arrangers:
- link: artist/5978
  names:
    en: Eric Barker
catalog: N/A
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Arrangement, Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/77
  names:
    en: Nobuo Uematsu
    ja: 植松伸夫
- link: artist/693
  names:
    en: Kenji Yamamoto
    ja: 山本健誌
- link: artist/635
  names:
    en: Minako Hamano
    ja: 濱野美奈子
- link: artist/1341
  names:
    en: Ogeretsu Kun
    ja: おげれつくん
- link: artist/190
  names:
    en: Koji Kondo
    ja: 近藤浩治
- link: artist/5978
  names:
    en: Eric Barker
- link: artist/1227
  names:
    en: Masato Nakamura
    ja: 中村正人
covers:
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  medium: https://media.vgm.io/albums/22/12522/12522-1323977383.jpg
  name: Front
  thumb: https://media.vgm.io/albums/22/12522/12522-1323977383.jpg
discs:
- disc_length: '50:29'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Final Fantasy VI – Battle Theme
    track_length: '3:15'
  - names:
      English: Metroid 3 – Norfair Depths
    track_length: '4:33'
  - names:
      English: Final Fantasy VII – Jenova
    track_length: '7:05'
  - names:
      English: Mega Man 2 – Dr. Wiley's Fortress
    track_length: '3:08'
  - names:
      English: Final Fantasy IX – Freya
    track_length: '8:01'
  - names:
      English: Zelda – Ocarina Medley
    track_length: '10:12'
  - names:
      English: Eric Barker – Escape from Azador
    track_length: '6:47'
  - names:
      English: Sonic the Hedgehog – Brain Hill Zone
    track_length: '7:28'
link: album/12522
lyricists: []
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2009-03-08T23:13
  edited_date: 2010-04-21T15:44
  fetched_date: 2026-06-06T10:33
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 4582
name: Seven Levels
names:
  en: Seven Levels
  ja: Seven Levels
  ja-latn: Seven Levels
notes: 'Over the past two years, or so, I had become increasingly interested in music
  from old video games. I had already been arranging quite a few pop tunes, mainly
  Radiohead, for classical piano, so it was simply a natural course for me to begin
  arranging game music.

  During my final year at Oberlin, I had built up a fairly extensive repertoire of
  game pieces, and made the reservations for an evening recital of my material. To
  my surprise, I ended up packing the small venue with game music and classical music
  fans alike. It was a wonderful experience, quite possibly the most engaged audience
  I have ever performed for. Unfortunately, the recording I had made of the recital
  didn''t come out, so I went into the studio to quickly re-record the concert. Seven
  Levels is a combination of recordings from that session and recordings I had made
  previously of the same material for various online game remixing sites.

  The recording includes one original composition, Escape from Azador, a piece I had
  written on piano to emulate a cinematic game music style, and had later arranged
  for orchestra. I had performed it on my game music recital as well and it had been
  a hit. One recording I have left off is an arrangement of the Super Mario Bros.
  2 Theme, since I never got a decent recording of it. If I get the chance, it will
  be included at some later date.'
organizations:
- &id001
  names:
    en: Eric Barker
  role: publisher
performers:
- link: artist/5978
  names:
    en: Eric Barker
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/22/12522/12522-1323977383.jpg
picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/22/12522/12522-1323977383.jpg
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/22/12522/12522-1323977383.jpg
platforms:
- NES (Famicom)
- Nintendo 64
- Sega Mega Drive (Genesis)
- Sony PlayStation
products:
- link: product/182
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY VI
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーVI
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY VI
- link: product/268
  names:
    en: Super Metroid
    ja: スーパーメトロイド
    ja-latn: Super Metroid
- link: product/188
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY VII
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーVII
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY VII
- link: product/2071
  names:
    en: Mega Man 2
    ja: ロックマン2 Dr.ワイリーの謎
    ja-latn: 'Rockman 2: Dr. Wily no Nazo'
- link: product/190
  names:
    en: FINAL FANTASY IX
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーIX
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY IX
- link: product/187
  names:
    en: 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'
    ja: ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ
    ja-latn: 'Zelda no Densetsu: Toki no Ocarina'
- link: product/420
  names:
    en: Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)
    ja: ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ (16-bit)
    ja-latn: Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)
publish_format: Doujin/Indie
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '2008'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Free
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/12522?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Official:
  - link: http://music.ericbarker.com/SevenLevels/
    name: 'Eric Barker - Music: Seven Levels'
