Virtual Video Game Orchestra is proud to present our twentieth project, "Hikari ～ Simple and Clean" from Kingdom Hearts, along with end credits arrangement "Dearly Beloved" from Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep! Together, these two performances feature 190 submissions on 47 unique instruments from 79 individual players across the global video game music community.

"HIKARI ～ SIMPLE AND CLEAN"
from Kingdom Hearts (2002)
Music and Lyrics by Hikaru Utada (宇多田 ヒカル)
Arranged by Finny Jacob Zeleny

"DEARLY BELOVED"
from Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2010)
Music by Yoko Shimomura (下村 陽子), Tsuyoshi Sekito (関戸 剛), Takeharu Ishimoto (石元 丈晴)
Arranged by Finny Jacob Zeleny

Please check out the video here: youtu.be/EQlJs5EKXTU

— JOIN OUR COMMUNITY —
Discord server: discord.gg/vvgo

— LINKS —
Website: vvgo.org
Bandcamp: vvgo.bandcamp.com
Facebook: fb.me/virtualvgo
Instagram: instagram.com/virtualvgo
Twitter: twitter.com/virtualvgo
Twitch: twitch.tv/virtualvgo
Github: github.com/virtual-vgo/vvgo

The purpose of VVGO is to provide a fun and accessible virtual community of musicians from around the world by performing video game music.
All instruments, musical backgrounds, and skill levels are welcome to join!

— CREW —

PRODUCERS
Finny Jacob Zeleny

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Finny Jacob Zeleny
Grace Fiacco
Jose Daniel Ruiz
Justin Levine

MUSIC PREPARATION DIRECTOR
Sophia W (Herb)

SCORE PREPARATION
Finny Jacob Zeleny

SCORE REVIEW
Eddie Chung
Jonathan Shaw
SableProvidence

PART PREPARATION & ENGRAVING
Eddie Chung
Jonathan Shaw

PART ART ILLUSTRATOR
Bestestcat

PART REVIEW
Eddie Chung
Grace Fiacco
Jesse Adams
Jonathan Shaw
Justin Levine
Katherine McAuley

CLIX & REFERENCE TRACK GENERATION
Finny Jacob Zeleny

REFERENCE PERFORMERS
Ian Martyn
Nemo Fairlight

END CARD ARRANGEMENT BY
Finny Jacob Zeleny

END CARD SCORE PREPARATION
Finny Jacob Zeleny

END CARD SCORE REVIEW
Eddie Chung
Jonathan Shaw

END CARD PART PREPARATION & ENGRAVING
Eddie Chung

END CARD PART REVIEW
Finny Jacob Zeleny
Jonathan Shaw

END CARD CLIX & REFERENCE TRACK GENERATION
Finny Jacob Zeleny

MEDIA MANAGEMENT
Grace Fiacco

AUDIO TEAM DIRECTOR
Finny Jacob Zeleny

AUDIO EDITING
Finny Jacob Zeleny
Isaac Vicente
Olive
SHwang
Thaddeus Silva

MIXING
Finny Jacob Zeleny

MASTERING
William Brewer

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Finny Jacob Zeleny
Raven_VA

END CARD MIXING
Olive

END CARD MASTERING
William Brewer

VIDEO TEAM DIRECTORS
Grace Fiacco
Jordy de Lat

VIDEO ARTISTIC DIRECTION
Ziz Rahman

VIDEO SYNCHRONIZATION
Grace Fiacco

EDITORS
Grace Fiacco
Lyndsi Gutierrez

2D ARTISTS
Neshirys Nella Siedlińska
Signe Moritzen

MOTION GRAPHICS
Ziz Rahman

VIDEO TOOLING
Jordy de Lat

EDITING WORKFLOW & TECHNICAL ARTIST
Jordy de Lat

DEVELOPED IN
Adobe Premiere Pro

ART TEAM DIRECTOR
Bestestcat

ART TEAM
Lilac Flute
Neshirys Nella Siedlińska
Signe Moritzen

ANNOUNCEMENT ART
Signe Moritzen

ALBUM DESIGN
Neshirys Nella Siedlińska
Signe Moritzen

RELEASE MANAGER
Ian Martyn

COMMUNITY COORDINATOR
Sam Berman

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
Tamaira Jaszczak

COMMUNICATIONS TEAM
Calem Destiny
Grace Fiacco
Ian Martyn
Marcus Stables
Riley Zielinski
Yoshi Grasso

TEAMS RECRUITER
SableProvidence

WEB + CODING DIRECTOR
Justin Levine

WEB + CODING TEAM
Leslie Pocklington
Matthew Colter
Pete Eppestine
Robin Naite
Scott Luxenberg

MODERATION TEAM
Dan Moore
Eddie Chung
John Wallar
Jose Daniel Ruiz
Justin Levine
Sam Berman
Tamaira Jaszczak
credits
released October 6, 2024

— PERFORMERS —

PICCOLO
Cheryl Carr
SableProvidence
Tamaira Jaszczak

FLUTE
Cheryl Carr
Hannah Phillips
Mary Gaudioso
Pleepie
Robin Naite
SableProvidence
Tamaira Jaszczak

ALTO FLUTE
Tanya Chang

DIZI
SableProvidence

BASS DIZI
SableProvidence

OBOE
Eddie Chung
starling

COR ANGLAIS
Eddie Chung

E♭ CLARINET
Eddie Chung
Lukas Werling

B♭ CLARINET
Eddie Chung
Jonathan Shim
Kathy Doan
Lukas Werling
Pete Eppestine
Sam Berman
Valse39

BASS CLARINET
Lyndsi Gutierrez
Marcus Stables
Sam Berman

CONTRABASS CLARINET
Lyndsi Gutierrez
Marcus Stables

BASSOON
Andrew Gossett
Brooke J. Robertson

SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
Olive

ALTO SAXOPHONE
iCrescendo
S Belisle
Xavier Maximus Clark

TENOR SAXOPHONE
Eddie Chung
iCrescendo
Xavier Maximus Clark

BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Jaydon Linderman

HORN IN F
Jamin Morden
Justin Satnick
Kevin Randles

POCKET TRUMPET
Travis J. Salim

B♭ TRUMPET
Aric Flor
Brendan Agnew
Jacob Villiger
Noah Pearson
OerkiJunior
Steffanie Skiles
Vale Warren

TROMBONE
Aric Flor
Brain Hu
Louis James
Mike Matarazzo
Randall Wood
Travis J. Salim

BASS TROMBONE
Aiden Gundersen

EUPHONIUM
Colin Laird
Randall Wood
Travis J. Salim

TUBA
Fayelinya Luna
Scott Elsner (Purplelink33)
Travis J. Salim

TIMPANI
Scott Luxenberg
Travis J. Salim

SNARE DRUM
Scott Luxenberg
Stephen Smedile
Travis J. Salim

BASS DRUM
Scott Luxenberg
Travis J. Salim

PIATTI
Scott Luxenberg
Travis J. Salim

SUSPENDED CYMBAL
Kat Felicis Ioco
Scott Luxenberg
Stephen Smedile
Travis J. Salim

MARK TREE
Scott Luxenberg
Travis J. Salim

GLOCKENSPIEL
Ian Martyn
Scott Luxenberg
Travis J. Salim

CHIMES
Scott Luxenberg
Travis J. Salim

ACOUSTIC GUITAR
Kane Scarberry
Karl with a K
Travis J. Salim

ELECTRIC GUITAR
Justin Clauser
Karl with a K
Travis J. Salim

PEDAL HARP
Nicole Chang

PIANO
Andrew Goldin
Flavio Teles
Kat Felicis Ioco
Mark Choi

SOLO VOCALS
Leah Scurlock

SOPRANO
Emma Hainer
Hannah Phillips
Kat Felicis Ioco
Nemo Fairlight
Neshirys

ALTO
Hannah Phillips
Kat Felicis Ioco
Nemo Fairlight
Neshirys
Tanya Chang
Travis J. Salim

TENOR
Andrew Goldin
Andrew Gossett
David Werner
Ian Martyn
Jonathan Shaw
Travis J. Salim

BASS
Andrew Goldin
Andrew Gossett
Ian Martyn
Karl with a K
Leo Martyn
Travis J. Salim

VIOLIN
Caroline Augelli
David Werner
James Albracht
Joshua Garver
Ronin Op F
Sean Harding

VIOLA
Beverly Shih
D.W. Lawrence
Meesh
Nemo Fairlight

CELLO
Chromatic Apparatus
Grace Fiacco
Ludvig Ellefsen
Navinor
Nicolas Garcia

CONTRABASS
Joshua Ellis
Piyo(ksk)
R. E. Day
Rob Brandon
Travis J. Salim


— END CARD PERFORMERS —

OBOE
Eddie Chung

BASSOON
Brooke J. Robertson

HORN IN F
Alice R
Jamin Morden

B♭ TRUMPET
Aric Flor
Noah Pearson
Steffanie Skiles

TROMBONE
Brain Hu
Louis James
Mike Matarazzo
Randall Wood

BASS TROMBONE
Aiden Gundersen

TUBA
Fayelinya Luna
Scott Elsner (Purplelink33)

TIMPANI
Scott Luxenberg

PIATTI
Thomas Håkanson

SUSPENDED CYMBAL
Stephen Smedile

GLOCKENSPIEL
Ian Martyn

CHIMES
Travis J. Salim

PEDAL HARP
Nicole Chang

PIANO
Mark Choi

VIOLIN
James Albracht
Joshua Garver
Ronin Op F
Sean Harding

VIOLA
Beverly Shih
Meesh

CELLO
Chromatic Apparatus
Grace Fiacco
Ludvig Ellefsen

CONTRABASS
Joshua Ellis
R. E. Day
Rob Brandon
Travis J. Salim