CELEBRATIONS COLLECTION Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Friday, January 2, 2026 at 8 pm Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Arnie Roth, conductor Baltimore Choral Arts Society
Anthony Blake Clark, music director
Nobuo Uematsu / Arnie and Eric Roth
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY Baltimore Choral Arts Society
This performance is approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes.
Arnie Roth
Arnie Roth
Conductor Arnie Roth is a GRAMMY Award-winning artist well known in the world of video game music for his work with legendary composer Nobuo Uematsu and SQUARE ENIX LTD as Music Director, Producer and Conductor of“ Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY,”“ Dear Friends: music from FINAL FANTASY,” and“ VOICES: music from FINAL FANTASY.” He was chosen to conduct a series of symphonic concerts based on the music themes of various videogame series in Cologne with WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, including Symphonic Fantasies, Symphonic Shades, and Symphonic Odysseys. Mr. Roth is equally at home in the areas of film and composition. He was the winner of the Best Score Award at the 2003 DVD Premier Awards and nominated for an Emmy for his original song“ Shine” from the Mattel movie Barbie in The Twelve Dancing Princesses.
Roth has produced dozens of bestselling CDs on such labels as American Gramaphone, JVC, Mattel, Warner Bros., Sony, Koch, Razor & Tie, AWR Records, and SQUARE ENIX.
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