This summer, video game music is coming to London¡¯s famed Royal Albert Hall. As part of the BBC Proms ¡ª a summer concert series founded in 1895 ¡ª music from The Legend of Zelda, Battlefield 2042 and other well-known titles will regale audiences who might be more used to pieces from Brahms and Beethoven.
In an interview with , Proms director David Pickard said it wasn¡¯t the right moment to previously include game music until now.
¡°Now we can be there on the front foot and say that there¡¯s a huge range of music here, appealing to a new audience and of a very high quality that we¡¯re really happy to have at the Proms,¡± Pickard said.
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