BAFTA has announced its Games in Concert UK Tour, bringing an orchestral interpretation of video game music to audiences across the UK.
This announcement builds on the success of the London premiere at the Royal Festival Hall.
The tour will feature BAFTA Games Awards-winning and nominated music, showcasing soundtracks from some of the most critically acclaimed video games of the past 20 years, including Assassin’s Creed, Helldivers and Fallout.
The touring production will present the same core programme while featuring regionally-based orchestras. Additionally, each performance will combine full orchestral and choral arrangements with synchronised visuals and gameplay, including in-game soloists, creating a fully immersive live experience.
“BAFTA Games in Concert is a celebration of the extraordinary creativity behind video games music and the powerful role it plays in shaping our emotional connection to games,” said Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA. “Following the incredible response to the London premiere, we’re delighted to take this experience on the road for the first time, bringing together world-class orchestras and audiences across the UK to honour more than 20 years of BAFTA-recognised games music.”
Across the tour, audiences will experience music from BAFTA Games Awards-winning and nominated titles, brought to life through exclusive orchestral suites created and endorsed by the original composers.
The featured soundtracks include:
Helldivers 2 by Wilbert Roget, II
Fallout 4 by Inon Zur
Disco Elysium by Sea Power
Ori and the Will of the Wisps by Gareth Coker
Returnal by Bobby Krlic
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves by Greg Edmonson
Far Cry 4 by Cliff Martinez
Virginia by Lyndon Holland
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture by Jessica Curry
Baldur’s Gate 3 by Borislav Slavov
Hitman: Contracts by Jesper Kyd
Tomb Raider: Legend by Troels Brun Folmann
Assassin’s Creed by Jesper Kyd
Cuphead by Kris Maddigan
Journey by Austin Wintor