Heute vor 23 Jahren eröffnete das erste symphonische Spielemusik-Konzert außerhalb Japans die zweite Games Convention in Leipzig. 🎼 Diese Stücke und Spiele standen auf dem Programm:

Somehow, it’s already been 23 years to the day since the first orchestral video game concert outside Japan, in Leipzig... Here with Nobuo Uematsu and conductor Andy Brick shortly after the performance.

Friends in Japan: applications are still open to attend a recording of Untitled Concert featuring Nobuo Uematsu. The deadline is today at 11:59 pm JST, so only a few hours remain! www.tv-asahi.co.jp/daimei/viewi...

Nobuo Uematsu and Rie Tozuka discuss Merregnon: Heart of Ice in the latest issue of Japan’s renowned classical music magazine Ongaku no Tomo. The author notes: “For children who experience the work at an early age, its allegorical and mythic qualities may help make it a lasting formative memory.”

"Merregnon is a dreamlike opus, a study in melodic simplicity and luscious harmony, designed to speak to the mind’s ear as well as its eye."

How Nobuo Uematsu finally wrote for the concert hall — The Blank Mag

Forty years after three electronic bleeps built Final Fantasy, Nobuo Uematsu has written his first stand-alone orchestral work, recorded at Abbey Road with the London Symphony Orchestra. What changes ...

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I remember clearly how meaningful it felt when Final Symphony reached number 5 in the Official Classical Charts back then. Seeing Merregnon: Heart of Ice now reach number 4 means a great deal to me. 🙏

C'était très très bien. Aussi bien les réarrangements de morceaux de FFVIII et X que le conte Merregnon : Heart of Ice. Super concert !

Jérémie Kermarrec@jkermarrec.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Et ce soir à la @philharmonie.bsky.social pour Symphonic Selections avec la première française de Merregnon: Heart of Ice. Et ici aussi, un petit motif de fierté dans la note de programme 😇

Et ce soir à la @philharmonie.bsky.social pour Symphonic Selections avec la première française de Merregnon: Heart of Ice. Et ici aussi, un petit motif de fierté dans la note de programme 😇

Troisième concert de la saison VGM : Symphonic Selections et Merregnon: Heart of Ice ! La hâte est grande, 9 ans après l’entrée de la musique de jeu vidéo dans ces lieux, de revoir Nobue Uematsu et Masashi Hamauzu mis à l’honneur. 😊

I’ll do anything for Uematsu’s Merregnon

Oh, hello (Philharmonie de) Paris.

#Frühstücksplatte

Para los que tenéis un cariño especial por Nobuo Uematsu, os interesará saber que hoy ha publicado su primer disco al margen del mundo de los videojuegos: Merregnon: Heart Of Ice. Cuenta una historia muy de su estilo, narrada por Alicia Vikander. open.spotify.com/intl-es/albu...

Uematsu: Merregnon: Heart of Ice - Album de Nobuo Uematsu | Spotify

Nobuo Uematsu · Album · 2026 · 25 canciones

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Merregnon: Heart of Ice was so beautiful when I was a kid, I would listen to Peter and the Wolf over and over and this gave me a similar feeling, closing my eyes and letting my imagination run wild also, of course, any chance to hear new music from Nobuo Uematsu is a treat

“It’s simply fantastic.” Nobuo Uematsu on the finished recording of Merregnon: Heart of Ice, uDiscoverMusic Japan

ゲーム音楽界の巨匠･植松伸夫が挑む新たな物語－戸塚利絵と語る『メレグノン：ハート・オブ・アイス』

『ファイナルファンタジー』シリーズで知られる作曲家・植松伸夫と、声優・戸塚利絵にインタビュー。新作交響ファンタジー『メレグノン：ハート・オブ・アス』の制作秘話を語る。

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Who better to share the news than Nobuo Uematsu himself? Merregnon: Heart of Ice is now available worldwide!

Oh, hello Edmonton.

So grateful for the kind support of Nobuo Uematsu and Rie Tozuka for Merregnon: Heart of Ice. ❤️

We are pleased to introduce an exciting new work by legendary video game composer Nobuo Uematsu, "Merregnon: Heart of Ice," a symphonic fairy tale created specifically for the concert hall. Come by Booth 13/14 at the League conference to chat about this new work! 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFez...

The Making of Merregnon: Heart of Ice

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A truly beautifully filmed and edited Making Of by @davidtarrodi.bsky.social, as authentic as one could possibly hope for. Don’t miss the YouTube Premiere on 14 May!

The Making of Merregnon: Heart of Ice

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Now that the first clip is out, I can finally say what a remarkable experience it was to travel to Tokyo a few months ago with the ever excellent @davidtarrodi.bsky.social to interview master Nobuo Uematsu about Merregnon: Heart of Ice. More coming very soon: www.instagram.com/reel/DW8mhW9...

Thank you very much, Mr Uematsu! merregnon.lnk.to/heartoficedi...

Oh, hello Kansas City.

Oh, hello Winnipeg.

Part of the dear dream team behind Merregnon: Heart of Ice during the orchestral recording sessions with the LSO at Abbey Road Studios: Andrew Cottee (arrangement and orchestration), Jonathan Allen (recording and mix), and Jill Streater (music preparation). 😍

Overjoyed. 🥹 store.deccaclassics.com/collections/...

Oh, hello Tokyo.

Impressed by the very high standard of the OPRL and by how beautiful the concert hall is here in Liège.

Oh, hello Liège.