Last Surprise from Persona 5 - *Big Band Fusion Version* ft. Jonah Nilsson and Button Masher

THIS ARRANGEMENT WAS JUST NOMINATED FOR A 2025 GRAMMY AWARD!

The incredible singer/keyboard player/arranger/composer Jonah Nilsson of the band Dirty Loops is featured in this Jazz fusion arrangement of Last Surprise from Persona 5 co-arranged by the great Button Masher! When Jonah approached me about singing something with the band, I knew we had to do something from the Persona 5 sound track for him, and I recruited Button Masher to help bring some more advanced harmonic sensibility commonly found in Dirty Loops' sound. Hope you enjoy!

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"The 8-Bit Big Band" is a 30-65 member Jazz/pops orchestra that formed to celebrate and realize some of the best themes from video game music from all consoles and eras arranged in a large ensemble Jazz/Pop/Rock setting!

Blending together timeless musical themes from Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and more then re-arranging them in genres and styles of all musical inspirations, The 8-Bit Big Band has members from all around the world, but most reside primarily in New York City, and are some of the most highly sought after musicians and performers.

Band leader/Arranger/Orchestrated by:
@CRosenMusic

FULL CREDITS:

Vocals/Synthesizer - Jonah Nilsson
Piano Solo/Co-arranger - Button Masher (Jake Silverman)

Background vocals: Kate Steinberg, Danielle Gimbal, Badia Farha

Alto Sax 1 - Andrew Gould
Alto Sax 2 - Jordan Pettay
Tenor Sax 1 - Sam Dillon
Tenor Sax 2 - Zac Zinger
Bari Sax - Adison Evans

Trumpet 1 - Bryan Davis
Trumpet 2 - Jay Webb
Trumpet 3 - Nick Frenay
Trumpet 4 - Danny Jonokuchi

Trombone 1 - Jimmy O'Connell
Trombone 2 - Javier Nero
Trombone 3 - Mariel Bildsten
Bass Trombone - Reginald Chapman III

Guitar - Nir Felder
Bass - Michael Olatuja
Piano - Natalie Tenenbaum
Drums - Jared Schonig

Violins - Lavinia Pavlish, Josh Henderson, Maria Im, Eli Bishop, Tomoko Akaboshi, Daniel Constant, Kevin Kuh, Francesca Dardani

Violas - Tia Allen, Laura Sacks, Kenny Wang, Jarvis Benson

Celli - Sasha Ono, Jessica Wang, Susan Mandel

Harp - Liann Cline

Music by Shoji Meguro
Arranged/Produced by - Charlie Rosen
Engineered and Mixed by John Kilgore
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Arf Mastering
Shot and Edited by Halleloo Productions
Animations by Taylor Russell
Thumbnail art by @MikeKILLUZ

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[_buttonmasher]

An absolute honor to join you again as a Co Arranger Charlie! By far one of the coolest things i have EVER worked on! Jonah is a wizard and the band CRUSHED

[janettplanett]

also the animator killed it yet again omg

[thunderblood]

I appreciate that the bullet in the animation being shot out by Joker was indeed an actual bullet, and not the bullet and casing.

[Carlos-vnec]

congrats on the grammy nomination. hope it turns into a second grammy

[epicgamner]

god, the animation is on another level

[orthusgames]

Holy shit, this was actually nominated for a Grammy? That's incredible. I feel so honored as a massive fan of Persona 5.

[Rexer]

JONAH NILSSON THE GOAT!!!Such a great arrangement of a banging track!

[hughrogers]

Just incredible! Dirty Loops has been one of my favorite bands for years, and when i saw Jonah's feature listed on the album I couldn't believe that these two musical forces were colliding. And more specifically, colliding into one of the best JRPG battle themes ever composed. This was such a delight to listen to, and I am so unbelievably hopeful that this song or one of the others on Album 4 will be considered for a Grammy.

[Dezaos]

Bro got that Michel Jackson accent, love it 👌🏼

[Dac_vak]

This song was already so unfathomably good, and the 8BBB version takes it to a wild new level! Absolutely love the animations and video, too! good 😤👌

[てるch-gy]

めちゃくちゃいいじゃん👍👍👍
アニメーションもボイスもサウンドも全て素敵😍

[SutogoIchigo]

Last surprise?! This was a FIRST surprise!!🤯

[goblinslayer]

The voice of this man is incredible wtf

[maninthetrenchcoat]

Damn, Jonah sings like Michael Jackson!

[BrentDiskin]

I actually enjoy the fact you didn't stray too far from the source on this one. Bringing in ButtonMasher again was a real tour de force as well.

Equally high-energy and low key, this is the perfect encore and hat-tip for a rockin' concert set. Well done, Charlie & Co.!

[Brdmm]

First Lawrence, now Dirty loops. My god, 8BBB, y’all are killing it with the features and with the song choices! This is the reason why you guys are my go to band for me. 🎵🎵

[LoopyChew]

First of all: Bassist is killing it.

Second of all: Everyone else is also killing it.

My Monday has been a giant ball of stress and this has arrangement given me a little of my life back. Thank you.

[TaylorRussell_TheAnimator]

It's out and I can be proud and happy! This was so much fun to work on, honored as always to be a part of the 8-Bit Big Band fun!

[Failentin]

The animations are so pretty!! Taylor Russell outdid himself here! The arrangement is really unique and I like it a lot, though I kinda miss the original bass line 🥲

[macfrommage]

How am I only discovering this now? I love Persona (5), I love Persona music and I love Dirty Loops. And I'm pretty fond of The 8BBB as well. This is awesome.