I see symphonies as events geared more towards the socially elite and older folks. Most young people, like me, aren’t too keen on spending $100+ on a symphony or are all about orchestral music.
Last week, I attended a video game symphony. Yes, video game. What drew me to the symphony were the advertisements about the music that was going to be played. To be specific, I was stoked to hear they were going to play Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts music. So, my friends and I bought our tickets to check out the symphony. It was great! They played Super Mario Bros., Sonic, Zelda, Kingdom Hearts, and many more.
Unfortunately, they did not play any FF music! That was heavily disappointing and I could tell most of the people there were very disappointed too. A majority of the people were there for Final Fantasy! All in all, it was a great first experience… but it left me feeling a bit disappointed. It was false advertising…
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:55 am
If it makes you feel better, you could watch a guy dressed up as Squall playing the Final Fantasy themes on the piano on YouTube.:P
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:37 am
how is a symphony to the socially elite, aside from the cost of tickets?
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:42 am
Such a unique symphony! They should perform another one focusing on Final Fantasy only. Hehe. XD
Btw, thanks for dropping by my blog.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:46 pm
@ speedy3223: Because of the way they’re advertised. My friend is the designer for the magazines that advertise the various symphonies. Their audience is usually older and more upper class.