Final Fantasy Tactics - Trisection goes Metal

Do you play an orchestral instrument? Do you enjoy video game music? JOIN US! We're recruiting in all sections, but particularly interested in Violins, Violas, French Horns, Bassoons and Double Basses. Link in comments to our new member form! #vgm #orchestra #belfast #ireland

Great night at #Nekrogoblikon in Belfast! #vgm DID feature after all: a full room of metal fans singing to the #pokemon theme is a joy to behold 🎮♥️

🚨New video!🚨 Tune in on our YouTube channel to hear two of @jasongravesmusic.bsky.social's pieces from Heroes of Might and Magic! Thanks Jason 🎮♥️ Link below! Because we don't need to worry here unlike other platforms 👀 #vgm #gamemusic @ubisoft.com youtu.be/EMvIyqRkHwI

🚨New video!🚨 Tune in on our YouTube channel to hear two of @jasongravesmusic.bsky.social's pieces from Heroes of Might and Magic! Thanks Jason 🎮♥️ Link below! Because we don't need to worry here unlike other platforms 👀 #vgm #gamemusic @ubisoft.com youtu.be/EMvIyqRkHwI

🚨New video at 3pm today🚨 HEROES OF MIGHT AND MAGIC! Here's an intro from the composer himself, the wonderful @jasongravesmusic.bsky.social 🎮♥️ #mightandmagic #vgm #gamemusic @ubisoft.com youtube.com/shorts/2j16I...

A tangent from #vgm, Nekrogoblikon will be playing at Limelight in Belfast tonight! We'll be in the mosh pit! Did you know @ericwbrown.bsky.social, composer for @sabotagestudio.com, is also in a Goblin metal band? 🤘

🚨New video at 3pm today🚨 HEROES OF MIGHT AND MAGIC! Here's an intro from the composer himself, the wonderful @jasongravesmusic.bsky.social 🎮♥️ #mightandmagic #vgm #gamemusic @ubisoft.com youtube.com/shorts/2j16I...

Check out that music!! 🎮♥ Try the demo of this beautiful game featuring the one and only @samanthabeart.bsky.social - now available on Steam! #indiedev #indiegames #vgm

Very excited to check out the demo for War of the Western Deep tomorrow on stream! Go get it! store.steampowered.com/app/2976440/...

Rehearsals this week included a little Metal Gear Solid... 📦🐍 Listen out for our violinist Julie cheering at the end! #metalgearsolid #METALGEARSOLIDΔ @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp @konamina.bsky.social

thanks for coming to the premiere of VS. Rival!! the new track AND one other new one are now included in the Bandcamp album, which is now 66 whole tracks!! you can hear them both in-game in the milestone update tomorrow!! radicaldreamland.bandcamp.com/album/beasti...

knew "buy it now" before the release date was too good to be true #FinalFantasy #FinalFantasyTactics

The @imirt.bsky.social Steam Curator List is so close to 600 followers! All follows and shares help Irish game devs! Please and thank you. 😊 #speirghorm #irishgamedev #speirgorm #indiedev #gamedev #irishcreatives #indiegame store.steampowered.com/curator/4145...

late night bluesky timeline conspiracies @pellapellasekai.bsky.social @christerious.bsky.social

If you enjoy a classic RPG soundtrack feel, check out @tylermire.bsky.social's work on Quartet from @somethingclassic.bsky.social. Amazing variety of tracks - 95! We also spotted @fieldofreeds.bsky.social and Amelia Jones in the illustrious credits 👀 Congrats on the release Tyler! #vgm #gamemusic

Amazing sale coming up later from @remedygames.com! Happy 30th - thanks for the incredible games and of course, the music! We'd love to add it to our repertoire @samlakewrites.bsky.social 👀 #RMD30 #RemedyGames

An exhilarating few days at #gamescom and now back on Irish soil. WITH AN ANNOUNCEMENT! September marks the start of our recruitment season, first with a call for vocalists. Don't worry if you don't sing - we'll be calling instrumentalists soon! #vgm #ireland #NorthernIreland

Pesky backpack blocking the logo on your shirt? Wrap up the backpack in a spare t-shirt! Feel free to say hello if you see @adamh.ivgorchestra.com today at #gamescom - free stickers!

The FIRST person we bump into at #gamescom is Yoshi-P himself? Thank you for playing our little promo game featuring our mascot! Our performance of Endwalker at the end was a coincidence 👀 @finalfantasyxiv.bsky.social @square-enix-games.com #gamescom

Hi #gamescom you look nice today Lanyards here, if you want one, just ask!

🔴⚪ NEW VIDEO 🔴⚪ Alicia from @expedition33.bsky.social! Ft. our pianist @hollyhuddleston.bsky.social on vocals 🎮♥️ Tonight Lorien Testard and Alice Duport-Percier perform at #Gamescom - don't miss it! youtu.be/yyX_kHJ_BKw #vgm #ClairObscur #expedition33 #gamemusic

🔴⚪ NEW VIDEO 🔴⚪ Alicia from @expedition33.bsky.social! Ft. our pianist @hollyhuddleston.bsky.social on vocals 🎮♥️ Tonight Lorien Testard and Alice Duport-Percier perform at #Gamescom - don't miss it! youtu.be/yyX_kHJ_BKw #vgm #ClairObscur #expedition33 #gamemusic

Cannot wait - especially to hear that amazing music again!! 🐍 We once played this in a dilapidated warehouse... Fitting! youtu.be/KdCf90feGM8 #MetalGearSolid #METALGEARSOLIDΔ

Can any game studios, composers, or music publishers help? These guys are amazing. I know this because I played a gig with them some months ago as a dep violin 1. Anyone who can spread the word appreciated.

If you're at #gamescom this week - so are we! Let's chat: 🎮Partnerships for our 2026 concerts 🕹️Permission to arrange and perform cool music! 📰Promotion! Would love to connect with media reps Our AMD @adamh.ivgorchestra.com is there Wednesday/Thursday in the business area! #vgm #gamemusic

Turned down for public funding again, 2nd time in a month. The advice remains: "try again next time" - we've been trying for 10 years! Meanwhile, surviving on our own The arts scene in #NorthernIreland is deprived, with the minister in charge completely absent... We'll keep promoting #vgm though

Wow, Gamescom is next week! The calendar is filling up, excited to meet so many publishers, studios, and friends 🎮♥️ If you want to chat about what it's like running a grassroots orchestra in Ireland, about licensing music, or collaborating with us, drop a comment! #Gamescom

Join @samlakewrites.bsky.social, @samanthabeart.bsky.social, @johnericbentley.bsky.social, @itskahlief.bsky.social & more Sat 8/16 starting 8AM ET to support our #PlayingWithPurpose classes for underserved youth! Don't miss the stream & donate today! Donate: bit.ly/pwpstream Watch: twitch.tv/nyvgcc

Terrible news. We have performed here multiple times, always an wonderful venue with great staff.

There's still time to join the race! Take a Grand Prix-style Tour through the music of Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart 64, Double Dash!!, and Mario Kart Wii! 🏎️ 4 Games 🎶 30+ Songs 🏁 1 Winner: You! Let's-A-Go!: barsilence.com/episode/2ca1... #MarioKart #Nintendo #RetroGaming

It's Bandcamp Friday! 💥 Listen, support on there helps me loads any day of the year, but it counts for a bit more on these days - THANK YOU 💖 Here's a bit about who I am and what I do!

We're going to be at #gamescom this year for the first time! Our Assistant Music Director @adamh.ivgorchestra.com will be there from 20-21 Aug. Want to chat #vgm and orchestras? We have big concert plans ahead, we'd love to tell you more... We even have a pitch deck! #gamescom2025 #devcom

Going to #Gamescom? Want to talk to us about collabs and game music? We'll be there 🎮♥️

What a masterful performance by Mischa Cheung @mischacheung.bsky.social! Here’s the first of four performance videos from Piano Fantasies - music from SQUARE ENIX. Huge thanks to Roger Wanamo (arr.), Lars Nilsson (rec./mix), David Tarrodi (video), and SQUARE ENIX MUSIC for their support!

Summer... The time for holidays and generally leaving Ireland for a while 🎻 EXCEPT WE'RE BACK TO REHEARSALS 🎺 Join us? Links in the comments (no, not that one, a URL) #vgm #gamemusic

It's been great over the last few weeks to meet friends from the #vgm and gaming world, and make new ones. From NieR in London to Japan expo in Paris, the ridiculously early Ferries and long drives have been worth it! Here's to more meetups in the future around video game music!

Back to London for the next few days en route home to Ireland! If anyone wants to talk #vgm give us a shout 🎮♥️

Incredible concert last night at Cadogan Hall by @benyaminnuss.bsky.social! It was a real pleasure to hear amazing #nier arrangements performed so well. Two standing ovations! Lovely to meet you Benyamin, and always great to see @shonekonyan.bsky.social and @choiby.bsky.social - isn't #vgm great?

Beware: developing a #vgm obsession may lead to "bad" decisions - a Dublin ferry at 1am then driving 7hrs to London for @nierconcert.bsky.social piano concert by @benyaminnuss.bsky.social 🎮♥️ Followed the sunrise in Wales, 3 hours to London! #NieR #NieRAutomata #NieRReplicant @yokotaro.bsky.social

C'est un scandale quand même

So for the next three weeks, I’ll be uploading footage from the Irish Video Game Orchestra concert I went to last night. They will be releasing on Mondays and Saturdays. More so for preservation, but also because they’re cool!

A sneaky backstage video from our recent 10th anniversary concert! Here's Alicia from @expedition33.bsky.social by Lorien Testard #vgm #gaming #expedition33 youtube.com/shorts/0yskC...

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Ten years with this crew, and I couldn’t be more proud. We’ve officially hit our stride, and we’re only going up from here. @ivgorchestra.com #conductor #videogamemusic

Just came back listening to some video game music played by the FANTASTIC @ivgorchestra.com! Seriously guys you did a great job! Loved the music! (P.S. you made my my brother cry when you played To Zanarkand from FFX, he loves that game!)

Having the sad version of Dance of 1,000 Suns from Sea of Stars, followed to one of the saddest Final Fantasy songs is diabolical. @ivgorchestra.com Whoever’s idea that was is an evil genius and I love it!

🚨BELFAST! TONIGHT!🚨 We are performing at @themacbelfast.bsky.social for our 10th Anniversary show! The set is - to quote @jasongravesmusic.bsky.social - 'stacked' 🎮♥️ Come and celebrate #vgm together #Belfast #Ireland #NorthernIreland youtube.com/shorts/KtRu7...

Oops, we dropped our merch! #belfast come see us on Saturday at @themacbelfast.bsky.social! We have INCREDIBLE music from @borislavslavov.bsky.social, @jasongravesmusic.bsky.social, @ericwbrown.bsky.social, @finalfantasyxiv.bsky.social and more! #vgm is the best - come enjoy it with us 🎮♥️

Oops, we dropped our merch! #belfast come see us on Saturday at @themacbelfast.bsky.social! We have INCREDIBLE music from @borislavslavov.bsky.social, @jasongravesmusic.bsky.social, @ericwbrown.bsky.social, @finalfantasyxiv.bsky.social and more! #vgm is the best - come enjoy it with us 🎮♥️