Video Games Live

I attended this wonderfully nerdy event at the Hammersmith Apollo on Saturday night. A full orchestra and choir performing music from a variety of video games (including Halo, Warcraft, Super Mario, Zelda and Metal Gear Solid, among others) combined with video, light, lasers, and special effects. The first of its kind in the UK! It was really quite brilliant - if not just because a lot of game music these days is fully scored by mainstream composers. The highlight was the solo performances by the "Video Game Pianist" (Martin Leung), a piano virtuoso who plays at incredible speeds - while blindfolded! Watch him go on the video below...