| Game Music Festival | |
| Years Active: | Since 2018 |
| Location: | Narodowe Forum Muzyki in Wrocław, Royal Festival Hall in London |
| Genre: | Video game music |
| Music Festival Name: | Game Music Festival |
| Organiser: | Game Music Foundation |
| Website: | https://gmfest.com/ |
Game Music Festival is an international music festival dedicated to the popularization of video game soundtracks and promoting them as a form of art.[1] The event was held at the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, Poland, from 2018.[2] In 2022, the fourth edition of the Festival took place in London's[3] Royal Festival Hall. Third edition of Game Music Festival was streamed on Twitch platform. Fifth edition is planned for 4 May in London.[4]
Each iteration of the Game Music Festival is focused on a series of live concerts based on newly created arrangements of the soundtracks from a particular game franchise. These concerts are often monographic in character, aiming to present the music attributed to a selected game or composer in a coherent manner. The performance itself can assume various musical forms, such as a symphonic suite, a concerto grosso, or a jazz big-band piece.
Concerts of each Game Music Festival are not accompanied by visualizations. Sound is not amplified electronically unless this is required by a particular instrument. Game Music Festival also includes multiple auxiliary events such as masterclass workshops, panel discussions, case studies, meet-and-greet sessions. For each edition, organizers are inviting composers and special guests connected to presented games and soundtracks, who then join aforementioned panels and workshops.[5]
| 2018 | The Symphony of Heroes | Heroes of Might and Magic series (including parts II III, IV) | NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic |
| The Jazz of Grim Fandango | Grim Fandango | Bartosz Pernal Orchestra | |
| The Symphony of the Forest | Ori and the Blind Forest | Sound Factory Orchestra | |
| The Symphony of the Storm | Diablo, Diablo 2, World of Warcraft, StarCraft, StarCraft II | NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, NFM Choir | |
| 2019 | The Symphony of the Desert | Journey, Abzû, The Banner Saga | Sound Factory Orchestra |
| The Symphony of the Colossus | ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Guardian | Sound Factory Orchestra | |
| The Symphony of the Shadows | Assassin's Creed 2, Hitman series (including Codename 47, Silent Assassin, Contracts, Blood Money) | NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, NFM Choir | |
| 2020 | The Symphony of Four Worlds | Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, Hades | Sound Factory Orchestra |
| The Symphony of Sin | , Baldur's Gate III | Opole Philharmonic Orchestra, Medici Cantantes Choir | |
| 2022 | The Jazz of Cuphead | Cuphead | Bartosz Pernal Orchestra |
| The Symphony of the Spirits | Ori and the Blind Forest | Philharmonia Orchestra, Hertfordshire Chorus | |
| 2024 | The Symphony of the Realms[6] | Baldur's Gate 3 | Philharmonia Orchestra, Hertfordshire Chorus |
| The Sounds of the Fireflies | The Last of Us, The Last of Us: Part II | Philharmonia Orchestra, Gustavo Santaolalla[7] | |
| The Sounds of the Fireflies - Wrocław[8] | The Last of Us, The Last of Us: Part II | NFM Filharmonia Wrocławska, Gustavo Santaolalla |