Audiences regularly give standing ovations after each song. It was recorded in Prague and was performed by the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. On January 9, 2009, a live album CD and DVD of the concert was released. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.Music from the following games has been performed at Play!: Music from all video game eras is performed at the shows.Īccording to Paul, the show is a "straightforward music program," designed "to keep the arts alive in a way that is classy." Performed music An opening fanfare, written by Nobuo Uematsu, is performed at each show. ConcertsĮach concert features segments of video game music performed by a live orchestra and choir, with video footage from the games shown on three screens. The premiere show featured performances by Koji Kondo, Angela Aki, and Akira Yamaoka, and composers Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda, Yuzo Koshiro and Jeremy Soule were in attendance. Play! premiered on at the Rosemont Theater in Rosemont, Illinois. The concerts are performed by local symphony players and choirs. Andy Brick, who had previously conducted the Symphonic Game Music Concerts, was chosen as the associate conductor.
Arnie Roth, who had previously conducted the Dear Friends - Music from Final Fantasy and More Friends: Music from Final Fantasy concerts, was selected to conduct the concerts. After the concert sold out in a few days, Paul decided to turn video game music concerts into a series. In 2004, Jason Michael Paul was approached by Square Enix to organize a concert for music from its Final Fantasy series. Play! was replaced by the Replay: Symphony of Heroes concert series. From 2010, Andy Brick took the position of principal conductor and music director.
The concerts from 2006 to 2010 were conducted by Arnie Roth.
PLAY! A Video Game Symphony was a concert series that features music from video games performed by a live orchestra. "Play! A video game symphony V": Anno 1701 soundtrack (2 June, 2007)