Gamer Symphony Orchestra

We went to hear the Gamer Symphony Orchestra on campus last night, a local group that performs classical arrangements of video game theme music. We heard scores from Final Fantasy and Halo among many others. I frankly wasn’t expecting much—basically novelty jingles like “Pac-Man Fever”—but in fact what we heard were sophisticated arrangements that respected the diversity and complexity of this emerging musical genre. Very nicely done. You can hear some samples on their Web site.

The picture below, from one of their rehearsals, testifies to the importance of keeping old platforms alive to inspire new forms of creativity.