So I just happened to stumble upon a kickstarter [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1916334303/video-games-live-level-3-game-composers-of-the-wor] I somehow missed in the previous month and that concludes in a week: a campaign aiming to finance the third album of the Video Games Live series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Games_Live] which performs arrangements of video-game music by an orchestra and makes some great shows to go along with it. The kickstarter was featured already around here in a news article [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.825327-Video-Games-Live-Kickstarts-Level-3#20017609] and the project itself is a quality endeavor with the first two albums already featuring some great arrangements of games like Chrono Trigger/Cross [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x33RbKZXUP0], Civilization IV [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u_EWzmvI8E], Castlevania [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXT_0zrnKHc&list=PLLua8ICTyjEcyTbxat1EaXAS8sLx0bKTK] or Warcraft [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFslfShhsZE&list=PLLua8ICTyjEcyTbxat1EaXAS8sLx0bKTK]. So if you haven't known about this, now you do.
But apart from this attempt to bring attention to this project, I personally have been a fan of orchestral game music for over a decade and even saw the first concerts conducted outside of Japan serving as the opening ceremonies to the Games Convention in Leipzig - the precursor of the Gamescom - back in 2002 and 2003. Suffice to say, I love that stuff and always look for more - so, I thought, why not make a thread about it then?
Some of my favourites to give you an idea,
In this sense, Escapists, what are your favorite renditions of game music done by an orchestra or similar?
But apart from this attempt to bring attention to this project, I personally have been a fan of orchestral game music for over a decade and even saw the first concerts conducted outside of Japan serving as the opening ceremonies to the Games Convention in Leipzig - the precursor of the Gamescom - back in 2002 and 2003. Suffice to say, I love that stuff and always look for more - so, I thought, why not make a thread about it then?
Some of my favourites to give you an idea,
In this sense, Escapists, what are your favorite renditions of game music done by an orchestra or similar?