Tommy Tallarico isn't everyone's bestest friend, but his project, Video Games Live, is certainly worth seeing (listening to?) if it comes to your town. Video Games Live combines orchestrated versions of classic gaming tunes with recorded footage from the respective games. It's a relaxing, memorable way to spend an evening.
It might not be possible to attend Video Games Live if you live out in the middle of yemesvelt with coyotes for companions; the show tends to stick to larger cities in North and South America as well as Europe and Asia. Well, hang on to your opossum pelts: this summer, EMI Classics will be distributing a Video Games Live collection over iTunes and on CD.
If there's one weakness Video Games Live can be faulted for, it's the lack of retro remixes. Sure, mainstays like the Super Mario Bros theme and the famous Tetris jingles are present, but for all the leaping and yelping Tallarico does about being oldskool, you won't hear much from the pre-Playstation era at his show. At the show I attended, Tallarico mentioned he got a lot of requests for Chrono Trigger music. He finally obliged...with Chrono Cross.
Ergo, don't be surprised when you look at the playlist and notice a lot of material from the current and last generation.
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