Compact Discoveries 189: Video Game Music
Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
Length: 00:58:00
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Classical orchestrations of the best-known video game themes, including Mario Bros., Call of Duty, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Halo, Angry Birds, and many more.
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Classical orchestrations of the best-known video game themes, including Mario Bros., Call of Duty, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Halo, Angry Birds, and many more.
Broadcast History
This is the world premiere of this program.
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Compact Discoveries®
a series of one-hour radio programs produced, written, hosted, and edited by Fred Flaxman
©2011 by Fred Flaxman
Program 189
"Video Game Music"
MUSIC: Koji Kondo: Legend of Zelda Suite performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Parry [X5GroupA X5CD114, Track 2] [under the following]
The music in the background may sound like a film score. But it isn’t. It is music for a video game called Legend of Zelda.
Hello and welcome to Compact Discoveries. I’m your guide, Fred Flaxman, and I’m going to devote the next hour to “The Greatest Video Game Music” as performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Parry on a new compact disc on the X5 label.
MUSIC: fades out
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