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A [[Video Game]] tune, sometimes the [[Background Music]], is turned into a huge orchestral version by the game developers. (Or, in some cases, another band.) It is almost-never used within the game or series and is only available online or in stores.
This is usually done because the [[Video Game|game]] itself has limitations on the quality of the music if it is an 8-bit, 16-bit, etc. [[Video Game|game]].
The music is not always the same thing, and is sometimes extended. [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|It may also be worse than the original music depending on who you talk to.]]
Not always limited to video game music, but is rarely seen in other media.
Not to be confused with [[Orchestral Bombing]]. See also [[Boss Remix]].
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== Video game examples ==
=== [[Action Adventure]] ===
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' with most songs.
=== [[Adventure Game]] ===
* The original ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]]'' [http://www.allowe.com/Larry/musicdownload.htm theme song] was composed for the PC speaker - which can only produce single-tone sine waves. For the seventh game they redid it as a full-blown professional jazz recording.
** The sax was played by none other than Larry Laffer's spiritual father: Al Lowe. Get the intro from [http://www.allowe.com/Larry/musicdownload.htm#Larry7 here], and all of the other tunes from the game(s).
=== [[Fighting Game]] ===
* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'' The soundtracks for ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' do this for lots of older Nintendo themes.
** Also a literal orchestra version. Several of the Melee themes have been performed by the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and released as an album called ''Smashing...Live!''.
=== [[Platform Game]] ===
* ''[[Super Mario Bros.]].'' The main theme especially gets this treatment, considering how well known it is.
** ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' contains orchestral arrangements for the Bowser level and main level tunes from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.
* Lately, the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series has been using orchestral rock mixes of the games' main themes as backing music for the [[Final Boss]] fights.
** ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)||Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]'': "His World".
** ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'': "Endless Possibilities."
** ''[[Sonic Colors]]'': "Reach for the Stars."
=== [[Role-Playing Game]] ===
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games get this a lot. Square Enix has released orchestral albums of ''[[Final Fantasy I]] and [[Final Fantasy II|II]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', and there are several CD's based on orchestral concerts.
** ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' in particular - I think there's an orchestral version of virtually the entire soundtrack...
** Orchestrated themes for the actual game soundtrack are pretty commonplace for the series post-VII.
* The original ''[[MOTHER]]'' had a soundtrack CD that, rather than containing the NES games' eight bit melodies, reproduced them as fully orchestrated and vocal songs.
** Tropers may know its first song, "Pollyanna," from the fact that it's the official unofficial theme song of the [[Sugar Wiki]].
* [[OverClocked Remix]] has ''Chrono Symphonic'', a retelling of ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'''s soundtrack entirely in orchestrations.
* The original soundtrack for ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'' was fairly normal, but in the US release, every track was replaced with an orchestrated version of the original.
=== [[Shoot'Em Up]] ===
* The fans of the ''[[Touhou Project]]'' are quite fond of making orchestral remixes of ZUN's [[Touhou/Awesome Music|already awesome music]].
=== [[Sports Game]] ===
* The famous fight theme for ''Punch-Out!!'' was completely redone by a rock band (with awesome horn section) for the Wii remake.
=== [[Visual Novel]] ===
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]''.
== Non-video game examples ==
=== [[Anime]] ===
* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya|Suzumiya Haruhi no Gensou]]''. [[Aya Hirano]] and [[Minori Chihara]] actually gave the vocals for four of the songs performed ("Bouken Desho Desho", "God Knows", "Lost My Music", and "Yuki Muon Madobe Nite").
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', one of Nanoha's [[Leitmotif]]s, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ysWdBTT4J8 Raising Heart, Set-Up!]", was later updated with "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR-vzNA1d0Q Raising Heart, Set Up! (The Magical Orchestra)]". When [[The Movie]] came, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzRnGEWmeaU another Orchestral Version of the song was created], and one of the the [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition|Limited Edition DVD/Blu-Ray]] bonuses show that they hired an actual orchestra to perform it along with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2UVZNqDbhU other] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnTg6PzZy9c similar] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9aDEx5gaN0 updates] to the Season 1 soundtrack.
=== [[Theatre]] ===
* The original cast album of Styne, Comden and Green's semi-musical play ''Say, Darling'' replaced much of the two-piano accompaniment used in the production with orchestrations by Sid Ramin. Ramin and his then-uncredited assistant Robert Ginzler went on to orchestrate Jule Styne's next musical, ''[[Gypsy]]''.
* The original off-Broadway production of ''[[Assassins (theatre)|Assassins]]'' was done without a real orchestra, but [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s score was orchestrated for the original cast album.
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'s theme tune has an orchestral version floating around on [[YouTube]], by the fans. It was later used in his videos.
=== [[Real Life]] ===
* There exist quite a number of traveling productions that exclusively perform re-orchestrated versions of video game songs. The most notable ones are probably ''Video Games Live'' and ''PLAY!''.
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