How video games like ‘Starfield’ are creating a new generation of classical music fans

Photo caption: The London Symphony Orchestra has performed music from video games like ‘Starfield’ and ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.’ Photo credit: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images. Article by J. Aaron Hardwick. The Conversation – September 5, 2023.

“Starfield” is one of the most anticipated video games in recent history. The game, which was released on Sept. 6, 2023, allows players to build their own character and spacecraft, travel to any one of a thousand or more planets and follow multiple story arcs. The soundtrack is equally epic, with audio director Mark Lampert describing the game’s music as a “companion to the player,” with a “sense of scale” that “had to be totally readjusted,” in a recent interview about Starfield’s sound design. […]

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