Video Games Live at the Hollywood Bowl Festival Announcement

September 19, 2006

VIDEO GAMES LIVE™ ANNOUNCES FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES FOR
NEW SHOW AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL

Events to Include Meet & Greet with over 50 Top Composers, Designers &
Celebrities

Plus Costume Contest, Playable Games, Guitar Hero™ II Competition, Classic
Arcade Competitions, Spectacular Prizes, and More

Renowned video game composers, Tommy Tallarico  and Jack Wall, announced the
pre-show festival events planned for the return performance of their Video
Games Live™ at the Hollywood Bowl on September 21^st, presented by
the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Created and produced by Tallarico and Wall’s
production company, Mystical Stone Entertainment LLC, Video Games Live™
features music from the most popular video games performed by top orchestras
and choirs around the world, combining exclusive video footage and music
arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, live electronic drumming
by Irwin and unique interactive segments to create an explosive one-of-a-kind
entertainment experience. 

This special performance taking place this Thursday evening will mark the
return of Video Games Live™ to the Bowl after a triumphant nationwide tour,
and is the last domestic performance of this year’s tour before starting their
international performances. To commemorate the event, Video Games Live™ is
pulling out all the stops and opening the doors early to present a pre-show
festival from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. which is FREE to all ticket holders. Tickets
($3 – $65) are on sale now at

Ticketmaster:

The pre-show festival will include PC game stations sponsored by Intel, a game
competition with prize giveaways presented by Dream Authentics featuring old
school titles Space Invaders, Centipede, and Asteroids on
six custom built arcade

cabinets. The yet-to-be-released Guitar Hero™ II will be on hand with its
own competition and prizes.  Other pre-show festivities include a costume
contest where audience members will come dressed as their favorite video game
characters.  Finalists will be judged on the Hollywood Bowl stage by the
audience.  San Diego based High Moon Studios will have a recruiting booth
available at the show for people looking to get into the video game industry. 
Other festival sponsors and prizes provided by Dolby, TokyoPop, IGN, Westwood
Colleges, Killer Tracks, APM Music, Music4Games & ASCAP. 

Prizes will be given away throughout the evening during several
audience-interactive segments, starring one of the most beloved classic arcade
games of all time, Frogger, as well as a live Space Invaders contest and even
an interactive segment with the Goodyear Blimp! This unique interaction with a
live symphony has only ever been attempted and performed at Video Games
Live™.  Grand prize includes an Intel computer and a set of TokyoPop manga
books.

The pre-show Meet and Greet, where fans can interact with
renowned game composers and designers as well as celebrities, will be VGL’s
largest ever with more than 50 industry luminaries, including:
 

COMPOSERS:


Tommy Tallarico
Earthworm Jim, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Metroid Prime, Advent Rising, Aladdin,
Cool Spot, Spider-Man, Time Crisis, MDK, Unreal 2 & Tournament, Blood Rayne,
The Terminator, NFL Blitz, Prince of Persia, Pac-Man World,  Knockout Kings,
Madden Football, Twisted Metal

Jack Wall
Myst III, Myst IV, Splinter Cell, Jade Empire, Mass Effect, Army of Two

Marty O’Donnell 
Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Riven

Mike Salvatori
Halo, Halo2,  Halo 3, Riven, Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse

Inon Zur 
Prince of Persia, EverQuest, Pirates of the Carribean, SOCOM II, Lineage II:
Chronicle 5

Gerard Marino
God of War, God of War 2, The Punisher

Jason Hayes 
Warcraft series

Jesper Kyd
Hitman series, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theorye2C DDR, Freedom Fighters, Unreal
Tournament 2007, Spellborn

Alexander Brandon
Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Gauntlet



Clint Bajakian
Monkey Island, Outlaws, Indiana Jones, Day of the Tentacle

Peter McConnell
Sly 2 & 3, Psychonauts, Monkey Island, Grim Fandango

Michael Land
The Dig, Monkey Island, Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle


Jamey Scott
Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 2007, Daxter, Jak3

Cris Velasco

God of War, God of War 2, Dark Messiah, Marvel Ultimate Alliance

Sascha Dikiciyan 
Quake Series, Dark Messiah, Splinter Cell 4: Double Agent

Billy Martin
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Chicken Little, Finding Nemo

Lennie Moore
Outcast, War of the Ring, Dragonshard

Shawn Clement
Sims 2, Need For Speed, Batman: Vengeance, Tarzan: Untamed, Open Season,  Kim
Possible: What’s the Switch?

Stephen Harwood Jr.
Brother In Arms

Will Littlejohn 
Guitar Hero, Karaoke Revolution, BladeRunner, Guitar Hero II

Christopher Lennertz
Medal of Honor series, Gun, 007: From Russia with Love

Chance Thomas
King Kong, X-Men, Lord of the Rings

Rod Abernethy
Star Trek: Legacy, Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows,  Blazing Angels,
Marvel VS, The Hobbit
 

Chris Tilton
Black,  The Incredibles, Mercenaries, Alias
 

Gary Schyman
Destroy All Humans 1 & 2, Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers, BioShock

Spencer Nilsen
Ecco The Dolphin, Sonic CD, Batman Returns, Daytona USA

Russell Brower
Audio Director – World of Warcraft
 

Rob King

Heroes of Might & Magic, EverQuest series, Area 51, Scarface
 

DESIGNERS:

Tim Schafer
Day of Tentacle, Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts

Louis Castle
Cofounder Westwood Studios, Command and Conquer, Blade Runner



Vince Desi
Postal series, SPY vs SPY (C64/Apple II), Ghostbusters (C64/PC)

Bill “The Game Doctor” Kunkel
Father of video game journalism, Electronic Games Magazine — 1979

Cory Barlog
God of War 1 & 2, X-Men: Mutant Academy & the Next Dimension

John Botti
Robocop vs. Terminator, Tomorrow Never Dies, Treasures of the Deep, Knockout
Kings, X-Files

Keith Robinson
President, Programmer & Game Designer – Intellivision

Mike Morhaime
President – Blizzard Entertainment

Justin Thavirat
Project Art Director – World of Warcraft

Seamus Blackley
creator of the X-BOX

Jason Rubin
Crash Bandicoot series, Jak & Daxter

PERFORMERS:

BT

Recording artist — Movement in Still Life, Emotional Technology,
This Binary Universe
Film composer — Stealth, Fast & the Furious, Monster
Video games — SSX, Gran Turismo 3, Wipeout, Need for Speed, DDR, Burnout
Revenge

Dweezil Zappa
Songwriter, Recording Artist, Guitar Legend

Irwin
Electronic drummer for VGL, Beastie Boys, and Rob Navarro

Martin Leung

The Video Game Pianist

Laurie Robinson
Soloist — Advent Rising

SPECIAL GUESTS:


John Schneider
Smallville, Dukes of Hazzard

Steven Lisberger
Creator, writer, director — TRON

Richard Taylor
Movie Special FX Supervisor — TRON, Star Trek
Game Cinematic Director — TRON 2.0, Lord of the Rings, Links 2004, Amped 2,
Top Spin
 

Julie Stoffer
Electric Playground, MTV’s Real World
 

VOICE ACTORS:

David Hayter
Voice of Solid Snake in MGS 1 – 4, Eternal Darkness 
Screenwriter X-Men, X2, The Scorpion King

Dee Baker
SpongeBob SquarePants (TV), Teen Titans (TV), Viewtiful Joe, Halo 2,
EverQuest II, Doom 3, Tales of Symphonia, Arc the Lad, Final Fantasy X-2,
Metal Gear Solid 2, Kingdom Hearts, Spider-Man

The concert will start with an opening act from famous electronic recording
artist Brian “BT” Transeau previewing selections from his new album “This
Binary Universe.” Legendary guitarists Steve Vai and Dweezil Zappa will be
performing along with the orchestra, as well as live electronic drumming by
Irwin, and other special appearances by well-known video game composers
including Halo composer Marty O’Donnell. New segments include Halo® 3 and
Civilization IV, plus a rare special acoustic performance by the original
LucasArts composers performing Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, and more.

Video Games Live™ will once again make history by being the first to bring the
symphonic score from Final Fantasy® VII to the Hollywood Bowl. Fans will also
enjoy a special solo performance by Video Game Pianist Martin Leung who will
debut his unique Final Fantasy® piano arrangement consisting of over ten Final
Fantasy® favorites.

New music and exclusive video has been added to the already spectacular
line-up of games including Mario™, Zelda®, Final Fantasy®, Halo®, Metal Gear
Solid®, Warcraft®, Myst®, Kingdom Hearts, Medal of Honor™, Sonic™, Tron®, God
of War™ and others, plus there will be a new and expanded Classic Arcade
Medley featuring tributes to the games that started it all.

About Video Games Live™ (www.videogameslive.com)
Created by two industry leading video game composers Tommy Tallarico
and Jack Wall, Video Games Live™ (produced under their company Mystical Stone
Entertainment, LLC) is the front runner in the field of live game music
performance.  Video Games Live™ is an immersive concert event celebration
featuring music from the biggest video games of all time.  The debut
performance launched on July 6th, 2005 at the world famous Hollywood Bowl in
Los Angeles with the LA Philharmonic with over 11,000 people in attendance
making it the largest video game concert in the world.

About the Hollywood Bowl
One of the largest natural amphitheaters in the world, with a seating
capacity of nearly 18,000, the HOLLYWOOD BOWL has been the summer home of the
Los Angeles Philharmonic since its official opening in 1922, and in 1991 gave
its name to the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, a resident ensemble that has filled
a special niche in the musical life of Southern California. The 2004 season
introduced audiences to a revitalized Hollywood Bowl, featuring a
newly-constructed shell and stage and the addition of four stadium screens
enhancing stage views in the venue. To this day, $1 buys a seat at the top of
the Bowl for many of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s concerts. While the Bowl
is best known for its sizzling summer nights, during the day California’s
youngest patrons enjoy "SummerSounds: Music for Kids at the Hollywood Bowl,"
the Southland’s most popular summer arts festival for children, now in its
38th season. Attendance figures over the past several decades have soared: in
1980 the Bowl first topped the half-million mark and close to one million
admissions have been recorded. In February 2006, the Hollywood Bowl was named
Best Major Outdoor Concert Venue for the second year in a row at the 17th
Annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards; the Bowl’s summer music festival has
become as much a part of a Southern California summer as beaches and
barbecues, the Dodgers, and Disneyland.