NHK Rebroadcasts Symphonic Gamers 5 Concert on September 20
A rerun slot on NHK BS gives a concert built around game scores a second national airing, and the two-person MC lineup puts a game director and a voice actress in front of an orchestra program rather than a host from music television.
Key Facts
- NHK BS airs Symphonic Gamers 5 at 0:40 on September 20, which is late night on September 19.
- Masahiro Sakurai and Ruriko Aoki are the MCs for Symphonic Gamers 5.
- Monster Hunter's block in the Symphonic Gamers 5 setlist includes Proof of a Hero and a Wilds version of the same piece.
- Details on Symphonic Gamers 5 performers and setlist are listed on NHK's official website and on the NHK ONE streaming service.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
NHK's game music concert Symphonic Gamers 5, subtitled Melodies of Adventure Across Time and Space, returns to NHK BS at 0:40 on September 20, late night on September 19. The broadcast covers an orchestral program drawn from the Super Mario series, the Monster Hunter series, Kirby Air Ride, Chrono Trigger, Journey, Shadow of the Colossus, Tales of the Abyss, Granblue Fantasy, Okami, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, and Final Fantasy IX. Game director Masahiro Sakurai and voice actress Ruriko Aoki appear as MCs. The setlist runs from Super Mario's Above Ground BGM and Piranha March through Monster Hunter's Proof of a Hero and its Wilds version, Kirby Air Ride's Legendary Air Ride Machine, Chrono Trigger's Wind Scene and Frog's Theme, Okami's Reset (Thank You Version), Sakuna's Yanato Rice Planting Song, and Final Fantasy IX's Battle 1 and The Place I'll Return to Someday. NHK's official website and the streaming service NHK ONE carry performer and setlist details.
- Super Mario series: Above Ground BGM, Wind Garden, Grassland Theme, Piranha March
- Monster Hunter series: Proof of a Hero, Roar / Rathalos, Tremors of Sea and Land / Lagiacrus, The Azure Thunder That Pierces the Earth / Rey Dau, Proof of a Hero ~Wilds version~
- Journey: Nascense, Apotheosis
- Kirby Air Ride: Path of Meteors, Fralia Machine Gust, Legendary Air Ride Machine
- Shadow of the Colossus: Sign of the Colossus, Those Who Look Different ~Battle with the Colossus~, Revived Power ~Battle with the Colossus~, The End of the Battle
- Tales of the Abyss: meaning of birth, finish the promise
- Granblue Fantasy: Main Theme
- Chrono Trigger: Chrono Trigger, Wind Scene, Frog's Theme, The Time of World Revolution
- Okami: Reset (Thank You Version), The Sun Rises
- Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin: Yanato Rice Planting Song, Kannagi
- Final Fantasy IX: On This Blade, Beyond That Hill, Battle 1, The Place I'll Return to Someday, Final Fantasy
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.