Film composer/symphonist Andy Brick conducts first video game symphony concert to feature music from Final Fantasy, Headhunter, Mafia, Outcast, Shenmue, Legend of Zelda, Merregnon
GC Games Convention concert includes suites of popular game music scores and original music by award-winning film and game composer Andy Brick.
Andy Brick (www.andybrick.com), the award-winning film and game composer, today announced that he will conduct the World's first symphony concert to feature music from popular Western and Japanese video game soundtracks. The concert takes place during GC - Games Convention 2003 (www.gamesconvention.de) in Germany on August 20th, and will be performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra at Gewandhaus (www.gewandhaus.de), Leipzig. The event is being launched by the GC - Games Convention organizers as their opening ceremony and marks the first ever symphony concert performance of music from select American, European as well as Japanese video game titles.
"I am the conductor of the concert and one of the composers", confirmed Brick, "As conductor it will be my duty to bring these pieces to the orchestra, rehearse them and evoke the best interpretation possible. The process is pretty intense as I have a lot of scores in a lot of different styles from a lot of different composers!"
Brick has extensive experience in composing and recording live orchestral scores for cinematic soundtracks and is a winner of numerous prestigious awards for his original music, including ASCAP Young Film Composer Award, ASCAP Popular Music Award, and CINE Golden Eagle Award. Brick's music has also premiered and/or won Best Original Score accolades at the Sundance Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and Sony International Film Festival.
"Andy Brick is a prolific composer, conductor and symphonist of music for film, television, live concerts and interactive games", attested event producer Thomas Böcker, "His dedication and professionalism will undoubtedly help to make this concert a groundbreaking event!"
Brick has scored the fanfare to the concert which will officially open GC-Games Convention 2003 and his music for Merregnon II (www.merregnon.com), the epic fantasy game score album recently recorded with The Prague Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir, will also feature in a world premier Merregnon II 'suite' live performance. As Music Director/Composer, Conductor and Senior Orchestrator, Brick worked alongside producer Thomas Böcker (Merregnon Studios), and arranged and orchestrated new original compositions by veteran game composers such as Yuzo Koshiro (Shenmue, Streets of Rage) and Chris Hülsbeck (Star Wars: Rogue Leader series). The soundtrack is due for release later this year.
"I am the conductor of the concert and one of the composers", confirmed Brick, "As conductor it will be my duty to bring these pieces to the orchestra, rehearse them and evoke the best interpretation possible. The process is pretty intense as I have a lot of scores in a lot of different styles from a lot of different composers!"
Brick has extensive experience in composing and recording live orchestral scores for cinematic soundtracks and is a winner of numerous prestigious awards for his original music, including ASCAP Young Film Composer Award, ASCAP Popular Music Award, and CINE Golden Eagle Award. Brick's music has also premiered and/or won Best Original Score accolades at the Sundance Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and Sony International Film Festival.
"Andy Brick is a prolific composer, conductor and symphonist of music for film, television, live concerts and interactive games", attested event producer Thomas Böcker, "His dedication and professionalism will undoubtedly help to make this concert a groundbreaking event!"
Brick has scored the fanfare to the concert which will officially open GC-Games Convention 2003 and his music for Merregnon II (www.merregnon.com), the epic fantasy game score album recently recorded with The Prague Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir, will also feature in a world premier Merregnon II 'suite' live performance. As Music Director/Composer, Conductor and Senior Orchestrator, Brick worked alongside producer Thomas Böcker (Merregnon Studios), and arranged and orchestrated new original compositions by veteran game composers such as Yuzo Koshiro (Shenmue, Streets of Rage) and Chris Hülsbeck (Star Wars: Rogue Leader series). The soundtrack is due for release later this year.
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