BAFTA game‑music tour
BAFTA is taking game music on the road with its ‘BAFTA Games in Concert’ tour, following a London world premiere and a plan for six UK dates in May and June. (gamespress.com) The program promises music from more than two decades of BAFTA‑recognized game scores and aims to translate awards recognition into live performance dates. (gamereactor.eu)
BAFTA’s game-music concert is moving from a one-night London premiere to a six-date United Kingdom tour in May and June 2026. (bafta.org) BAFTA announced the project in September 2025 and staged the world premiere at Royal Festival Hall in London on January 31, 2026. The touring run is scheduled for Gateshead on May 23, Bristol on May 31, Edinburgh on June 4, Glasgow on June 5, Birmingham on June 6, and Manchester on June 7. (bafta.org) (ticketmaster.co.uk) The show is built around music from 20 years of British Academy of Film and Television Arts Games Awards nominees and winners, performed by a 65-piece orchestra with gameplay footage, visuals, and on-screen imagery. The official concert site lists suites from games including *Baldur’s Gate 3*, *Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture*, *Assassin’s Creed*, *Cuphead*, *Journey*, *Helldivers 2*, and *Disco Elysium*. (liveconcert.games) The concert turns a British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards category into a touring live event at a time when game soundtracks are drawing bigger concert audiences outside fan conventions and industry ceremonies. BAFTA said in 2025 that it also planned international dates beyond the United Kingdom, with future presentations available through the same production. (bafta.org) (liveconcert.games) The London premiere was billed with the British Broadcasting Corporation Concert Orchestra under composer and conductor Austin Wintory, whose credits include *Journey* and *Assassin’s Creed Syndicate*. For the tour, BAFTA and its concert site say the production keeps the same core program while using regionally based orchestras in each city. (bafta.org) (gonintendo.com) The repertoire mixes blockbuster and independent games rather than focusing on one publisher or franchise. That includes older titles such as *Tomb Raider: Legend* and *Hitman: Contracts* alongside newer releases such as *Returnal* and *Ori and the Will of the Wisps*. (liveconcert.games) BAFTA Chief Executive Jane Millichip said the concert was meant to “extend the celebration” of the BAFTA Games Awards and bring fans, composers, and industry figures into the same room. The roadshow now gives that awards-season idea a fixed run of public dates instead of a single London event. (bafta.org)
