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| Eímear Noone (Photo: Andy Paradise) |
Last year I chatted to composer Eímear Noone about writing for video games, films and TV in advance of her Video Games in Concert tour with the Heritage Orchestra [see my interview, ‘What about blowing the box to pieces’]. Now she returns to the Royal Albert Hall on 4 June 2025 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) for Worlds of Fantasy: Video Games in Concert, and they are joined by vocalist Aisling McGlynn and the Crouch End Festival Chorus.
This event continues the RPO’s pioneering work in this area from the PlayStation in Concert premiere in 2018 to the first ever video game concert at the BBC Proms. Alongside the concert, the RPO has released new research exploring the role of video game music in attracting younger audiences to orchestral music:
- 88% of under 25s are interested in video games
- One in six under 25s (15%) discovered orchestral music through gaming
- 22% say orchestral scores enhance their gaming experience
- 18% of gamers say they’d be more likely to attend a concert if it featured gaming music
The Royal Albert Hall programme features iconic scores from The Last of Us, Civilisation, Fortnite, Baldur’s Gate, Halo, and other fan favourites.
Full details from the RPO website.
