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Viewer recordings from the new Metroid arrange of Play! A Video Game Symphony's recent Seattle concert are beginning to appear on YouTube. While obviously not as good as sitting in the theater to see the real thing (or getting it on CD, which we hope will happen in the future), it does give us a taste of what kind of job Jeron Moore and Chad Sneiter did on Metroid. Their arrange has the obligatory Title Theme and Theme of Super Metroid (which I would have liked a little bit more of) but also a wonderful version of Lower Norfair and Mother Brain, the latter of which is set to the Other M introductory cutscene. While the video selection seemed a little repetitive and didn't always match the audio as closely as Video Games Live (or actually Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy, another highly-recommended concert), it's a very solid orchestration that deserves to be put on CD. The recording is by Nathaniel Tabit of Metroid Headquarters.

Samus gives this one a thumbs-up.

Check out Play's listings to see if they will be coming near you. To hear more pieces like this, check out our fan music section, particularly the two mixes by Enki. Thanks to Darren from Shinesparkers for letting us know.

Until next time...
Captain Commando