Final Symphony to feature as Classic FM’s Album of the Week’
For the first time ever, UK radio station Classic FM has selected a video game music album to be it’s featured album of the week starting March 2nd. Following the radio station’s preview of the album two days before it’s official release, extracts from the critically acclaimed London Symphony Orchestra album will feature every weekday from March 2nd to March 6th at 10am. This is following a spectacular opening week of sales where the album was number one in the iTunes classical charts in nine countries, including USA, UK, France, Canada, Norway and Sweden.
This is not the first time Classic FM have taken notice of video game music, having included several famous soundtracks including Nobuo Uematsu’s in it’s annual Hall of Fame
The album is available to purchase on iTunes and Amazon MP3, and is also available to stream on Spotify. Read the review of Final Symphony here.
Sources: Classic FM, Spielemusikkonzerte
Posted on February 28, 2015 by Joe Hammond. Last modified on March 11, 2015.
About the Author
Joe Hammond When I first heard the music of Nobuo Uematsu in the Final Fantasy series at about 17 years old, my love of video game music was born. Since then, I've been revisiting some of my old games, bringing back their musical memories, and checking out whatever I can find in the game music scene. Before all of this I've always been a keen gamer from an early age. I'm currently doing a PGCE (teacher training) in primary school teaching (same age as elementary school) with music specialism at Exeter University. I did my undergraduate degree in music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. My main focus at the moment is my teaching and education work, though who knows what will happen in the future. I like a variety of music, from classical/orchestral to jazz to rock and metal and even a bit of pop. Also when you work with young children you do develop a somewhat different appreciation for the music they like.
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