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Symphonic Game Music Concert
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The Symphonic Game Music Concerts (also called GC Concerts) is a series of annual European concerts of video game music. They are held as official events of the GC (Games Convention), a trading fair for video games in Leipzig, Germany.
The historic first concert took place August 20, 2003 at the famous concert hall Gewandhaus zu Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany, and was performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra under direction of Andy Brick. The event appeared to be the first symphonic video game music concert outside of Japan ever.
The second concert, performed by the FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague, conducted by Andy Brick, took place in August 18, 2004. The third concert under the direction of Andy Brick took place on August 17, 2005. The fourth concert, on August 23, 2006. For the first time, the concert featured a choir and the pipe organ of the Gewandhaus concert hall.
The fifth concert took place on August 22, 2007.
Well-known game music composers such as Nobuo Uematsu, Rob Hubbard, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, Yuzo Koshiro, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Chris Hülsbeck, Jason Hayes, Olof Gustafsson, Matthias Steinwachs, Richard Jacques, Christopher Lennertz, Gustaf Grefberg, Mark Griskey, Allister Brimble and many others have attended the events.
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Year: 2003
Conductor: Andy Brick
Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Guest artist: James Walker (actor, Royal Shakespeare Company)
Song listing (game and music title):
- Official Opening Fanfare - Games Convention 2003
- Headhunter / Headhunter: Redemption - Suite
- Final Fantasy VII - Aerith's Theme
- Outcast - Suite
- Merregnon Soundtrack - Volume 2 - Suite
- Shenmue - Main Theme
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell - Main Theme
- Quest For Glory V: Dragon Fire - Overture
- Mafia - Main Theme
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Suite
- Spellforce - Introduction
- Primal - Suite
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - The Great Sea
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield - Suite
- Apidya - Suite
- Medal of Honor - Suite
- Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy
Year: 2004
Conductor: Andy Brick
Orchestra: FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague
Guest artists: Seiji Honda (piano), Erika Jarkovská (soprano), Miloslav Pelikán (tenor) and Roman Vocel (baritone)
Song listing (game and music title):
- Official Opening Fanfare - Games Convention 2004
- Final Fantasy VII - Let The Battles Begin!
- EverQuest II - Thundering Steppes
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - Medley
- Starship Troopers - Medley
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne - Main Theme
- Super Mario Bros. - Medley
- ActRaiser - Medley
- Monkey Island - Medley
- Hitman - Medley
- Secret Weapons Over Normandy - Main Theme
- Metal Gear Solid - Main Theme
- Final Fantasy VI - Opera: Maria and Draco
- Turrican - Medley
Year: 2005
Conductor: Andy Brick
Orchestra: FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague
Guest artists: Conny Kollet (singer), Rony Barrak (percussion) and -123min. (rock band)
Song listing (game and music title):
- Official Opening Fanfare - Games Convention 2005
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - Suite
- Brothers in Arms - Main Theme
- Donkey Kong - Arcade Suite
- Chrono Cross - Suite
- Arcanum - Passage to Arcanum
- World of WarCraft - Suite
- International Karate - Symphonic Suite
- Dragon Quest - Medley
- Battlefield 2 - Suite
- SpellForce 2 - Shadowsong
- Soul Calibur II - Path of Destiny
- Chronicles of Riddick - Suite
- The Lord of the Rings - The Valor of Men Thematic Suite
- Silent Hill 2 - Theme of Laura
- The Great Giana Sisters - Suite
Year: 2006
Conductor: Andy Brick
Orchestra: FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague and choir
Guest artists: Daniela Kosinova (piano, pipe organ) and Michiru Yamane (cembalo)
Song listing (game and music title):
- Official Opening Fanfare - Games Convention 2006
- Anno 1701 - Suite
- Black - Main Theme (Reprise)
- Sonic the Hedgehog - Suite
- Dreamfall: The Longest Journey - Suite
- Final Fantasy VI - Dancing Mad
- Gothic 3 - Suite
- The Revenge of Shinobi - Suite
- The Legend of Zelda - The Legend of Zelda Theme
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Wood Carving Partita
- Castlevania - Suite
- Shadow of the Colossus - Epilogue - Those Who Remain
- Turrican 3 - Suite
- Final Fantasy VII - One-Winged Angel
Year: 2007
Conductor: Andy Brick
Orchestra: FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague and choir
Guest artists: Izumi Masuda (soprano), Conny Kollet (singer), Daniela Kosinova (organist), Josef Krusek (boy soprano), Marek Zvolanek (trumpeter), Jaromir Klepac (pianist), Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (pianist and singer), Michiru Yamane (organist) and Rony Barrak (percussionist)
Song listing (game title):
- Official Opening Fanfare - Games Convention 2007
- Commodore 64-Medley (e. g. Last Ninja, Great Giana Sisters, Forbidden Forest, Wizball etc.)
- Stranglehold (featuring Conny Kollet)
- New Super Mario Bros. (arranged by Yuzo Koshiro)
- The Abbey (featuring Daniela Kosinova)
- Ragnarok Online 2: The Gate of the World (featuring Josef Krusek)
- Rayman Raving Rabbids
- StarCraft
- Turrican II: The Final Fight (featuring Marek Zvolanek)
- Shenmue / World Club Champion Football (Special surprise act: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi on piano)
- World Club Champion Football: Intercontinental Clubs 2006-2007
- SaGa Frontier II (featuring Jaromir Klepac)
- Musashi: Samurai Legend (featuring Jaromir Klepac)
- Commodore Amiga-Medley (e. g. Alienbreed, Lionheart, Pinball Fantasies, Lemmings etc.)
- The Sims 2
- Final Fantasy XI (featuring Izumi Masuda)
- Secret of Mana
- Settlers II - The Next Generation (orchestrated by Shiro Hamaguchi)
- Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
- Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (Special surprise act: Michiru Yamane on pipe organ)
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (featuring Rony Barrak)