Following on from yesterday's blog about game audio comes news of the first ever video games live album. Performed by the Slovak National Orchestra the cheesily titled Video Games Live: Greatest Hits - Volume One will include "medleys" from Zelda, Mario, Final Fantasy and the rest. Sadly no Sanxion though. The album is out on the 15th October to coincide with a live performance at the Royal Festival Hall - as part of London Games Festival - on the 22nd.
You can quibble with the list - Sonic? Tron?? - but the likes of the Halo and Warcraft soundtracks are certainly deserving of a wider audience. Quite how many non-gamers will buy the CD or attend the performance remains to be seen though. Without the in-game memories or shared nostalgia the music will stand or fall on its quality alone and that may not be enough. Gaming trying to hard to gain cultural significance then? Or is this a belated - and welcome - recognition of game music?
