A part of the fun of having a full orchestra and choir assembled for Nintendo’s press conference this morning was the live scoring of the events on stage, from a grand entrance by Miyamoto to various jingles that Miyamoto asked the orchestra to perform as he enacted various scenes from the franchise.
One of the most comical moments was when Miyamoto had the orchestra perform the item discovery jingle as he pretended to open a chest and raise the contents above his head in typical Zelda fashion. Sounded quite nice with a live orchestra, too!
Do you think the use of an orchestra at their press conference bodes well for the Skyward Sword soundtrack and other game soundtracks from Nintendo going forward?
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#1 Comment By Brandon Robison On June 7, 2011 @ 11:41 pm
That looked awkward.
#2 Comment By Sumo On June 8, 2011 @ 3:13 am
“having a full orchestra and choir”
?! you are calling this a full orchestra and choir?
#3 Comment By Jayson Napolitano On June 8, 2011 @ 12:53 pm
Not really awkward. Miyamoto does silly stuff like this all the time (see last year’s coverage).
And yes, it was the real deal. 50 member orchestra and 25 member choir. And it sounded very full.
#4 Comment By Audun Sorlie On June 8, 2011 @ 1:04 pm
It must have been better live than on stream then, cause hearing it there, especially after having attended LEGENDS, made it sound like a very uninspired and lackluster performance. Hopefully they’ll have more soul on the tour. And the arrangements are hopefully more engaging.
#5 Comment By Jayson Napolitano On June 8, 2011 @ 1:10 pm
I’m excited for this because I know the chances of me being able to fly out to Boecker’s concerts is slim, as much as I’d love to go. He needs to take those concerts on tour!