Anyone want to go see Video Games Live
Lucy and I are seriously considering it on November 4th, the Fox Theatre.
“Video Games Live™ is an immersive concert event featuring music from the most popular video games of all time. Top orchestras & choirs perform along with exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussionists, live action and unique interactive segments to create an explosive entertainment experience!”
Mario™
Zelda™
Halo®
Final Fantasy®
Warcraft®
StarCraft®
Diablo®
Sonic™
Metal Gear Solid®
Kingdom Hearts
Chrono Trigger™
Chrono Cross™
Mega Man™
Myst®
Tron
Castlevania®
Metroid®
Interactive Frogger
Interactive Space Invaders
Interactive Guitar Hero™
Interactive Donkey Kong™
Medal of Honor™
God of War™
BioShock™
Civilization IV
Tomb Raider®
Beyond Good & Evil™
Advent Rising
EverQuest® II
Mass Effect™
Shadow of the Colossus
Silent Hill™
Crysis®
Monkey Island
Earthworm Jim
End of Nations™
Afrika™
Assassin’s Creed™ II
Uncharted™ II
Portal™
Lair
Conan
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Headhunter
Splinter Cell®
Ghost Recon™
Rainbow Six®
Jade Empire
Contra
OutRun
Gears of War
Need For Speed®: Undercover
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™
Classic Arcade Medley featuring over 20+ games from Pong® to Donkey Kong® including such classics as Dragon’s Lair, Tetris, Duck Hunt, Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Gauntlet, Punch-Out, OutRun and MANY MORE!
I saw it years ago at Massey Hall in Toronto. It’s well worth seeing, folks; the visuals are great, you get to watch people play games with a live orchestra playing the incidental music (that’s the “Interactive” part of the set list… they only had Space Invaders and Frogger when I saw it), and of course the music rocks.
— Steve’ll have to keep an eye out for the concert DVD that’s apparently coming soon.
“another sold-out night at Massey Hall!”
“Once, on the sign, the G-R blew out, so we were just “EAT BIG SEA”….”
“another sold-out night at Massey Hall!”
“Once, on the sign, the G-R blew out, so we were just “EAT BIG SEA”….”
I saw it years ago at Massey Hall in Toronto. It’s well worth seeing, folks; the visuals are great, you get to watch people play games with a live orchestra playing the incidental music (that’s the “Interactive” part of the set list… they only had Space Invaders and Frogger when I saw it), and of course the music rocks.
— Steve’ll have to keep an eye out for the concert DVD that’s apparently coming soon.
We saw this show here in Dallas a few months ago. I want to warm you that though the music that was played was good, I don’t feel like we got our money’s worth. The show was hosted by Tommy Talarico, who did *a lot* of grandstanding. There were long stretches with no music where he was just nattering on and on. You can always look online to see what other people who have attended are saying about the show if you haven’t already. Don’t just take my word for it.
Also, if you want to see a really worthwhile videogame orchestra performance, I’d highly recommend checking out one of the Chicago Distant Worlds performances in 2011: http://www.ffdistantworlds.com/
We saw the Grand Rapids show 2 years ago and it was fantastic. I’ve never played Final Fantasy, and I still loved it and wish we could see it again.
*L* Well now you’ve scared away my potential cohorts!
Sorry? That was our impression of the show – too much monologuing from Talarico and not enough music. As I said, research other reviews online. Mine is just one opinion.
Sorry? That was our impression of the show – too much monologuing from Talarico and not enough music. As I said, research other reviews online. Mine is just one opinion.
I’m not going to lie; viewer discretion advised, as some scenes contain Tommy Talarico. However, I didn’t find them excessive, and frankly one ask-the-audience segment which ended with him, by request, picking out “Earthworm Jim” on a guitar off-the-cuff was rather funny.
They’re usually relevant, too, as Talarico did compose a lot of game music. Mine had Jack Wall (composer of the Mass Effect soundtrack, though ME1 had yet to come out) as well.
— Steve’s version also had a fair quantity of epic loot given away, including a Porche-designed gaming laptop. (Yeah, in Porche red. Leather interior (wrist-rests) too.)
I’m not going to lie; viewer discretion advised, as some scenes contain Tommy Talarico. However, I didn’t find them excessive, and frankly one ask-the-audience segment which ended with him, by request, picking out “Earthworm Jim” on a guitar off-the-cuff was rather funny.
They’re usually relevant, too, as Talarico did compose a lot of game music. Mine had Jack Wall (composer of the Mass Effect soundtrack, though ME1 had yet to come out) as well.
— Steve’s version also had a fair quantity of epic loot given away, including a Porche-designed gaming laptop. (Yeah, in Porche red. Leather interior (wrist-rests) too.)
*L* Well now you’ve scared away my potential cohorts!
We saw this show here in Dallas a few months ago. I want to warm you that though the music that was played was good, I don’t feel like we got our money’s worth. The show was hosted by Tommy Talarico, who did *a lot* of grandstanding. There were long stretches with no music where he was just nattering on and on. You can always look online to see what other people who have attended are saying about the show if you haven’t already. Don’t just take my word for it.
Also, if you want to see a really worthwhile videogame orchestra performance, I’d highly recommend checking out one of the Chicago Distant Worlds performances in 2011: http://www.ffdistantworlds.com/
We saw the Grand Rapids show 2 years ago and it was fantastic. I’ve never played Final Fantasy, and I still loved it and wish we could see it again.
Brit and I really wanted to go to this, but we just don’t have the money at the moment. Alas!
Brit and I really wanted to go to this, but we just don’t have the money at the moment. Alas!