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Video game soundtracks getting symphonic treatment

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

A lot of video game players can hum along to the original Super Mario Brothers theme song, but as time has passed and games have gotten more complex, so has their music. Now, a London orchestra has turned to video games for a new album.

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