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Shinesparkers has reported that Play! A Video Game Symphony will be debuting a new orchestral arrangement of Metroid, premiering at their June 21st concert in Seattle. Check their future listings, as they'll be coming to Virginia as well in early July, and will undoubtedly hit other states. Metroid has been orchestrated at least four times previously (for Orchestral Game Concert 4, Smash Bros. Smashing... Live!, Video Games Live, and most recently for Symphonic Legends). Play!'s arrangement promises to be another original piece orchestrated by Andy Brick, who has previously done the excellent Symphonic Game Music Concerts in Leipzig.

If you can't make it to Seattle, you can try to hit Video Games Live at E3 in Los Angeles where the show will be celebrating its 200th concert. In the report, Video Games Live announced that Metroid composer Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka will be present at the concert along with other composers I'd love to meet such as Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger) and Kinuyo Yamashita (Castlevania 1), who you can interact with in the meet and greet after the show. Nothing's been announced yet for Mr. Tanaka, but he will undoubtedly have some involvement with Video Games Live's Metroid arrangement (which is a modification of the Orchestral Game Concert one). Video Games Live is a fantastic show and I highly recommend anyone who will be in the area on June 8th attend. The concert was founded by legendary composer Tommy Tallarico back in 2005 and has turned into a worldwide phenomenon, and a type of concert that the United States has been sorely lacking. There's still some good tickets left for the show.

As usual, if anyone will be attending the concerts, please tell us about them!

Until next time...
Captain Commando