The Distant Worlds concert production has garnered another award (see SEMO/gamemusic.net’s reproduced text below) for its exciting orchestral presentations of music from the Final Fantasy game series. The concerts feature arrangements and orchestrations by ER.
See the Distant Worlds link above for information about upcoming concerts in NYC, London, Sydney, Atlanta, Chicago and other major metropolitan areas. And check back for news about the new english language concert DVD package (available soon).
Annual Game Music Awards of 2010 :: Best Production Winners
In collaboration with our partners GameMusic.net, SEMO is proud to present the winners of the ‘best production’ category in the Annual Game Music Awards 2010. These panel-voted officially recognised awards provide a thorough and wide-reaching recognition of achievement in game music over the last year. Congratulations to all winners, runners-up, and nominees.
Outstanding Music Production — Concert :: Distant Worlds II
The culmination of a massively successful tour, Distant Worlds II – More Music from Final Fantasy (Stockholm, June 12) offered the most encompassing orchestral tribute to the much-loved Final Fantasy series to date, inspiring rave reviews and many cheers from fans.
Happy December News
Happy December and apologies for the gap since the last post. This was in large part due to the birth of Eric’s daughter, Anouk.
He’s also been busy with quite a few musical projects. Working with Scrollmotion, Eric has composed and produced original music for their Living Xylophone and for forthcoming Iceberg Reader children’s books for iPhone, iPad, iPod and other mobile devices.
He recently completed a number of new arrangements and orchestrations for the Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy concert production, which premiered on November 6 and 7, 2010 with the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo.
Upcoming Distant Worlds performances include:
April 15 and 16, 2011 at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia
June 26, 2011 at Symphony Center in Chicago, IL
On December 12, 2010, the Irish Philharmonic Orchestra presented Barbie in the Nutcracker, a movie with live orchestral accompaniment featuring all new orchestrations by ER.
Currently, he is collaborating on the forthcoming Resplendent/Vicarious Choir album (http://theresplendent.wordpress.com/), contributing new original music for orchestra.
Finally, Eric has begun production on original music for a 2011 Eric Roth release, with some tracks already complete.
Please stay posted for more information and news.
In a rare event, ER sings a set of his original songs, accompanied by keyboardist Jeffrey Kowalkowski, as part of Jessica Robbins’ curated series at Uncommon Ground, Chicago.
They’ll perform classic material from the ANATHEMA album, the Eric Roth Soul Review, and other choice songs.
Eric Roth and Jessica Robbins and a surprise guest play Uncommon Ground on Clark and Grace — Tuesday August 3rd at 8:00!
The show is free but the room fills up fast so it’s best to call and make reservations (see link below)
http://www.uncommonground.com/pages/calendar/51.php?month=2010-08
Also, now posted: choice photos from the BATTERY release concert at the Viaduct Theatre.
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Time Out Chicago reviews BATTERY
Check out the Time Out Chicago 4-star review of Battery!
If it ain’t a disaster…
IT’S A SUCCESS! Thank you so very much to everybody who shared their time and attention at last night’s concert.
Stay posted for video and audio.
Gratefully,
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This saturday night, June 12, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra performs ER arrangements and orchestrations for the Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy performance in Stockholm, Sweden. click for more info
ER orchestrations in Memphis
Saturday night, May 29 in Memphis, TN, KC and the Sunshine Band and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra will be performing orchestrations by ER for some of KC’s most iconic songs.
For more information, click HERE.
Coming so soon: the June 16 concert to celebrate the release of Battery at the Viaduct Theatre in Chicago.
On Wednesday June 16 at 8 pm at the Viaduct Theatre in Chicago, Eric Roth presents an evening of fresh, live music to celebrate the 2010 release of Battery, the definitive audio document of some of Eric’s most striking percussion music. The performers include Tina Laughlin–the dynamic percussionist and member of several of Chicago’s most prominent music ensembles, Eric Roth, and the clarinet trio claraconbrio.
The program consists of nearly all original Eric Roth music and will include live performances of Both Teams Played Hard, the monumental one-sticked snare drum solo, and Bible Thumpin V, a trio for three performers, each with a bible–the musical instrument. Both are featured on Battery. There will also be selections from Vibraphone Journal–a collection of wicked solo pieces for vibraphone, performances of Trick and Work That Body–two of Eric’s most ostentatious kinetic music compositions (Trick possesses no sound content at all), and a new arrangement of a classic Michael Jackson number as a joyful memorial to a musical inspiration.
Tickets are $10 and may be purchased in advance at the Viaduct Theatre box office or viaducttheatre.com.
For more information visit ericrothmusic.com.
For a printable pdf of the promotional poster click the following link: ER Viaduct 061610 Poster
DWFF II digital release, ER interview
Hot on the heels of ER’s new release Battery comes the May 1 digital release of Distant Worlds II: more music from Final Fantasy–the new full length recording of music adapted from the Final Fantasy videogame series for orchestra. This recording features two new ER arrangements/orchestrations of music by Nobuo Uematsu performed by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Arnie Roth.
Also, read a ‘behind-the-scenes’ interview with ER on the Distant Worlds website.
Battery available now…
June 16 record release concert at the Viaduct Theater, Chicago.
