Game music to play live on GDC-sponsored Video Games Live

 

Straight from the official site of Video Games Live, the special game music performance event to sport 21 composers, three designers, three performers and voice actor Dee Baker will bring its game music concert to San Francisco for the first time. Video Games Live, backed by processor giant Intel and the Games Developer Conference, will take place on March 9, 2007 at the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium.

It will feature music from the most popular video games performed by top orchestras and choirs around the world, combining exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussion and unique interactive segments to create an explosive one-of-a-kind entertainment experience.

An original idea by Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall of Mystical Stone Entertainment LLC, Video Games Live is an event for musical composers, designers and performers to showcase their finished efforts in a grand scale celebration of game audio and music. The concert will serve as a closing ceremony for the Game Developers Conference also being held in San Francisco this week. The pre-show festival will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., and will be free to VGL ticket holders (tickets available at the Live Nation site).

 

Click on Full Article to get the full list of events, plus the music VIPs to showcase products of their talent at the concert.

 

Straight from the official site of Video Games Live, the special game music performance event to sport 21 composers, three designers, three performers, and voice actor Dee Baker will bring its game music concert to San Francisco for the first time. Video Games Live, backed by processor giant Intel and the Games Developer Conference (GDC), will take place on March 9, 2007 at the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium.

It will feature music from the most popular video games performed by top orchestras and choirs around the world, combining exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussion and unique interactive segments to create an explosive one-of-a-kind entertainment experience.

An original idea by Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall of Mystical Stone Entertainment LLC, Video Games Live is an event for musical composers, designers and performers to showcase their finished efforts in a grand scale celebration of game audio and music. The concert will serve as a closing ceremony for the Game Developers Conference also being held in San Francisco this week. The pre-show festival will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., and will be free to VGL ticket holders (tickets available at the Live Nation site).

 

The pre-festival events slated for the concert include:

• Acoustic lobby performance by Jonathan Mann (creator of Mario Opera)
• Video game character costume contest
• Picture-taking sessions with Sonic the Hedgehog, Zelda and Link
• Guitar Hero II game competition
• Space Invaders and Frogger game competition, sponsored by Dream Authentics
• Meet and Greet event, with all the composers, actors, performers and designers, including Jack Wall (composer) and Tom Salta (composer and producer).

The full list of game music icons to guest in this year’s Video Games Live are as follows:

COMPOSERS:

• Tommy Tallarico – (Earthworm Jim, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Metroid Prime, Advent Rising, Aladdin, Cool Spot, Spider-Man, Time Crisis, MDK, Unreal 2 & Tournament, Blood Rayne, The Terminator, NFL Blitz, Prince of Persia, Pac-Man World,  Knockout Kings, Madden Football, Twisted Metal)
• Jack Wall – (Mass Effect, Myst III, Myst IV, Splinter Cell, Jade Empire)
• Koji Kondo – (Mario, Zelda, Starfox)
• Jun Senoue – (Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes)
• Russell Brower – (Audio Director – World of Warcraft)
• Clint Bajakian – (Monkey Island, Outlaws, Indiana Jones, Day of the Tentacle)
• Peter McConnell – (Sly 2 & 3, Psychonauts, Monkey Island, Grim Fandango)
• Michael Land  – (The Dig, Monkey Island, Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle) 
• “Larry the O” – (Escape from Monkey Island, Jedi Knight, Rebel Assault II, X-Wing vs. Tie-Fighter)
• Gerard Marino – (God of War, God of War II)
• Tim Larkin – (Myst series, LOTR: Two Towers, Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Far Cry Instincts)
• Tom Salta – (Tom ClancyÂ’s Ghost Recon, Need For Speed 2, Cold Fear)
• Cris Velasco – (God of War, Dark Messiah, Marvel Ultimate Alliance)
• Sascha Dikiciyan – (Quake Series, Dark Messiah, Splinter Cell 4: Double Agent)
• Richard Jacques – (Eight Days, Pursuit Force, Battlestations: Midway, Headhunter, Outrun 2, Jet Set Radio, Samba De Amigo, Sonic R.)
• Alexander Brandon – (Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Gauntlet)
• Spencer Nilsen – (Ecco The Dolphin, Sonic CD, Batman Returns, Daytona USA)
• Rod Abernethy – (Star Trek: Legacy, Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows,  Blazing Angels, Marvel VS, The Hobbit)
• Jason Graves -(Star Trek: Legacy, Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows,  Blazing Angels, Marvel VS, The Hobbit)
• Burke Trieschmann – (Pandemonium, Gex III, James Bond: Agent Under Fire, LOTR: Return of the King, The Sims/Urbz)
• Lennie Moore – (Outcast, Dirty Harry, Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, D&D: Dragonshard)

DESIGNERS:

• Ray Muzyka – (Co-founder of Bioware – Mass Effect, Baldur’s Gate I & II, KOTOR, Neverwinter Nights I & II, Jade Empire)
• John Romero – (Quake, Doom, Wolfenstein 3-D)
• Ken Lobb – (GoldenEye, Donkey Kong Country, Perfect Dark, Crackdown)

PERFORMERS:

• Martin Leung – (The Video Game Pianist)
• Chris Kline – (VertexGuy)
• Laurie Robinson – (Soloist – Advent Rising)

VOICE ACTOR:

• Dee Baker – (SpongeBob SquarePants (TV), Teen Titans (TV), Viewtiful Joe, Halo 2, EverQuest II, Doom 3, Tales of Symphonia, Arc the Lad, Final Fantasy X-2, Metal Gear Solid 2, Kingdom Hearts, Spider-Man)

Giveaways include a signed Nintendo Wii from 1UP, a Nintendo DS Lite and Wii, Guitar Hero II from Advanced Media Network, 250 classic arcade games from Dream Authentic, and a US$ 2,500 Intel Toshiba Satellite gaming notebook.