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Title: Orchestra to classic video games
Post by: Avrus on October 10, 2007, 12:16:39 pm

http://www.break.com/index/video-game-music-played-by-orchestra.html

The hair on my neck stood up during Rygar.

Title: Re: Orchestra to classic video games
Post by: somunny on October 10, 2007, 10:32:19 pm

Here's the thread I posted after I saw the show in Mesa, AZ last January.  It's coming back to phoenix in March and I'm planning on seeing it again with my 7 and 9 year-olds.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=62128.0

There's a link to the VGL homepage in that thread, as well.  I can't recommend this show enough. 

Title: Re: Orchestra to classic video games
Post by: polaris on October 11, 2007, 11:25:01 pm

Quote from: somunny on October 10, 2007, 10:32:19 pm

Here's the thread I posted after I saw the show in Mesa, AZ last January.  It's coming back to phoenix in March and I'm planning on seeing it again with my 7 and 9 year-olds.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=62128.0

There's a link to the VGL homepage in that thread, as well.  I can't recommend this show enough. 

do me a favour, when you see the show, go ask the guy doing the lighting what the ---fudgesicle--- hes doing in general through the show and specifically why hes got ACL bars in his plot, cos it looks dreadful and massively spoils rather than enhancing the show.
great apart from that though

Title: Re: Orchestra to classic video games
Post by: Donkey_Kong on October 12, 2007, 02:38:32 am

Why does the crowd laugh so much? They cheer when a new game pops up, but they laugh a lot too. I don't get it.

The show looks and sounds awesome.  :notworthy:

Title: Re: Orchestra to classic video games
Post by: Samstag on October 12, 2007, 01:49:06 pm

Quote from: Donkey_Kong on October 12, 2007, 02:38:32 am

Why does the crowd laugh so much? They cheer when a new game pops up, but they laugh a lot too. I don't get it.

It's the interaction of the music versus what's showing up on the screen usually.  Didn't you chuckle at least a little when the "score" for pong was *PING* ....  *PONG*?  The video doesn't really do it justice.  Also, there are sometimes things going on out of view that are pretty funny.  In the show I was at they had a guy dressed up as solid snake hiding under a cardboard box and a guy in a guard outfit that had a luminescent exclamation point light up over his head.

It really is a very entertaining show, even when they focus on games that suck.  ;)

Title: Re: Orchestra to classic video games
Post by: eccs19 on October 12, 2007, 03:11:53 pm

Anyone got a link so I can download that to my PC?

Title: Re: Orchestra to classic video games
Post by: Major Rock Hardy on October 28, 2007, 11:52:57 am

In a similar fashion, here is an a capella group doing some video game music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX35lG-xgUY

Title: Re: Orchestra to classic video games
Post by: kelemvor on October 29, 2007, 11:53:38 am

Quote from: Major Rock Hardy on October 28, 2007, 11:52:57 am

In a similar fashion, here is an a capella group doing some video game music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX35lG-xgUY

DOH  I was just going to post that same thing.  I absolutely LOVE that video.