William Prince: "The Carny" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atMn4aCpJxk #music

Charles-François Gregoire de la Ferté: Sonates Oubliées

- Ensemble La Ferté: Paulo Castrillo, Manon Chapelle, Nicolas Mackowiak

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3WCM1dJAkq4wu2WKxn3s3d?si=31a0f90b5eb64618 #music #classicalmusic #musique

Tribute to the Final Fantasy VII Soundtrack

The music behind Japanese developer Square’s Final Fantasy series is legendary. Never more so than on Final Fantasy VII (1997), which was remade for a 2020 launch and had a score overhaul.

Nobuo Uematsu composed all the music for this iconic game, regularly regarded as one of the greatest of all time, and certainly in our top 10 games ever. The music is a huge part of that, taking in many neoclassical themes and expanding them as the game’s plot reaches surprisingly dramatic heft.

The Brilliance of the Original and Remake FFVII Score

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zboO7UCUE8?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&w=723&h=407]

The rearranged soundtrack is some eight hours long and has over 150 pieces. That means there’s a lot to choose from and some of the beautiful new piano pieces we couldn’t even find, lost amongst the mass of excellence compositions.

Masashi Hamauzu and Mitsuto Suzuki were lead composers for the FFVII Remake update.

But the core of original composer Uematsu’s work is very much there, just expanded upon. Below you can hear how video game music often sounded back in the 1990s. Excellent work given the technological limitations of the day.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C26ce8io87A?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&w=723&h=407]

That’s the Mako Reactor music from the FFVII 1997 original, below is the same piece arranged on an orchestral front for the 2020 Remake.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9096F2tkwBA?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&w=723&h=407]

Back in the early 1990s, Squaresoft (now Square Enix) had already worked out the importance of a great game soundtrack. You only have to listen to the Secret of Mana (1994) score to hear that.

FFVII ramped up the drama, focussing in on the sense of real urgency the story has.

Then there are the emotive pieces, many of them involving the ultimately tragic figure of Aerith. Big spoiler here, but quite early into the original game she’s killed by the antagonist Sephiroth.

But as much of the game has this sense of melancholia, the central characters in a desperate bid to save the planet from an destructive megacorporation, the music is frequently contemplative. The characters are locked in that battle, yet are frequently reminded of the beauty of the world they’re trying to protect.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL4ozVMDmEg?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&w=723&h=407]

The Remake is a sprawling work, but the incredible thing about Uematsu’s original 1997 soundtrack is it can still hold its own against a full orchestral reworking.

We’re sure there are plenty of FFVII fans who still prefer the PlayStation original. But there’s no denying the work across Remake is often fantastic, vast in its scope, and encompassing the very best of what video games have to offer the world.

FFVII Live in Concert

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXUq2EGCROg?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&w=723&h=407]

In February 2026, Square Enix uploaded to its official music channel a live concert of various FFVII pieces. The full orchestral treatment.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZByFNFmaZV4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&w=723&h=407]

A lot of the musical themes surrounding the Aerith character are just excellent. She represents a character of hope and spiritual mystery, someone assured in herself and seemingly aware of her fate.

These themes are typically piano-driven, really getting to the core of FFVII’s emotional experience. As she does, ultimately, represent a figure of loss and grief.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58AKAHEdbBI?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&w=723&h=407]

Nobuo Uematsu’s score is undoubtedly one of the best from video game history. It’s one of those scores that makes the game what it is. FFVII just wouldn’t be anywhere near as good if the music wasn’t on this level.

This is why, for us, it’s possible to play the 1997 original with its blocky pre-rendered graphics and have no issue with that. It’s powered along by this music and the emotive, impressive depth of the story is represented so well by Uematsu’s feel for a cosmic sense of impending revolution.

FFVII Chillout Music Zone

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9tuE8CeWyA?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&w=723&h=407]

Oh, hello! You made it to the bottom of the feature. Ambient Cinematics has kindly created a full chillout zone (three hours of it) for the FFVII score. If you need some sleep inspiration, or just want to relax a little, then this is what you want to listen to.

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Final Fantasy VII Remake Soundtrack

Giaches de Wert: Nono libro de madrigali

La Compagnia del Madrigale

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Do you like atmospheric synthy takes on classical music?
The host of awesome YouTube channel Curious Droid, Paul Shillito, has made an album, and it's great! He's apparently been fiddling about with old schooly synth music inspired by Isao Tomita for decades and now has enough tracks for an album. Pieces by Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Stravinsky, Sibelius etc.
❤️🎶

https://paulshillitomusic.bandcamp.com/album/memories-of-futures-past

#music #musictips #MusicProduction #electronica #ElectronicMusic #classicalmusic #Tomita #Debussy #downtempo

Gavin Gamboa - Quadratic Lattice (with Max Jaffe) https://mirlo.space/gavin-gamboa/release/quadratic-lattice-with-max-jaffe

#music

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It is Bandcamp Friday - A most auspicious day where for thousands of years all those musicians in bands camp it up a bit, more so than usually.

There's is also a website that sells music and waives fees for makers on said day. Just so happens I have an EP, on a name your price deal so you can technically just take it but any money helps keep the lights on. Have a great day x

https://inpc.bandcamp.com

#Music #IndependentMusic #BandcampFriday

Bon premier mai à toutes et tous! Bienvenue sur #FCEContinuo, #webradio Luxembourg! #music #classicalmusic

13:00 Modern Classics
15:00 Le salon musical de Raphaëlle
16:00 Guerra & Pace

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Merci d'écouter les programmes du jour sur FCE Continuo, webradio Luxembourg! Bon premier mai à toutes et tous!

Jacques Duphly: Éclats et derniers feux

- Loris Barrucand, clavecin

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Emma Thompson to star in a new film accompanying a live Australian orchestra
By Ria Andriani

A new silent film starring Emma Thompson and Greg Wise will accompany the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Holst’s The Planets in a world-premiere performance.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/emma-thompson-loss-film-with-orchestra-and-holst-the-planets/106620292

#ClassicalMusic #Movies #Orchestral #Music #RiaAndriani

Best Dire Straits song

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Intérieur partition : Claude Debussy, Arabesque n° 1, orchestration de Nicolas Hussein

People who like musicals: what are some of your favourites?

I like loads, but some of my highlights are:

* The Rocky Horror Show (I prefer the stage show to the film)

* Whistle Down The Wind

* Return to the Forbidden Planet

* Fame

* Wicked

#music #shows

@classicalmusic

#CeciliaMariaBarthélemon 1767-1859

#Sonata (I) for the harpsichord, Opera prima (1786)

#BarbaraHаrbаch #Harpsichord

1. Allegro con spirito
2. Larghetto
3. Rondo

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L29nH7T_ouQ

@classicalmusic

#VítězslavaKaprálová 1915 – 1940

Suite En Miniature, Op.1

1.- Praeludium
2.- Pastorale
3.- Ukolébavka
4.- Menuetto

#JanáčekPhilharmonicOstrava
#AlenaHron

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sn9AzLbDxY

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#YuyaHaryu /#波立裕矢/ *1995
'The Anthem from Sushi land', for orchestra (2023/24)

#TokyoPhilharmonicOrchestra
#YasuakiItakura

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf9F313FycU

Today is brought to you by #Torsz : https://youtu.be/rytg20a8Om4

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#MercrediPromo Je vous offre toujours -10 % sur mes #partitions papier auto-éditées :
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#PDQBach (#PeterSchickele)

The Short-Tempered Clavier - I. C major (1995)

#OrganConcerto Op 4 No 1 G minor (1735/36) #HWV289

#ChristopherORiley #Piano

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiKhExoIWgA

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#BohuslavMartinů 1890 - 1959

"Symphony no. 4 (1945) #H305

I. Poco moderato
II. Allegro vivo – Trio. Moderato – Allegro vivo
III. Largo
IV. Poco allegro

#hrSinfonieorchester – #FrankfurtRadioSymphony ∙
#AndrésOrozcoEstrada,

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laI5pnq5X7g

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#ShengConcerto "Šu" (2009)

#WeiWu #Sheng

#SeoulPhilharmonicOrchestra
#MyungWhunChung

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJwgdJh0eI

#Oxford #music ppl: come along and #PlayForFun with #Cowley #orchestra #tomorrow No auditions, no performances, no commitment required. https://cowleyorchestra.weebly.com/dates.html All #OrchestralInstruments welcome. #violin #viola #cello #DoubleBass #flute #clarinet #oboe #bassoon #trumpet #cornet #horn #trombone #tuba why not try #conducting taking turns with others? Also, feel free to suggest a piece from our vast #MusicLibrary (>350 sets). #JoinIn #PlaySomeMusic #ClassicalMusic #Baroque thru to #FilmMusic

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Merle Hazard: "Gimme Some of That Ol' Atonal Music" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzodB0Sp6ZI #music

Woah! This is crazy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjB1L87eYGY

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