{"id":18209,"date":"2025-03-21T16:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/video-game-music-has-arrived-on-the-festival-circuit-and-its-only-going-to-get-bigger\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T16:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:37:14","slug":"video-game-music-has-arrived-on-the-festival-circuit-and-its-only-going-to-get-bigger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/video-game-music-has-arrived-on-the-festival-circuit-and-its-only-going-to-get-bigger\/","title":{"rendered":"Video game music has arrived on the festival circuit \u2013 and it\u2019s only going to get bigger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018It is impossible to ignore video game music now,\u2019 says Tommy Pearson, founder and artistic director of the inaugural London Soundtrack festival<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that soundtrack concerts are among the most popular for touring orchestras? A full third of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\u2019s first-time audience members are coming to the concert hall via their favourite series and movies \u2013 and video games. It is a huge cultural growth area, and one that may have gone unrecognised by the general public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is impossible to ignore video game music now,\u201d says Tommy Pearson, founder and artistic director of the inaugural London Soundtrack festival. \u201cThe sheer creativity and artistry in games is incredible, and it\u2019s been fascinating to see so many composers blossom in the genre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/mar\/21\/video-game-music-london-soundtrack-festival\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/512ec5ee70f7de52ec06fcc31de5aa061dc3e225\/0_12_1240_744\/master\/1240.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=978d9614ee3d33258a308c0cfdeb5afd\" title=\"Video game music has arrived on the festival circuit \u2013 and it\u2019s only going to get bigger\" \/>\u2018It is impossible to ignore video game music now,\u2019 says Tommy Pearson, founder and artistic director of the inaugural London Soundtrack festival<br \/>\nDid you know that soundtrack concerts are among the most popular for touring orchestras? A full third of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\u2019s first-time audience members are coming to the concert hall via their favourite series and movies \u2013 and video games. It is a huge cultural growth area, and one that may have gone unrecognised by the general public.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is impossible to ignore video game music now,\u201d says Tommy Pearson, founder and artistic director of the inaugural London Soundtrack festival. \u201cThe sheer creativity and artistry in games is incredible, and it\u2019s been fascinating to see so many composers blossom in the genre.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018It is impossible to ignore video game music now,\u2019 says Tommy Pearson, founder and artistic director of the inaugural London Soundtrack festival Did you know that soundtrack concerts are among the most popular for touring orchestras? A full third of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\u2019s first-time audience members are coming to the concert hall via their &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/video-game-music-has-arrived-on-the-festival-circuit-and-its-only-going-to-get-bigger\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video game music has arrived on the festival circuit \u2013 and it\u2019s only going to get bigger<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18209"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}