The Game Awards has showcased a variety of musical acts over the years and the 2020 edition of Geoff Keighley's annual gaming event was certainly no exception. Keighley was able to enlist the talents of the London Philharmonic Orchestra this year, and they performed a brief celebratory medley of Mario music in honour of the mascot's 35th anniversary.
The video clip above is only two minutes and fifty-five seconds and is well worth a watch if you're after a little morning pick-me-up. Featuring snippets of music from the usual suspects — Super Mario Bros., Super Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Odyssey — we wouldn't have minded hearing a little more, to be honest. Still, better to be short and sweet than long and... sour?
You may recognise the wood-lined venue for the performance as Abbey Road Studios, famous worldwide thanks to the title of the final album recorded by the Beatles which borrowed its name and featured a cover shot of the group walking across a zebra crossing outside the building.
A little shot of positivity for you. Not a bad start to the day, hmm?
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Great performance!
Until now, (Or rather when I first saw this live) I didn't know the strings of a violin could be plucked as an official method of playing them.
I love mario music!
@Tourtus That's called a pizzicato, plucking violin strings.
Always blows me away to see a anything played live, but those guys are 1st class
Brilliant.
All the years playing Nintendo games growing up, my mum would comment on how good the music is.
This was great. Great start to the day
Love that ! 😃😍 all the memories.
It always amazes me when I see “real” musicians playing video game music.
When I was a child I was often told my love for games was stupid and even felt embarrassed sometimes because the only music I knew was from games. I bought piano collections of the Final Fantasy games and things.
It wasn’t until years later that I realised what I thought was my niche hobby was actually enjoyed and appreciated by so many and that the work of these developers and musicians produced was world class, I was shocked that a world class outfit like the London Philharmonic Orchestra would put on a Zelda concert, for example. It blew my mind and still amazes me today.
That was marvellous and not nearly long enough!
The drummer/percussionist was clearly having a great time.
It was pretty good, but the pacing felt rushed?
Like they had to cram as much as they could into a short time slot for the show, so the transitions between each song in the melody were quite sudden, so it didn't flow as nicely.
Even though it was celebrated and included in 3D All-Stars Sunshine still gets the red headed step child treatment.
Mario music do be a bop tho.
Loved the drummer, she was definitely rocking it
@theJGG Oh cool it even has a name! Thanks for the info!
@Tourtus Check out this song, it's a piece played entirely on pizzicato, from one of my all time favourite movies! https://youtu.be/zu9ThJm5HGk
@theJGG That song sounds amazing! I haven't heard of the movie it's from through, maybe I'll look into it one day.
@Tourtus It's gonna be a long winter, so why not give it a go? The movie's called "Moonrise Kingdom", but it's not a well-known mainstream film. Either way, have a happy and safe Christmas!
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