Three years ago, Jérôme Leclercq and I from Mediatoon Licensing came up with the idea of creating a cinema concert to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Naruto. Why a cinema concert? The music is part of the success of the licence and fans have a particular attachment to the credits and the original soundtracks. The originality of the music by Toshio Masuda, the composer of Naruto, comes from the clever mix of traditional Japanese instruments, such as the Shakuhachi or the Shamisen, with guitar and other pop/rock instruments. So we came up with the idea of bringing this music to the stage with a 50-strong orchestra, accompanied by an original montage of the best moments from the anime. This orchestra is made up of three parts: symphonic instruments, pop/rock instruments and traditional instruments.

To do this, we approached the ODINO orchestra and its conductor Sylvain Audinovski. The ODINO orchestra is one of those capable of mixing musical styles while maintaining a very high level of performance. We have also chosen traditional Japanese instrumentalists to complete the orchestra's core, especially for the show.

The arrangements and musical direction are the fruit of a collaboration between Quentin Benayoun, Sébastien Caviggia and myself. My two accomplices, with whom I formed the group P.U.S.S. in 2007, have a great mastery of rock and orchestral music writing. This mix is essential to keep the promise made to the fans of the series and required several months' work to select the music and write the scores for the whole orchestra.

How do you tell the story of Naruto to fans, but also to those who don't know the anime? That's the real challenge of this unique film-concert. How do you select the best moments in the story of this young ninja apprentice from the vastness of the first 220 episodes? Six months of selection and research enabled me to choose the key images in the narrative, while preserving certain dialectics to match the anime's incredible music.

This original film-concert, lasting almost 2 hours, is a real Rock-Symphonic show paying tribute to the work of Masashi Kashimoto and the music of Toshio Masuda.

[Track List]

SIDE A

1. Nine Tailed Demon Fox - Naruto Symphonic Experience
2. ROCKS
3. Sadness And Sorrow I - Naruto Symphonic Experience
4. Naruto Main Theme I - Naruto Symphonic Experience
5. Kakashi's Theme - Naruto Symphonic Experience
6. Need To Be Strong I - Naruto Symphonic Experience
7. Fighting Spirit - Naruto Symphonic Experience
8. Need To Be Strong II - Naruto Symphonic Experience
9. Sadness And Sorrow II - Naruto Symphonic Experience
10. Wind
11. Predator and Predator - Naruto Symphonic Experience
12. Strong And Strike - Naruto Symphonic Experience
13. Orochimaru Fight I - Naruto Symphonic Experience
14. Beautiful Green Wild Beast I - Naruto Symphonic Experience
15.  A Crisis After Another - Naruto Symphonic Experience

SIDE B

1. Haruka Kanata - Naruto Symphonic Experience
2. Afternoon Of Konoha - Naruto Symphonic Experience
3. Jiraya’s Theme - Naruto Symphonic Experience
4. Sexiness - Naruto Symphonic Experience
5. Nine Tailed Demon Fox II - Naruto Symphonic Experience
6. Heavy Violence I - Naruto Symphonic Experience
7. Victory I - Naruto Symphonic Experience
8. Beautiful Green Wild Beast II - Naruto Symphonic Experience
9. Heavy Violence II - Naruto Symphonic Experience
10. Orochimaru Fight II - Naruto Symphonic Experience
11. Orochimaru’s Theme I - Naruto Symphonic Experience
12. Avenger - Naruto Symphonic Experience

SIDE C

1. Naruto Main Theme II - Naruto Symphonic Experience
2. Hokage - Naruto Symphonic Experience
3. Grief And Sorrow - Naruto Symphonic Experience
4. Hokage’s Funeral - Naruto Symphonic Experience
5. Kanashimi O Yasashisa Ni - Naruto Symphonic Experience
6. Sasuke’s Theme - Naruto Symphonic Experience
7. Loneliness - Naruto Symphonic Experience
8. Predator - Naruto Symphonic Experience
9. Orochimaru’s Theme - Naruto Symphonic Experience
10. Raikiri - Naruto Symphonic Experience
11. Naruto Main Theme III - Naruto Symphonic Experience

SIDE D

1. The Fifth’s Fight - Naruto Symphonic Experience
2. Victory II - Naruto Symphonic Experience
3. Sarutobi I - Naruto Symphonic Experience
4. Sarutobi II - Naruto Symphonic Experience
5. Heavy Violence III - Naruto Symphonic Experience
6. Orochimaru Fight III - Naruto Symphonic Experience
7. Naruto Main Theme IV - Naruto Symphonic Experience
8. Seishun Kyosokyoku - Naruto Symphonic Experience
9. Go !!! - Naruto Symphonic Experience

Specifications

• Genres: Action, Fantasy
• Format: Vinyl
• Release Date: 4/30/24
• Number of Vinyl Discs: 2
• UPC: 3516628437519
• Studio: 22D Music