part with Reno and Rude in the helicopter is in between the lyrics "shine bright once more" and "guide me to you" and Jessie dying is in between "guide me to you" and "smile bright once more."

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