Although it’s a nice idea to have a live orchestra to a trailer, the reality was that the backing track was about 90% of the mix and overpowered the live music. When it came to the Overwatch trailer, it was a little bit of a miss with the audience (understandably). She made numerous appearances throughout the entire show, definitely an incredible asset to Video Games Live. Laura Intravia then reappeared after the break as “LauraFluteLink” to play the flute for a collection of music from Zelda. It stylistically added a really nice contrast to some of the other pieces from the show. Laura Intravia, gave an absolutely stunning vocal performance, accompanied by a choir, who had learnt the russian lyrics especially. We were also treated to the Tetris Type A music, also known as “Korobeiniki”, a traditional russian folk song. Donkey Kong is a hugely popular game and the music is incredibly influential to many modern day titles, however the mix left a little to be desired as the special guests on the stage were sometimes difficult to hear, when they should maybe have been the focus of the piece. 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. 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.
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