Video Games Live in Brazil. photo: Fabio Santana
The Tucson Music Hall will be reverberating this month when Tucson Symphony Orchestra rips through epic versions of sounds first heard on the small screen with their performances of Video Games Live.
Held March 13 and 14, VGL will provide some truly unique and soaring versions of well-known video game anthems. The event will be conducted by Jack Wall and hosted by Tommy Tallarico, co-creators of the concert event. Both men are music and video game aficionados and carry the credentials of being world famous video game composers on their shoulders.
Tallarico is known for creating the soundtracks of games like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and Advent Rising, and Jack Wall is best known for his music heard on the legendary Mist (CQ) video game series.
Tallarico says some of the more talked about compositions being performed at Video Games Live include the music from Zelda, Halo, Final Fantasy and World of Warcraft. Tallarico is particularly excited about the Warcraft segment.
“The Warcraft segment is really nice,” he said. “The way the music comes together with the visual and the audio is really what makes it special.”
The show will be a multimedia spectacle with exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussion and unique interactive segments, generating a truly titillating one-of-a-kind musical experience.
The event is sure to generate interest among a young, usually disinterested and video game using crowd while introducing them to the incendiary sounds of an orchestra.
“I’ve been a video game composer for over 20 years,” said Tallarico. “We’ve been touring the show for over 5 years. The Tucson Symphony approached us to come and perform with them. It’s a great way to usher young people to come out and see the symphony.”
Tallarico is extremely excited about the event, having been an avid lover of both video games and music since he was a youth growing up in Springfield, Massachusetts.
“Yeah I’m 42-years-old, so I was among the first generation of people to grow up on video games, my first two loves were video games and music,” he said.
On Saturday, March 13 the show takes place at 7:30 p.m.; a 2 p.m. matinee is Sunday, March 14. Tickets are running around $70 and can be purchased at Tickets.TucsonSymphony.org/
