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Ray Chen: Player 1

Ray Chen
Barcode 0028948703227
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Release Date: 18/10/2024

Edition: Album
Composer: Junichi Masuda, Manaka Kataoka, Jung Jaeil, Takahiro Obata, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Eunike Tanzil, John Powell, Toshio Masuda
Conductor: Cristian Macelaru
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Label: Decca Classics
Number of Discs: 1
Duration: 00:48:24 minutes

Blending classical music with the immersive world of gaming, the album comprises a thrilling array of themes from television, Anime and film including 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom', 'Pokémon', and 'Squid Game'. Recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Cristian Macelaru, these compositions gravitate around the sonic centrepiece of Erich Korngold's Violin Concerto. The Austrian composer was a pioneering 20th-century classical composer who became one of the first musicians to score films for Hollywood. Ray Chen's mission now is to challenge traditional perceptions of classical music, making it accessible and inspiring. Nintendo consoles, TV dramas, films, anime, soundtracks and a near-century-old work by Korngold may at first seem like disparate cultural phenomena. But they have one thing in common. They weave fantasies. Ray is Player 1. You, the listener, are Player 2.

Track Listing:
1: Romantic Flight
2: Sadness and Sorrow
3: Main Theme
4: I. Moderato Nobile
5: II. Romance. Andante
6: III. Finale. Allegro Assai Vivace
7: I Remember My Name
8: Serenade
9: Pallet Town
10: Isabella's Lullaby