Orchestra plays. i m at the bbc s maida vale studios for the final 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. in the same way as you hear a song on the radio and it reminds you of a certain time of your life, maybe who you were with, what you were doing, when you hear a piece of music from a video game, 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 were playing it with. so i m in my thirties. growing up with. mega drive was my first console, and if i hear sonic, i immediately get put straight into that, that christmas where me and my two sisters
That is the music that you hear in the game. but when you think about it, if you re trying to adapt music 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 be
In response to a visit by the us house speaker nancy pelosi to the self governing island. mrs pelosi has defended her trip, emphasising its purpose was to underline america s respect for taiwan s democracy. now on bbc news, it s time for click. lara: this week, we re - celebrating music from video games, orchestral style. spencer: in which i get to play in the wind section. high and low notes. then we ll spin more tunes whilst we press some green vinyl that s hopefully not limited edition. and the records aren t the only thing skipping. just look at that majestic, gymnastic, well coordinated.
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 choice of music here, which is a journey from the 80s, through pokemon, final fantasy viii, shadow of the colossus, and right up to battlefield 2042. 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 electronic expansion. well, you know, it s quality not quantity that s important. electronic notes. so this is. this is spectrum sound, i guess you d call it. so it s loaded with actual zx spectrum sounds. yeah. spencer laughs. yeah, absolutely. yeah. the main expansion,
Looks well enough for our customers, it might be worthwhile to look into that. saying that, these machines are massively more expensive than the presses we use over here and we just bought. back home, and i m thinking 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