{"id":617295,"date":"2026-09-07T15:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/617295\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T15:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:06:09","slug":"korean-video-game-music-to-be-celebrated-with-london-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/617295\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean video game music to be celebrated with London concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>London\u2019s Southbank Centre has announced details of a Korean Games In Concert orchestral gig, featuring the music of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/games\/lies-of-p\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lies Of P<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/games\/black-desert-online\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Desert<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n<p>The K-Music Festival is taking over several London venues between September 28 and November 23, 2026. \u201cFrom folk traditions and experimental sound art to gaming soundtracks, jazz, hip-hop and indie rock, K-Music Festival returns to showcase the depth, diversity and creativity of Korea\u2019s thriving music scene,\u201d explains a <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.korean-culture.org\/en\/2123\/board\/1737\/read\/145988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The opening night will see a celebration of Korean music take over the EartH Theatre with performances from ADG7, Lil Cherry &amp; GOLDBUUDA and Chang Kiha while trailblazing gayageum player Kyungso Park and award-winning master of the six-string electric bass Bj\u00f6rn Meyer will take to the Royal Albert Hall on October 29 for \u201can intimate cross-cultural dialogue in sound and texture\u201d. For more details, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalalberthall.com\/tickets\/events\/2026\/late-night-jazz-kyungso-park-and-bjoern-meyer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">head here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And on October 11, the National Gugak Center Orchestra will take to London\u2019s Southbank Centre to \u201creimagine\u201d major Korean game soundtracks. \u201cThe legendary compositions of the hugely popular online role-playing game Black Desert, alongside a selection of other iconic gaming soundtracks, have shaped Korea\u2019s modern gaming culture. Now, you can hear them like never before in a breathtaking performance that bridges heritage and contemporary culture,\u201d explains the event listing.<\/p>\n<p>As well as music from Black Desert and the Land of the Morning Light: Seoul expansion, fans will be able to hear music from Lies Of P, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/series\/solo-leveling\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Solo Leveling: Arise<\/a>, Skul: The Hero Slayer, SANABI and Let\u2019s Get Rich alongside visuals that \u201ccapture the majestic landscapes of historic Seoul and the royal Gyeongbokgung Palace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for \u2018K-Music Festival 2026: Korean Games In Concert\u2019 are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southbankcentre.co.uk\/whats-on\/k-music-festival-2026-korean-games-in-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">available now.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In other news, the soundtrack to power fantasy adventure game Crimson Moon\u00a0is available to stream, featuring contributions from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/health\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HEALTH<\/a>\u00a0and members of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ice-nine-kills\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ice Nine Kills<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/periphery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Periphery<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/gaming-news\/crimson-moon-soundtrack-stream-health-ice-nine-kills-3967379\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">check it out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"London\u2019s Southbank Centre has announced details of a Korean Games In Concert orchestral gig, featuring the music of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278,261955],"class_list":["post-617295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-video-game-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}