When Emily approached me to contribute something to this EP, I was only too happy to do so, having experienced Harvey firsthand living in the city and seeing the devastation the storm wrought upon so many lives.
As Final Fantasy is my favorite series in the universe, I was very keen on contributing an FF track. I had originally arranged the Main Theme from Final Fantasy VII, one of my favorite themes in gaming ever for its sweeping, haunting melody, in 2015 for my community orchestra here in Houston for piano, strings, clarinet, flute, and trombone, and performed it at Oni-Con in Galveston that year. In the interest of balancing out the sound and creating as many opportunities for people to participate as possible, Emily helped me expand the arrangement to include more brass and winds, and I am greatly indebted to her for doing so, as I am usually not accustomed to writing for such large groups, especially winds and brass.
As to be expected from such a talented, passionate group as Materia, everyone killed it on their parts and hearing the whole thing together was such a thrill, I had never thought it could sound so beautiful. It is an honor to be one of the featured arrangers on this EP along with so many consummate musicians for such a worthy cause.
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from SPIRIT,
released October 5, 2017
Ruby Toung: Producer, Arranger
Andrew Dunn: Cello
Ashlee Busch: Flute
Damian Nguyen: Oboe, Bassoon
Emily McMillan: Arranger
Gregory Orosz: Clarinet
Joe Chen: Viola
Ning-Chih Hsu: Violin (I)
Patrick Allred: Trombone
Robby Duguay: French Horn, Trumpet
Roselie Samter: Violin (II)
Sean Schafianski: Mixing Engineer
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