Game Music Festival
Game Music Festival is an international music festival dedicated to the popularization of video game soundtracks and promoting them as a form of art. The event was held at the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, Poland, from 2018. In 2022, the fourth edition of the Festival took place in London's Royal Festival Hall. Third edition of Game Music Festival was streamed on Twitch platform. Fifth edition is planned for 4 May in London.
== Format of the Festival ==
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.