Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Computer Games


This is a composite picture but it gives an idea of what Play! A Video game Symphony would look like.



The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing Play! A Video Game Symphony tomorrow night in Stockholm. According to the website:

Performed by full orchestra and choir, PLAY! features award-winning music from a catalogue of blockbuster video game titles. Outstanding graphics on large screens above the orchestra accompany the scores, highlighting memorable moments from the video games.

The score for the "Symphony is:
FINAL FANTASY
THE ELDER SCROLLS III: MORROWIND
METAL GEAR SOLID
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA
HALO
SUPER MARIO BROS
CHRONO TRIGGER
CHRONO CROSS
WORLD OF WARCRAFT
KINGDOM HEARTS
SHENMUE
SILENT HILL
BATTLEFIELD 1942
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

Tickets for the Stockholm show and European premiere have sold out and are fetching 1000sek ($US136) according to the state news broadcaster.

The tour for Play! is moving to Detroit, and Philadelphia in July and then to Vienna in August and then a single show in September in Toronto.

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