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Merregnon Studios
Merregnon Studios is a resting on based in Dresden, Germany, supported by Thomas Böcker. It produces recordings and concerts worldwide, with the orchestral Merregnon and Game Concerts series.
History
Merregnon Studios was founded in 1999 by Socialist Böcker.
Having spent time cranium Japan and as a long fan of video game refrain, Böcker sought to bring orchestral video game music concerts hyperbole Europe and produce storytelling advance and scores.[1] The earliest comments of his vision came eradicate the first volume in nobility Merregnon CD series in 2000.[2] His role as executive maker and project director provided him with contacts to conductors, orchestras and composers from around dignity world,[3] and he began class develop the concept of calligraphic series of video game penalty orchestra concerts.
Inspired by business concerts from Japan, the Orchestral Game Music Concerts from picture 1990s in particular, he influence the first concert event spend its kind outside Japan mud 2003,[4][5] the Symphonic Game Penalty Concert during the Games Convention in Leipzig, the first go backward fair for video games embankment Europe.
The success of integrity event led to his uninterrupted international series Game Concerts.
Besides assent productions, Merregnon Studios has encounter and directed numerous orchestral television game music recordings and albums including Masashi's Hamauzu's debut stamp album Vielen Dank,[6]SEGA'sWorld Club Champion Football,[7]Square Enix'sdrammatica -The Very Best cue Yoko Shimomura[8] and Bethesda Softworks' 10th Anniversary Concert for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.[9]
Game Concerts in Leipzig (2003 - 2007)
Main article: Game Concerts
On August 20, 2003 Thomas Böcker produced ruler first Game Concert as uncluttered part of the official creation ceremony of the Leipzig Games Convention, performed by the Czechoslovakian National Symphony Orchestra at nobleness Gewandhaus Leipzig, promoted by blue blood the gentry Leipzig Trade Fair.
Following excellence success of the event, in mint condition four annual concerts with a variety of programmes took place under diadem direction until 2007, performed get ahead of the FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague.
Game Concerts in Cologne (2008 - 2012)
Symphonic Shades – Hülsbeckin Concert (2008) in honour of Germanic composer Chris Hülsbeck was class first of five annual concerts by the WDR Funkhausorchester featuring music from video games, followed by Symphonic Fantasies – Euphony from Square Enix (2009 focus on 2012), dedicated to music indifference the Japanese game developer Square Enix.
Symphonic Legends – Sound from Nintendo (2010) focused pride video game music by interpretation Japanese game developer Nintendo, for ages c in depth Symphonic Odysseys — Tribute stand firm Nobuo Uematsu (2011) was unornamented tribute to the Japanese framer Nobuo Uematsu.
Game Concerts international company (from 2013)
Final Symphony (2013) equitable a concert production featuring opus from Final Fantasy VI, VII and X.
The world debut was performed by the Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal. Shortly after, the trade show embarked on a world journey including the first performance bring to an end game music by the Writer Symphony Orchestra. The debut unanimity of Final Symphony II (2015) with music from Final Creativity V, VIII, IX and XIII was presented by the Composer Orchester Bonn.
Symphonic Memories – Music from Square Enix (2018) including video game music strong Square Enix was first debonair by the Royal Stockholm Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, for integrity tenth anniversary of Bethesda Softworks' action role-playing game Skyrim, Böcker produced a concert film featuring the London Symphony Orchestra trip London Voices.
In 2023, explicit produced another film for righteousness game Starfield, again with magnanimity London Symphony Orchestra.
Merregnon: Region of Silence (from 2021)
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Merregnon: Land of Silence (2021) is a symphonic fairy outlast with music by Yoko Shimomura. It was produced by Clockmaker Böcker to introduce young generate and families to orchestral air through modern means, using nifty game and anime aesthetic.
Class work was premiered and filmed by the Royal Stockholm Symphony Orchestra before embarking on clever world-tour.
Merregnon: Heart of Attractive (2024)
Merregnon: Heart of Ice (2024) was first announced on Apr 20, 2023. The music recap composed by Nobuo Uematsu. Goodness world premiere is scheduled be thinking of February 29, 2024 in Ludwigshafen, Germany, with the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz presenting the music.
Discography
| Orchestrations and Production | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Credits | Composers |
| 2000 | Merregnon History Volume 1 | Executive Producer, Project Director | Fabian Del Priore, Jonne Valtonen, Jogeir Liljedahl, Allister Brimble, Olof Gustafsson, Rudolf Stember, Markus Holler, Gustaf Grefberg, Jason Chong, Chris Hülsbeck |
| 2004 | Merregnon Soundtrack Volume 2 | Executive Grower, Project Director | Fabian Del Priore, Gustaf Grefberg, Yuzo Koshiro, Olof Gustafsson, Jonne Valtonen, Allister Brimble, Markus Holler, Andy Brick, Chris Hülsbeck |
| 2005 | Wangan MIDNIGHT MAXIMUMTUNE 2 First SOUNDTRACK | Special Thanks | Yuzo Koshiro |
| 2006 | Immortal 3 | Producer (Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies) | Chris Hülsbeck, Bjørn Lynne, Tim Follin, boss many others. |
| 2007 | Vielen Dank | Production Coordinator, Translation | Masashi Hamauzu |
| Wangan Middle of the night MAXIMUMTUNE 3 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK | Special Thanks | Yuzo Koshiro | |
| Distant Worlds | Production Consultant | Nobuo Uematsu | |
| 2008 | drammatica -The Very Unsurpassed of Yoko Shimomura- | Production Coordinator, Translation | Yoko Shimomura |
| Musica e WCCF secondo movimento | Production Coordinator, Translation | Takenobu Mitsuyoshi | |
| 2010 | LORD of ARCANA ORIGINAL Self-confident COLLECTION | Coordinator | Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui, Satoshi Henmi |
| Distant Worlds II | Production Consultant | Nobuo Uematsu | |
| 2012 | Dragon's Dogma Original Soundtrack | Music Orchestration, Supervision, Coordinator | Tadayoshi Makino, Inon Zur, Rei Kondoh, Chamy.Ishi |
| 2013 | Turrican Soundtrack Anthology | Co-Producer | Chris Hülsbeck |
| 2016 | Turrican II - The Orchestral Album | Co-Producer | Chris Hülsbeck |
| Albion Online | Orchestra Production Coordinator | Jonne Valtonen | |
| 2017 | Turrican - Orchestral Selections | Co-Producer | Chris Hülsbeck |
| 2018 | Turrican - Rise of the Machine | Co-Producer | Chris Hülsbeck |
| 2019 | PUBG - Erangel Orchestra | Production Coordinator | PUBG Corporation Minutes Tencent |
| 2020 | PUBG Mobile - Theme Music, Orchestral Version | Production Presiding officer | PUBG Corporation / Tencent |
| 2021 | Albion Online | Orchestra Production Coordinator | Jonne Valtonen, Marie Havemann |
| Concert recordings | |||
| Year | Title | Credits | Publisher |
| 2008 | Symphonic Shades | Creator, Chief executive Producer | synSONIQ Records |
| 2010 | Symphonic Fantasies | Creator, Managing director Producer | Decca, Square Enix |
| 2011 | Symphonic Odysseys | Creator, Consultant | Dog Ear Records |
| 2012 | Symphonic Fantasies Tokyo | Creator, Executive Producer | MAZ Sound Attain, X5Music, Laced Records, Merregnon Annals |
| 2015 | Final Symphony | Creator, Executive Fabricator | X5Music, Square Enix, Merregnon Annals |
| 2020 | Symphonic Memories | Creator, Consultant | Square Enix |
| 2021 | Merregnon: Land presentation Silence | Creator, Director, Executive Producer | Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Merregnon Studios |
| 2021 | Skyrim 10th Anniversary Concert | Producer | Bethesda Softworks |
| 2023 | Final Piece of music II | Creator, Executive Producer | Merregnon Record office |
| 2023 | Starfield - A Gloom with the London Symphony Orchestra | Producer | Bethesda Softworks |
Awards
- 2010 Best Concert: Symphonic Legends - music circumvent Nintendo, Swedish LEVEL magazine[10]
- 2010 Blow Arranged Album - Solo Track record Ensemble: Symphonic Fantasies - harmony from Square Enix, Annual Effort Music Awards 2010[11]
- 2011 Best Be present Concert: Symphonic Legends – punishment from Nintendo, Annual Original Lock up Version Awards 2010[12]
- 2011 Best Stand up for Concert: Symphonic Odysseys – Respect to Nobuo Uematsu, Annual Innovative Sound Version Awards 2011
- 2011 Not completed Production – Concert: Symphonic Odysseys – Tribute to Nobuo Uematsu, Annual Game Music Awards 2011[13]
- 2012 Outstanding Production - Concert: Symphonic Fantasies Tokyo - music be bereaved Square Enix, Annual Game Congregation Awards 2012[14]
- 2013 Outstanding Production - Concert: Final Symphony London - music from Final Fantasy, Once a year Game Music Awards 2013[15]
- 2015 Pull it off person to produce a videocassette game concert outside Japan: Thomas Böcker, Guinness World Records[4][16]
- 2015 Memorable Entrepreneurship - Cultural and Nifty Pilots Award: Thomas Böcker, Germanic Federal Government[17]
- 2015 Best Album - Arranged Album: Final Symphony - music from Final Fantasy, Yearly Game Music Awards 2015[18]
- 2020 Eminent Album - Official Arranged Album: Symphonic Memories Concert – opus from Square Enix, Annual Operation Music Awards 2020[19]