Video Games and Music

Philharmonie de Paris, 221 Av. Jean Jaurès

For the first time, an exhibition traces the fascinating history of the links between music and video games, from the 8-bit era to symphony orchestras. In half a century, video game music has emerged as a global phenomenon, woven into the life journeys of several generations and accompanying both intimate narratives and collective adventures. Long constrained to a few functional beeps, video game music — or VGM for “Video Game Music” — grew with technology, becoming a thriving, demanding, and inventive creative field. It summons the orchestra…