Video game composers Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall are hosting and conducting "Video Games Live" a wildly successful multimedia symphonic tour. I was salivating to see it at the Kennedy Center last weekend, but alas the $25 dollar concert and pre-show was sold-out. "Video Games Live" brings the music from games like "Halo" (which would require a full chorus), "Zelda", "Myst" and even Pong. Some of the highlights include a costume contest, a gaming contest (top scorer wins a Ferrari laptop), audience participation during the show (the orchestra brings a person on stage to play a game while the orchestra plays the music in real time, changing it on the fly) and in the case of the Kennedy Center, a meet and greet with god of turn-based electronica, Sid Meier, after the Saturday show. VGL is going all over the world. Upcoming cities on the tour include, Tokyo, Japan; Chicago, IL; and Salt Lake City, Utah (not naming any names). Look for your city at:
http://www.videogameslive.com/index.php?s=dates
You can also read the Washington Post article here.
Sounds cool. But the Japanese contingent will have to be in Japan to see it. We'll keep an ye out for it.
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