After years of campaigning from fans of the medium, video game music will finally make its debut in the BBC Proms this year, with a performance of several gaming scores presented in a new concert as part of the prestigious Classical Music Festival.
We don’t know all of the featured music yet, but the gaming prom’s page on the BBC Website does reveal some of what we’ll be hearing.
Being the UK, it’s as likely this could be music from the Commodore 64 as the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Finally, there’s two shorter four-minute performances of some music from Kingdom Hearts by Yoko Shimomura and Dear Esther from Jessica Curry, who has been notably tireless in promoting game music in the UK.