well—known hollywood composers like hans zimmer and michael giacchino have turned their hands to writingor games. and that's why this week videogame came to the uk's best—known celebration of classical music, the proms, and pokemon took over the albert hall. so let's give it a go — start from the top. i'm at the bbc�*s maida vale studios for the final warehouses of the first ever gaming prom, called rehearsals of the first ever gaming prom, called from 8—bit to infinity. it's a celebration of gaming music through the ages, all played by the royal philharmonic orchestra, a performance that should take many gamers back — way back. so i'm in my 305, growing up with... megadrive was my first console, and if i hear sonic, i immediately get put straight into that christmas where me and my two sisters got our first console. robert ames is a conductor and arranger who's worked on film scores and who's conducted previous proms based on experimental electronic music and sci—fi movies. he's helped to curate the choise of music here, which is a journey through the �*80s, through pokemon, final fanta

well—known hollywood composers like hans zimmer and michael giacchino have turned their hands to writingor games. and that's why this week videogame came to the uk's best—known celebration of classical music, the proms, and pokemon took over the albert hall. so let's give it a go — start from the top. i'm at the bbc�*s maida vale studios for the final warehouses of the first ever gaming prom, called from 8—bit to infinity. it's a celebration of gaming music through the ages, all played by the royal philharmonic orchestra, a performance that should take many gamers back — way back. so i'm in my 30s, growing up with — megadrive was my first console, and if i hear sonic, i immediately get put straight into that christmas where me and my two sisters got our first console. robert eames is a conductor and arranger who's worked on film scores and who's conducted previous proms based on experimental electronic music and sci—fi movies. he's helped to curate the choise of music here, which is a journey through the �*80s, through pokemon, final fantasy viii, shadow of the colossus, and all the way

well—known hollywood composers like hans zimmer and michael giacchino have turned their hands to writing's why this week videogame came to the uk's best—known celebration of classical music, the proms, and pokemon took over the albert hall. so let's give it a go — start from the top. i'm at the bbc�*s maida vale studios for the final warehouses of the first ever gaming prom, called from 8—bit to infinity. it's a celebration of gaming music through the ages, all played by the royal philharmonic orchestra, a performance that should take many gamers back — way back. in the same way as you hear a song on the radio, and it reminds of a certain time in your life — maybe you were with, what you are doing — when you hear a piece of music from a videogame, it takes you right back to that point in your life that you were at when you were playing that game, and maybe who you are playing it with. so i'm — i'm in my 305, growing up with — megadrive was my first console, and if i hear sonic, i immediately get put straight into that christmas where me and my two sisters got our first console. robert ea

well—known hollywood composers like hans zimmer and michael giacchino have turned their hands to writingconsole, and if i hear sonic, i immediately get put straight into that christmas where me and my two sisters got our first console. robert eames is a conductor and arranger who's worked on film scores and who's conducted previous proms based on experimental electronic music and sci—fi movies. he's helped to curate the choise of music here, which is a journey through the '805, through pokemon, final fantasy viii, shadow of the colossus, and all the way up to battlefield 20a2. and in order to recreate the sounds and feelings of these games, some of which emerged through tiny, tinny speakers on the zx spectrum, he's augmented the traditional orchestral make up ever so slightly. you have an electronically expanded orchestra. can you show me your electronic expansion? yeah, ican. ican. it's not a large expansion. well, you know, its quality, not quantity, that's important. so this is — this is spectrum sound, basically. so it's loaded with actual zx spectrum sounds? yeah. absolutely. the ma