do, this is your dream,settle down, and you will get this done. a clip leaked to the new statesman shows conservative leadership candidate, rishi sunak, telling an audience he diverted public money from deprived urban areas as chancellor. in birmingham, george miller becomes the oldest commonwealth games gold medallist in history at the age of 75. the first in a series of hosepipe bans came into force today, following the driest july in england since 1935. in the areas affected, people won t be allowed to use hosepipes to water plants and lawns, to clean cars or to fill paddling pools. today s ban affects customers of southern water in hampshire and the isle of wight. people who break the rules could receive a warning or in extreme cases a fine of up to £1,000. abouti million south east water customers in kent and sussex will face measures from next friday. companies in other parts of the country but are planning similar moves in the coming weeks. our correspondent zoe c
Differently about my record collection after my trip to the netherlands. and although there s a long way to go until the table is turned, there s hope that future generations will be able to relish listening to music on vinyl without worrying about its impact on our planet. now it is time for this week s tech news. dating app tinder is swiping left on its boss. renate nyborg s exit is part of a wider shakeup by the parent company match after financial results were not as good as expected. she has only been ceo for less than a year and her departure has nothing to do with the fact that we spoke to her two weeks ago. surgeons have used virtual reality to help successfully separate brazilian twins born with fused brains. doctors in brazil and britain wore vr headsets to test techniques before operating on the three year olds. there is quite a lot of planning involved in this type of surgery and all the planning rooms and the simulation runs we did in virtual reality, the actual surgery, f
Your enjoyment. in fact, the battlefield 2042 performance is where those strange additions to the instruments really do theirjob, allowing the orchestra to produce sounds that they really shouldn t be able to do. on the night, in the albert hall, the gaming prom sounded beautiful, exciting and innovative. and if you d like to experience it yourself, it s on iplayer right now. 0k, more music for you now, and did you know that more than five million vinyl records were sold in the uk last year? sales are now at their highest for 30 years. now, these records are made from pvc that s polyvinyl chloride, a material that environmental campaign groups and some music lovers would like to see less of in the world, not more.
And equally, it s started to draw on and draw in other 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. matt s challenge was notjust to transplant the original arrangement to an orchestra, which, of course, wouldn t sound that great. no instead, he expanded it in length and in breadth. even the compositions of modern games like battlefield 2042 have to be interpretations, because these days, gaming scores aren t even linear pieces of music. every time you play, the music changes to follow the action. what s important to understand is that composing for a game is such a multifaceted job. you have to compose for when nothing s going on. you have to compose for when action is happening. you have to account for the fact that the player might do something unpredictable. the amount of music and the amount of talent that goes into even a ten hour game, let alone a 50 game or 100 hour game. it really, really takes an awful lot of talent and hard work, notjust from composers, but from everybody who works on game audio, and recognising that s really important.