Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X) | Live at GAMESTART 2016 | Az Samad - Fingerstyle Guitar

Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X) Live at GAMESTART 2016 Performed by Az Samad Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X) Composed by Nobuo Uematsu Arrangement by Nobuyuki Hirakura Performed by Az Samad Subscribe for more videos like this! =) Video by Yin === Via https://web.archive.org/web/201610281... Our special music performances this year shine a spotlight on two very talented musicians from Southeast Asia – Guitarist Az Samad from Malaysia and Vocalist Rika Lee from Singapore. We’ve become fans of Az’s amazing guitar skills and Rika’s rich vocals since we were introduced to us by fellow game and music lovers, and are very happy to welcome them to GameStart 2016! Az will perform a 30-minute set of selected songs from well-known classic games, followed by Rika, who will be lending her voice to songs from popular franchises such as Final Fantasy and The Witcher 3. ABOUT AZ SAMAD Growing up playing video games, Az spent hours gaming on classic gaming systems such the Atari 2600, NES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy and the Super Nintendo. A fan of the Nintendo series such as Zelda and Metroid as well as Square RPGs such as Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana, Az’s future musical tastes were shaped early on by the cinematic music scores of these now classics. When he started composing instrumental solo guitar music, these melodies were some of the inspiration he drew upon from his subconscious. Az was the featured classical guitar soloist with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) for the Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy Kuala Lumpur premiere conducted by Arnie Roth (USA) at their three sold-out shows. Az also performed for the South East Asian premiere of A New World: Intimate Music from Final Fantasy at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas in Kuala Lumpur conducted by Arnie Roth (USA) and featuring pianist Benyamin Nuss (Germany). For the MPO Superheroes concert with conductor Guillaume Tourniaire and presenter Alasdair Malloy, Az played ukulele on the Handheld Heroes medley (Super Mario Bros Ground Theme, Tetris Korobeiniki Theme and Angry Birds Title Theme). He was the Space Jam Headliner at Comic Fiesta 2014 in Kuala Lumpur and was seen performing a 30-minute solo fingerstyle guitar set of video game music. Prior to moving back to Malaysia, Az also played in a video game music band in San Francisco. He has also been interviewed on GameSpot and featured in the GameSpot Asia Beat Podcast. Follow his updates and performances at   / azsamadmusic   http://www.azsamad.com   / azsamad