LONDON (7th September 2016) – Don’t forget to tune into the FINAL FANTASY® XV YouTube channel and the SQUARE ENIX Twitch channel today from 19:00 BST / 20:00 CEST / 11:00 PDT for a special one-off performance of songs from the FINAL FANTASY XV soundtrack by the world renowned London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Throughout the show, broadcast live from the iconic Studio 1, viewers will treated to beautiful live renditions of songs from the game, including the premiere of previously unheard music. FINAL FANTASY XV composer, Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts series, Street Fighter II), will also make a special appearance, commenting on a selection of the songs performed.

In partnership with Special Effect, the award-winning charity that helps people with disabilities to benefit from the fun, rehabilitation and therapy of video games, Square Enix Ltd., also offered two tickets for auction. The bidding finally closed at an astonishing £399, all of which will go direct to the charity.

For anyone unable to watch live, the full concert will also be available to watch on YouTube straight after the show!

Spoiler: Full PR

FINAL FANTASY XV will be available on the 29th November for the Xbox One and PlayStation®4 system. For more information on FINAL FANTASY XV,visit: http://www.finalfantasyxv.com/

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FINAL FANTASY XV’s Twitter account: @FFXVEN
FINAL FANTASY XV’s Instagram Account:https://www.instagram.com/ffxv/

About FINAL FANTASY XV
The latest instalment in the classic series, FINAL FANTASY XV is set in an enthralling world where fantasy meets reality. Players will embark on an adventure like no other. Join Crown Prince Noctis and his comrades on an epic journey of brotherhood, love and despair as they unravel Noctis's destiny and take up arms against the warmongering empire, Niflheim. With a captivating cast of characters, breath-taking visuals, open world exploration and thrilling action-packed real time combat, FINAL FANTASY XVis the ultimate FINAL FANTASY experience for both newcomers to the series and series fans alike.

About Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios is the most famous recording studios in the world and a global music icon.

Home to countless landmark recordings and pioneering advances in recording technology, the legendary studio complex has a phenomenal history spanning over 80 years, encompassing celebrated work by many of the world’s most famous recording artists including The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Frank Ocean, Florence + The Machine, Radiohead, Oasis, Kanye West, Lady Gaga and Adele.
Since the score for Raiders of The Lost Ark was recorded at the studios in 1980, Abbey Road has developed into one of the world’s premiere locations for movie scoring. Blockbuster films such as The Lord of The Rings Trilogy, The King’s Speech and Skyfall feature scores recorded there, while recent projects include the Oscar-winning score to Gravity. Additionally, a number of high-profile video games such as Halo 5 and Call of Duty have recorded in-game music at Abbey Road Studios.

The Studios house a number of state of the art mastering suites. Recent projects mastered or re-mastered by Abbey Road’s award-winning engineers include music from Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Queen, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, New Order, Mary J Blige.
Abbey Road Studios also offers online mixing and mastering, audio products for professional and home studio music producers, live concert recording, archiving and video services. The Studios also host a select number of special events each year.
Abbey Road recently launched Abbey Road Red, Europe’s only music-focused technology incubator which supports the endeavours of entrepreneurs, research and developers.

Abbey Road Institute recently began offering vocational diplomas in music production and audio engineering to students at the studio complex in London and state of the art facilities in Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Munich, Melbourne and Sydney.

About the London Philharmonic Orchestra
One of the finest orchestras on the international stage, the London Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1932 by Sir Thomas Beecham. Since then, its Principal Conductors have included Sir Adrian Boult, Bernard Haitink, Sir Georg Solti, Klaus Tennstedt and Kurt Masur. In 2007 Vladimir Jurowski became the Orchestra’s current Principal Conductor.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has been performing at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall since it opened in 1951, becoming Resident Orchestra in 1992. It also has residencies in Brighton and Eastbourne, and performs regularly around the UK. The Orchestra frequently tours abroad: highlights of the 2016/17 season include visits to New York, Germany, Hungary, Spain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Switzerland.

The LPO’s hugely successful “Greatest Video Game Music” - Amazon’s best-selling download, and entered Billboard’s Top 200 Albums in the US when it entered the charts at number 23 – the highest debut for an orchestral recording since the Star Wars Episode III soundtrack.

The Orchestra broadcasts regularly on television and radio, and has recorded soundtracks for numerous films including The Lord of the Rings. In 2005 it began releasing live, studio and archive recordings on its own CD label.

About Special Effect
SpecialEffect are putting fun and inclusion back into the lives of people with physical disabilities by helping them to play video games. By using technology ranging from modified games controllers to eye-control, they’re finding a way for people to play to the very best of their abilities. But they’re not just doing it for fun. By levelling the playing field, they’re bringing families and friends together and having a profoundly positive impact on inclusion, confidence and rehabilitation.

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[Haider Raza]

Live show on youtube?

 

[CathyRina]

exactly 1 hour before the Playstation meeting
Perfect time killer

 

[Meteor7]

Peh. Come back when you've made a combat system that doesn't operate like holding up cue cards to a dozy grandma.
As in never. Never come back. Watching them try and make action combat across the years is like watching a stand up comedian choke. It's sad, uncomfortable, and it'd be best for everyone if he'd just stop trying. I wish we knew who it was that designs the Kingdom Hearts games, because he's either an SE employee they keep in the cupboard 364 days out of the year, someone with Disney, or some magical fairy sprinkling talent on Squeenix once in a blue moon. Poor Tabata is probably the only one to ever come close to making great gameplay, but then he made Type-0 and that was the end of that. It wouldn't even be such a tragedy were it not for the potential they have in terms of style. The aesthetics and attitudes they put into their games are fairly unique, even if they don't hit home every time, so it's a shame to see them wasted.

 

[HaloEliteLegend]

Peh. Come back when you've made a combat system that doesn't operate like holding up cue cards to a dozy grandma.
As in never. Never come back. Watching them try and make action combat across the years is like watching a stand up comedian choke. It's sad, uncomfortable, and it'd be best for everyone if he'd just stop trying. I wish we knew who it was that designs the Kingdom Hearts games, because he's either an SE employee they keep in the cupboard 364 days out of the year, someone with Disney, or some magical fairy sprinkling talent on Squeenix once in a blue moon. Poor Tabata is probably the only one to ever come close to making great gameplay, but then he made Type-0 and that was the end of that. It wouldn't even be such a tragedy were it not for the potential they have in terms of style. The aesthetics and attitudes they put into their games are fairly unique, even if they don't hit home every time, so it's a shame to see them wasted.

I really liked Type-0, and I've got to see FFXV at PAX Prime a few days ago. The combat is really very nice, and it's something I could totally get behind for another 60+ hour JRPG stint. A shame you didn't like it, since the rest of FFXV looks good, too.

 

[CathyRina]

I really liked Type-0, and I've got to see FFXV at PAX Prime a few days ago. The combat is really very nice, and it's something I could totally get behind for another 60+ hour JRPG stint. A shame you didn't like it, since the rest of FFXV looks good, too.

I agree on everything except type-0
That 50 minutes raw gameplay video they released got me hooked and the movie had awesome action.

 

[Meteor7]

I really liked Type-0, and I've got to see FFXV at PAX Prime a few days ago. The combat is really very nice, and it's something I could totally get behind for another 60+ hour JRPG stint. A shame you didn't like it, since the rest of FFXV looks good, too.

Alright, in the interest of full disclosure, I've not actually played it. That being said, I've yet to be off the mark when interpreting a combat system, so I'm pretty confident in my assessment of this one. Also, I agree, it's a shame since the game looks pretty nice, otherwise.

 

[Justinde75]

That event was breathtaking, and I am still speechless. I absolutely LOVE Yoko's work and I can't wait to get my hands on the FFXV soundtrack as well as the KH3 soundtrack once that comes out.

 

[HaloEliteLegend]

I agree on everything except type-0
That 50 minutes raw gameplay video they released got me hooked and the movie had awesome action.

I've been known to like a lot of unorthodoxed games,

Alright, in the interest of full disclosure, I've not actually played it. That being said, I've yet to be off the mark when interpreting a combat system, so I'm pretty confident in my assessment of this one. Also, I agree, it's a shame since the game looks pretty nice, otherwise.

Yeah, I mean, I was pretty damn put off by the battle system when I saw it, too, but playing it is a different experience. The gameplay trailers don't do it enough justice. I dunno if you'll like it, but you should definitely give it a try sometime if you can! It's been much improved from the demos. It was the master version that's going on discs that they showed at PAX.

 

[CathyRina]

I've been known to like a lot of unorthodoxed games,

Don't get me wrong Type-0 is a pretty good game... on PSP.
On PS4/XBO/PC it'S just lukewarm

 

[HaloEliteLegend]

Don't get me wrong Type-0 is a pretty good game... on PSP.
On PS4/XBO/PC it'S just lukewarm

Yeh, I get that haha.

 

[Meteor7]

Don't get me wrong Type-0 is a pretty good game... on PSP.
On PS4/XBO/PC it'S just lukewarm

I found myself disliking Type-0 more on PC after liking it so much on the PSP so I went back to play it yesterday... and I found it pretty terrible. While the camera isn't as bad as the HD versions, it's still crippling, poorly-telegraphed attacks are the norm, lack of ability to inflict hitstun for many enemies puts you more so at the mercy of an uncooperative camera, often enemies demand ranged attacks and few characters natively have ranged capabilities, overpowered enemies from which you're just meant to run are in plentiful supply and, what might be the most damning thing I experienced, attacks not performed with breaksight do unusable amounts of damage, making the meta game standing around and waiting for enemies to expose their breaksight, to which you perform one single attack and repeat. It completely invalidates the cool, flourishy combos most characters have. That's all from just playing 20 minutes; I'm sure I'd remember more with more time.