But No Hurling Barrels At The Viola Section, Okay?

Several orchestras have had success this year programming music from the popular video game, Final Fantasy, and now, the Los Angeles Philharmonic is taking the concept a step further. The Phil is putting on a full concert of music featuring the music from such classic games as Donkey Kong and Frogger as well as from contemporary hits like Halo, and “for a portion of the two-hour video game music concert, the actions of two gamers playing live on stage will actually direct the 105-piece orchestra… It’s a carefully choreographed tribute highlighting the best games and their best features, whether it’s the full choir accompanying Halo or the light show complementing Tron or the montage of archival and future video clips for Zelda.”