Manuel Cuevas
shows tend to sell out virally and do not require much traditional marketing. They also attract teens and twenty- to thirty-year-olds, which is considerably younger than our typical audiences. VGL and shows like it are a new way to introduce that generation to orchestrated music, and a more innovative way to get them in the hall. Since there are so many new video games each year that contain orchestrated music, I foresee this as a trend that will only continue and grow.”
Journey Composer Austin Wintory
The Journey Ahead
One of the most promising new video games featured at the Smithsonian’s recent exhibition of video games is Journey, a distillation of all that is forward-thinking in the video-game experience—an experience in which gameplay, art, and music all weave together on an almost operatic level. As of this writing, Journey has partnered with Video Games Live and became part of their shows in mid-August 2012. According to the game’s lead designer, Jenova Chen, “Journey is an interactive parable, an anonymous online adventure to experience a person’s life passage and their intersections with others.” The game uses no speech or text to tell its story, which begins as the player assumes control over a cloaked avatar, adrift in a vast and shifting desert. As the player traverses terrain tinged with alien beauty, he or she will interact with a narrative that is ambiguous and abstract, but at the same time surprisingly accessible and poignant. Composer Austin Wintory’s haunting, mystical score perfectly complements the game’s barren, frequently minimalistic spaces. To Win-
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