Can video game music help bring new audiences to classical music? @WFMTChicago
Can video game music help bring new audiences to classical music?  @WFMTChicago
Uploaded September 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Video game music will take over Symphony Center this weekend as Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY makes a stop in Chicago. WFMT spoke with Arnie Roth, the tour's Grammy-winning music director and conductor, about the impact and influences of Nobuo Uematsu and video game music as a genre.

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