thomas_kresge Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 (edited) Hello OcReMix! My name is Thomas Kresge and I am the project manager behind a new orchestral video game concert known as the United Video Game Symphony. If you're familiar with organizations like Video Games Live or Distant Worlds, then you have a general idea of what we're about; we are a symphonic concert that performs orchestral arrangements of video game music. The difference between the UVGS and other orchestral game music concerts is in the way our program is decided. The concert program is decided entirely by the community through a voting system. In this way we plan on being a community-driven production. You can actually go vote right now, even if you don't plan on donating! So, fans (you guys) select the music you want us to perform, and our team of arrangers will create the arrangements that will be performed by the full symphony orchestra. Our arrangers come from a variety of communities, and a number of them are OCReMix contributors and remixers who have worked on some of OCR's albums. Our arrangers include: Michael Birch "Flexstyle" (13x OCReMix contributor and 8x OCR album contributor) Alexandre Mourey "Chernabogue" (director of Vampire Variations and OCReMix contributor) Joe Zieja "XPRTNovice" (Balance and Ruin artist, OCReMix contributor) Callum Kennedy "Tuberz McGee" Alexander Rosetti (MS Paint Adventures) Curtis Schweitzer (Composer, Starbound) Clark Powell "Plazmataz" (MS Paint Adventures) Will Pisani "Light_of_Aether" (Metroid Reorchestrated) Andrew Huo (MS Paint Adventures) Peter M. Crockett "Moseph" (Composer, OCReMix contributor) Greg Nourse "Gario" (OCReMix contributor, also featured on their most recent album) Robert J! Lake "spellmynamewithabang" (MS Paint Adventures) Jeremy Iamurri "Solatrus" (MS Paint Adventures) Blake Robinson (Synthetic Orchestra: Banjo-Kazooie Symphony, Chrono Trigger Symphony) Tyler Dever (MS Paint Adventures) We have just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the UVGS, and we're looking for your support! We will also record and live stream the performance, and will later distribute the recording. A link to the Kickstarter can be found here. I hope this project interests many of you, and I believe it will provide a fantastic service to the video game music community. Our arrangers are fans just like you guys, which helps create a very unique concert that is driven by the community. Thank you for taking the time to read this! I appreciate everything OCReMix has done for video game music, and I hope to see the UVGS come to fruition! Edited November 14, 2013 by thomas_kresge Everyone can vote! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Don't miss this one, guys, this is a really good opportunity for all fans of VGM! And a dream for the arrangers team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenonetix Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 It's a shame this isn't taking off as well as it should. I'm guessing it's because people really don't know what they're paying for. By that, I mean that no one has any idea what music they'll get in the concert/on the album. It might have been better to include 2 or 3 tracks guaranteed to get people interested, and the remaining tracks could be voted for. I love the concept, and I'm a backer, but I can understand that, with a voting system, it's a gamble to back this project, and people may feel they are more likely to get a collection of music they themselves are no way interested in, rather than a collection of amazing arrangements of video game music they particularly love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sengin Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Has this been posted to any video game news sites? I haven't seen it on Kotaku, at least. Get it out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_kresge Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 Has this been posted to any video game news sites? I haven't seen it on Kotaku, at least. Get it out there! I've tried, and now I'm waiting (and preparing follow up messages!) to hear back from dozens of online publications, blogs, video game sites, etc. So no, it has hasn't been posted to any sites, but yes, we've tried contacting some. Hopefully it interests some of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 heh i requested dark boy in fbrc a few years back, which is why that mix by moseph exists. i should probably find a way to back this shouldn't i? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I made a new version of the video for this, and Sam Dillard (from Harmony of a Hunter, and posted on OCR) joined the adventure. Almost all my orchestra heroes are here Also, Grant Kirkhope is supporting the project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_kresge Posted November 14, 2013 Author Share Posted November 14, 2013 Hey everyone, I'd like to invite everybody to vote for the video game music you would most like to hear orchestrated! You don't have to back the project to vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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