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Video Games Live - VG music symphony

DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
edited January 2007 in Games and Technology
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Mainstream type stuff in Japan nowadays, more video game music concerts have been hitting this side of the pond in the last couple years...

So it looks like they're about halfway through their tour dates - some serious business with stops in Sydney, Tokyo, Brazil, and most major Canadian and US cities...

There's a video screen with stuff on it to watch during the show, tix are generally more expensive because its a symphony and classy stuff.

Zelda, Mario, Halo, Final Fantasy, Warcraft, Metal Gear Solid, Kingdom Hearts, and other games' music

A choir is present to handle the appropriate pieces that use one..


Anyone been to it? I'm thinking of hitting the 2nd of the 2(?!) Edmonton shows. It's probably our city's first video game music concert.

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  • Robo BeatRobo Beat Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I just might go when they play here in Columbus. They're actually playing at the OSU auditorium rather than the State Theater, which will make it rather easier to get to. The only obstacle will be buying tickets, since I'm a poor college student at the moment.

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  • zero_bitzero_bit Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    This looks rad. It looks rad and I should go when it comes to Houston or Dallas.

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  • DarlanDarlan Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Will they be releasing a CD or something?

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I went..... 2 years ago? It was the very first showing I think and it was at the Hollywood Bowl. It was pretty good. It could've done without what I think was about 6 minutes of Advent rising music but Tommy Tallarico needed that ego stroking so whatever. It could also use some more obscure music. Everybody knows FF and Mario and Zelda. Give us something just completely out of nowhere. I'd love to hear some Tensei music, like the organ music that plays in the cathedral in Nocturne.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Just give me a Florida date. That's all I ask.

    Orlando. It figures.

    Eh... I'd much rather have seen the Final Fantasy concert, but I guess this is a distant next best thing.

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  • The_DcipleThe_Dciple Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I'm going on the 22nd in Edmonton, no idea if it's the first one or the second.

    Slowly I'm getting more and more excited as the date gets closer.

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  • PolagoPolago Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I chose a wonderful time to move to Vancouver it seems if VGlive is gonna be in Edmonton right away, otherwise i'd be there. :P

    Luckily, I saw the More Friends concert at E3 2005, 3rd row. :D

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  • DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    The_Dciple wrote:
    I'm going on the 22nd in Edmonton, no idea if it's the first one or the second.

    Slowly I'm getting more and more excited as the date gets closer.

    the first one, what are your seats?

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  • DarksierDarksier Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I went to VgLive last year in Philadelphia. Friends and I hopped on the train to the city for Comic-Con...heard about the concert and went. If you're a fan of video game music, it's a must-go event. Our special guest was the blindfolded pianist. He played a long final fantasy mix, then did some mario brothers encore at the end. ...Go to it...

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  • TM2 RampageTM2 Rampage Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I went to the very first one at the Hollywood Bowl. It was pretty interesting. We got cheap seats, too... really far away, but hey. 16 bucks per seat.

    I suggest you go to the Meet and Greet and meet some of the celebrity guests and get their autographs and stuff. For the Hollywood Bowl one, there were a lot of guests... they appeared on stage, too.

    I met Bill Roeper (sp?) (Blizzard dude), Yuji Naka (Sonic creator... the programmer dude...), Victor Lucas (Tommy Tallarico's co-host on shows such as The Electric Playground), and Doug Tennapel (Earthworm Jim creator+artist... and, as I found out, the voice of Earthworm Jim in the first two games!).

    Hideo Kojima was also there but I missed him (but he did show up on stage... and looked like an ant but hey...). Stan Lee was also there at the Meet and Greet, but I missed him. Damn, there are some pics of Hideo and Stan sitting right next to each other at the Meet and Greet and smiling together and stuff.

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  • DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    i doubt there will be any famous people all the way up here....

    but i am interested in teh guitar hero /space invaders contests during the pre-show...


    i think i could kick some ass and win some prizes there


    im assuming most nerds do not dress up for these things?

    i think ill go dress casual?

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  • TM2 RampageTM2 Rampage Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    The Hollywood Bowl one was casual, at least.

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  • FinalGamerFinalGamer Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I wish I got to go to the London one back in November. It would've been an aural orgy to my ear.

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  • ToadTheMushroomToadTheMushroom Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    So is it all fucking Final Fantasy or what? I hate Final Fantasy music.

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  • FinalGamerFinalGamer Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    ToadTheMushroom wrote:
    So is it all fucking Final Fantasy or what? I hate Final Fantasy music.
    Oh no they have other pieces. Metal Gear Solid, Tetris, mixture of stuff.

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  • Vanilla CokeVanilla Coke Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I went to the one in San Jose last year, it was incredibly awesome.

    Except Tommy Tallarico...he was pretty annoying.

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  • The_DcipleThe_Dciple Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Deusfaux wrote:
    The_Dciple wrote:
    I'm going on the 22nd in Edmonton, no idea if it's the first one or the second.

    Slowly I'm getting more and more excited as the date gets closer.

    the first one, what are your seats?

    First concert, Main Terrace Left row X seats 10-13.

    I'll probably dress a bit formal. Nice clothes; no t-shirts.

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  • Ownage JonesOwnage Jones Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Went to this last year at the Hollywood Bowl. :^:

    If you can go, do so.

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  • darkwarriorvadarkwarriorva Senior Keyboard Basher, Touch Thingy Specialist Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I went this past July for my birthday. Absolutely fantastic! I think I'd recommend it to any gamer, period. Hearing songs from Chrono Trigger in full orchestral glory...oh man. They also had Mario, Zelda, MGS, Silent Hill, Warcraft....lots of good stuff.

    I think the crowd went the craziest for Zelda, then Mario, then maybe FF7. 15 years ago, in my most isolated video game geek days, I never would have imagined an event like that. It was great.

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  • AWinnerIsYouAWinnerIsYou Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Awesome, I'm definitely looking in to going to the Columbus one. I checked the Columbus Orchestra site out for the tickets. Is there any way to get a view of the hall and check out the seats? It'd also be nice to know what's available so I can check how close they are to selling out as I don't have the money to go buy tickets right now. This definitely sounds great though.

    As for attire (if anyone was wondering, not to insult anyone's intelligence) it's best to be on the safe side and dress up unless you know it's casual. Ohio professional orchestras are pretty good, especially Cincinnati and world-renowned Cleveland, and I would wear a suit and tie to see them, so I'll probably wear at least a shirt and tie to this show. And pants. ...And nooow you knooow.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    You should always dress nice for a classical performance. It's just standard courtesy.

    Also shows that game music performances can get accorded the same respect of any other orchestral production.

    And if I got to see Dear Friends(FF) live, I would dress to kill.

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  • GimeCGimeC Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Dear Friends was great, on a similar note. I don't like the lineup for this one quite as much, though, so I'll probably pass.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    GimeC wrote:
    Dear Friends was great, on a similar note. I don't like the lineup for this one quite as much, though, so I'll probably pass.

    In a way, this is kind of better. Not as much FF, sure, and there's bound to be some games I could care less about... but they're also sampling other serieses that I love. Always nice to see someone spreading the gospel.

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  • Exar KunExar Kun __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2007
    I loved it.

    Saw in Vancouver, and it was really well done.

    Big screen with gameplay footage, cosplayers for entertainment and humour, and excellent music.

    Was completley worth it.

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