Big in Japan

Movie and game music from the land of the rising sun


Conductor Nick Davies
Conferences: Hasse Hope
Choir: Trondheim Symphonic Opera Choir
Kormester: Ursha Lah


Program
Norihiko Hibino: Metal Gear Solid 3 – Snake Eater
Joe Hisaishi: Chihiro and the Witches (Spirited Away) – One Summer Day
Joe Hisaishi: The Legend of Ashitaka – Princess Mononoke
Code Geass – 0(ZERO)/Forbidden City
Yoko Kanno: Turn a Gundam – Morning of NOCIS
Joe Hisaishi: I’m Not Afraid – Main Theme
Joe Hisaishi: I'll Be There – The Path of the Wind/Cat Bus/My Neighbor Totoro
Go Shiina: Demon Slayer – Comrade Tanjirō no Uta
Yoko Kanno: The Vision of Escaflowne – Dance of Curse
Nobuo Uematsu: Final Fantasy VII – The Best of Nobuo Uematsu
Nobuo Uematsu: Final Fantasy VII – One Winged Angel
Yasuharu Takanashi: The Fairy Tail – Main Theme (Slow Version)
Koji Kondo: The Legend of Zelda – Sequel
Takeshi Furukawa: The Last Guardian – Suite
Akira Senju: Fullmetal Alchemist – Main Theme


About the concerts
From My Neighbor Totoro to Final Fantasy. Many of us love Japanese popular culture with all the fantastic worlds we are invited into. In Big in Japan, the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra makes musical contributions to various parts of the Japanese popular cultural treasury. Welcome to a quilt for all of us who love Japan!

Do you also love the universe created by Studio Ghibli, have you opened the game control for games like The Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy, or maybe you love cosplay and manga? After the United States, Japan is the country that influences and engages us most in film, TV and other popular culture. Music is often an important part of this culture, and we take that seriously at Big in Japan.

In this concert we will burn on handpicked works from animation gems like Chihiro and the Witches and Escaflowne, to beloved anime TV series like Fairy Tail and Demon Slayer. The concert also features music from legendary games such as Final Fantasy, The Last Guardian and The Legend of Zelda. Everything is performed by the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and the Trondheim Symphonic Opera Choir.

In short – this quilt is viet all there who love it which is Big in Japan!

Big in Japan is a production of The Concert Factory AB.

Illustration: Natalia Batista