Actraiser Symphonic Suite - "Filmore"

A full orchestra interpretation of the greatest video game score of all-time.

The most stylistically different piece from the original game music. The fast-paced, techno beat of the 16-bit incarnation gives way to rich strings in a baroque fashion reminiscent of 18th Century composers.

Composed by Yuzo Koshiro
Conducted by Kaoru Wada
Performed by the Shinsei Nihon Symphony

Category:

Music

Tags:

• orchestral
• classical
• harp
• violin
• Japanese
• Super
• Nintendo

[IauthenticI]

back in the day when the japanese knew what they were doing...

[Skull10]

@IauthenticI Yes, before all anime became moon-eyed girls in school outfits being attacked by tentacles!

[Chepito2846]

i have a question,Did Yuzo Koshiro arrange this track or was it another group of composers who did this arrangement..did Yuzo Direct and arrange this version

[Skull10]

@Chepito2846 As far as I know, Kaoru Wada orchestrated and conducted it. Koshiro composed it.

[bloodsling]

Act Raiser 2 was not the best game of the SNES library,I prefered the 1st one. The town building and exploration took it beyond a mere hack and slash side scroller. Taking those 2 elements out of the sequel made it well..already explored territory format wise. I don't expect anyone to share my opinion but that's my 2 cents.

[bloodsling]

lol I was just voicing my opinion as you did about me..well done faceless nobody of cyberspace

[TheJboy88]

@DPBrandon Funny you should mention that one.

Mystic Quest was one of the handful of games I actually played.

[DPBrandon]

@TheJboy88 I'm lucky. I hit on most of the great SNES games. Only big misses were on Earthbound, Actraiser and a few others.

You ought to check out Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. Its one of a few Uematsu did not compose. The music in that game kept me up at night and was basically the only reason I played. Loved the battle theme, town themes, BOSS THEME.

I can so relate though, these games have such a different kind of effect on you as a child.

[MustBe18YearsOrOlder]

It's kind of a tragic song isn't it? It's starts off very beautifully, then crescendos into an epic climax, and then it feels like it falls apart, returns to nothing, and starts back up again.

[UnivingIshiro]

You know what?Screw CoD,Gears of War and Halo.I prefer a thousands times Actraiser than any piece of shit that has come,I want a Actraiser for 360,Wii(or Wii u)and PS3 and don't tell shit like:"We're not gonna make a Actraiser game because that's property of Square Enix..."Do that and I'll hate FF forever...

[Burnunts]

@bloodsling Actually, that's the popular opinion, and one I agree with. ActRaiser 2 also struggled with very awkward controls.

[TediusZanarukando]

I am a big fan of orchestras and arrangements for video games. I do not care too much for chiptune or MIDI-sequenced music, as I find them overrated due to nostalgia. I recently attended the Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy concert in Atlanta, Georgia (earlier this year). It is the second time I attended a Final Fantasy concert. I previously attended the Dear Friends: Music from Final Fantasy concert in the same venue six years ago.

[ThorangeNova]

@bloodsling I agree entirely.

[heerogunkenobi]

you know is it just me or the begining part of the orchestral version of fillmore at 0:29 to 0:38 almost sound like the very begining part of this is holloween from the nightmare before christmas soundtrack composed by danny elfman because somehow both of the songs at the very begining had the same instrumentation and rythem anyone notice that