![]() Wintory also stayed on to conduct Peter McConnells music from Grim Fandango, something I never thought I would experience, and probably never again will!ĭavid Wise and Robin Beanland joined the orchestra on stage to play trumpet and saxophone for the music to Donkey Kong Country. Matched up with the visuals of 19th century London, it was a really stunning performance with Wintory at the head, conducting. Wintory described his pitch to Ubisoft for the job as “Rather than having epic battle music, to have Viennese Waltz inspired music” and to reflect the assassins musically as “How a cat plays with a mouse, yet the mouse doesn’t yet know he is prey”. It’s really refreshing to experience orchestral music for games that isn’t just “Hans Zimmer” epic. A perfect choice for the concert! She was joined by the British Sinfonietta orchestra, a relatively small and new orchestra.Įarly on in the show we were lucky enough to be introduced to the lovely Austin Wintory and the fabulous Victoria Atkin (the voice of Evie Frye) for the world premiere of Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate music live. She has conducted every single piece of music for Blizzard games and will also be headlining the IDIG, three day game music festival, along with Video Games Live. Although it is made up for by the meet and greet after the show!Įimear Noone was the incredible conductor for the evening. It did leave a strange gap between the stage and the audience, and since the event involves lots of audience participation, it was sad to be slightly removed from the action. Troxy itself had a strange layout on the night, whereby the stage was raised far higher than normal, so lower ground seating was barely existent, and even the front row of upper ground seating was far from the stage. All original tickets that were purchased were still honoured, however the seat numbers and price tiers were not. Originally the event was set to take place at O2 Shepard’s Bush Empire, however the venue sadly had to be changed due to essential roof repairs. The venue ( Troxy), for Video Games Live this year, was an interesting one. It’s always an incredible experience to witness and relive your favourite gaming melodies, which of course wouldn’t be complete without a few guest appearances from much-loved composers. Video Games Live has been running for over 10 years, bringing everybody’s favourite game music to the stage. ![]() Both albums and all sheet music available for purchase are fully licensed.For those of you who aren’t yet aware of Video Games Live, you are missing out! Video Game music concerts are growing in popularity with many different concerts covering popular game franchises, the most popular including: Zelda, Final Fantasy and Pokemon. A second "karaoke" version of the album features the instrumental music without vocals, so that singers can perform the music themselves.įour tracks are also available as professionally engraved sheet music, with more to follow. ![]() Members of the Materia Collective have collaborated to write original lyrics and arrange the source material for live performance by a solo vocalist and piano accompaniment.īeyond its value as a standalone album, SONG CYCLE is intended to add to the performance repertoire for classically trained singers, especially those studying in conservatories. SONG CYCLE: The History of Video Games takes you on a musical journey through iconic moments in video game history!Įach track comes from a well-loved video game, including PONG, Tetris, Super Mario Bros., World of Warcraft, BioShock, Pokémon, Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Angry Birds, UNDERTALE, and Grim Fandango, among others.
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