Journey LIVE is a GRAMMY®-nominated, audience-interactive, immersive video game symphony where live musicians respond to real-time gameplay.
You wake alone, surrounded by miles of burning, sprawling desert, and soon discover the looming mountaintop that is your goal. Faced with rolling sand dunes, age-old ruins, caves and howling winds, your passage will not be an easy one. A cloaked avatar, you travel and explore this ancient, mysterious world alone, or with a stranger you meet along the way. While the goal is to get to the mountaintop, the experience is the discovery of who you are, the story of this place, and your purpose.
Visconti Arts teams up with composer/conductor Austin Wintory to present an original, interactive live performance of his GRAMMY®-nominated score to the video game Journey. Described as "the most beautiful game of its time" by IGN, critics have called Journey one of gaming's crowning achievements. It is the fastest selling game to date on the Playstation Network.
Never the same each time it is played, Journey LIVE is an interactive parable, an anonymous online adventure to experience a person’s life passage and their intersections with others. In this unprecedented collaboration, live musicians respond to the actions of game players in real time on stage (90 minutes in performance).
Mirroring the breathtaking synergy between score and action in this transformative video game experience, this arrangement is constructed in short trigger points that allow the ensemble to be responsive to the actions of live game players in real time. In live performance, players join the musicians, with the game's stunning visuals projected live on screen, as the ensemble seamlessly underscores their journey. Each performance is just as unique as each potential audience.
For a distillation of all that is promising, unique, and breathtaking in the video game experience—an experience in which gameplay, art, and music weave together on an almost operatic level—Journey LIVE is an orchestral event like no other.
“Journey is an interactive parable, an anonymous online adventure to experience a person’s life passage and their intersections with others.”
Originally released in 2012 for PS3, the game has been ported to each successive console with a growing fanbase
Is the fastest-selling and most-downloaded game ever on the PlayStation network
Extremely popular among all demographics and one of Sony's flagship titles (rare game aimed at all ages)
Over 21 million dollars in gross sales to date
Is the first-ever video game to be nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for its groundbreaking and haunting score
One of the most critically acclaimed games of all time recognized with over 100+ awards and accolades including GDC's "Game of the Year", IGN's Best Game of the Year, and other top awards from BAFTA, Game Informer, and Wired, as well as being featured in the Smithsonian as their inaugural example of "Video Games as Art"
Past Performance Dates:
Journey LIVE at Brooklyn Academy of Music with American Composers Orchestra - Friday, December 6, 2024, 7:30pm, 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Tickets start at $35
Journey LIVE at Brooklyn Academy of Music with American Composers Orchestra - Saturday, December 7, 2024, 2pm, 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Tickets start at $35
Journey LIVE at Gallagher Way - Saturday, May 28, 2022, 6:00pm Chicago, IL, Free
Journey LIVE at Sweetwater Sound - Saturday, May 27, 2022, 7:00pm Fort Wayne, IN
Journey LIVE at the Norton Center for the Arts - Friday, May 6, 2022, 7:30pm Danville, KY
Journey LIVE at the Tutti Festival - Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 7:00pm Denison University, Michael D. Eisner Center for the Performing Arts
Journey LIVE at Crested Butte Music Festival - Saturday, July 6, 2019, 7:00pm Crested Butte Music Festival Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, CO
Journey LIVE at San Jose State University - Friday, April 13, 2018, 7:00pm Hammer Theatre, San Jose, CA $29-46
Journey LIVE at San Francisco Conservatory of Music - Saturday, February 24, 2018, 5:30pm Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco, CA $20 General, $15 Students and Seniors
Journey LIVE at Kenyon College - Friday, February 16, 2018, 8:00pm Rosse Hall Auditorium, Gambier, OH 43022 Free
Journey LIVE at UT Austin - Wednesday, November 8, 2017, 8:00pm Bass Concert Hall, Austin, TX 78712 $10 / $25 / $40
Journey LIVE at Mount Royal University - Friday, May 5, 2017, 7:30pm Calgary, AB $44 / $69 / $69 CAD
Journey LIVE at National Sawdust - Friday, July 8, 2016, 8:30pm Brooklyn, NY $60 Advance, $75 Doors
Journey LIVE at University of Illinois at Springfield Saturday, April 16, 2016, 8:00pm Sangamon Auditorium, Springfield, IL $44 Reserved Seats
Journey LIVE at Florida Atlantic University - Saturday, April 9, 2016, 7:00pm University Theatre, Boca Raton, FL $15 Reserved Seats
Journey LIVE at Steppenwolf Theatre - Sunday, February 28, 2016, 7:30pm Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, IL $25 General Admission
Journey LIVE at MAGFest - Saturday, February 20, 2016, 2:00pm Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD $75 Festival Pass"
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