parts of our culture, and that includes music. music: firestarter by the prodigy. the first time i realised that games were starting to take their music scores seriously was when i played wipeout 2097 and realised that the accompanying soundtrack was not some random plinky plonk. it was firestarter by the prodigy. # i m a firestarterl twisted firestarter. # hey, hey, hey.#. and in recent years it s been recognised as a major art form. well known hollywood composers like hans zimmer and michael giacchino have turned their hands to writing scores for games. and that s why this week, video gaming came to the uk s best known celebration of classical music, the proms, and pokemon took over the royal albert hall. musicians tuning up. so let s give it a go. start the clock. orchestra plays.
from a 1980s computer game, you re basically talking about taking beeps and bloops, that s all it is, just single notes, and somehow adapting it and turning it into something that can be played by an orchestra this size. i mean, that s a hell of a lot of work. game music plays. i say beeps and bloops, but those early theme tunes were actually pretty clever, managing to give the impression of chords and multitrack audio, even though the computers could only make one sound at a time. it s something that astounded a young matt rogers, who s now been asked to arrange a new version of the theme tune to this the 1987 zx spectrum game chronos. i did like the game, - but i used to load the game more to listen to the music. so i d be loading that game| and then sitting with my ear to the.to the spectrum. and that s. the thing was, when i came| to arrange it, i already knew it inside out because i ve known it for a long time. | orchestra plays.
now, listen to this. orchestra plays. back injune 2012, a famous concert took place. children from the raploch in stirling one of scotland s most deprived estates joined the conductor, gustavo dudamel, and played alongside the simon bolivar 0rchestra. it sounded like this. orchestra plays. the initiative, called big noise, was trying to change lives by immersing the children in music. ten years on, our arts correspondent david sillito has been back to see what happened to some of those children. stirling 2012, and a moment. orchestra plays. i remember one of the most special moments in my life. gustavo dudamel, the simon bolivar orchestra and the children of the raploch estate. it was really a very special and unique moment. but this was more than just a concert it was part of an experiment. could music change lives?
a decade ago, a classical orchestra came to play inviting children from one of the city s most deprived areas to perform alongside them. the idea was to use music to try to change lives. our arts correspondent has been finding out if that really happened. stirling 2012, and a moment. orchestra plays. i remember one of the most special moments in my life. gustavo dudamel, the simon bolivar orchestra and the children of the raploch estate. it was really a very special and unique moment. but this was more than just a concert it was part of an experiment. could music change lives? and so, ten years on,
orchestral music. that was the simon bolivar orchestra in a concert in stirling ten years ago. playing among them were children from one of scotland s most deprived estates the raploch estate in the city. it was all about trying to change lives by immersing children in music. a decade later, our arts correspondent david sillito has been finding out what effect it all had on some of those children. stirling 2012, and a moment. orchestra plays. i remember one of the most special moments in my life. gustavo dudamel, the simon bolivar orchestra and the children of the raploch estate. it was really a very special and unique moment. but this was more than just a concert it was part of an experiment. could music change lives? and so, ten years on, we ve been finding out what s