The 8-Bit Big Bandis a Grammy winning, genre-bending jazz orchestra formed around the love of video games, their associated soundtracks and the musical desire to explore and expand an ever-growing contemporary body of music which the group has lovingly dubbed “The Great Video Game Songbook.”
They are a symphonic jazz orchestra featuring 30 of New York City’s finest musicians, having garnered an online fanbase of more than 20 million views on YouTube and 200,000+ subscribers, followers and listeners across the globe.
Their mission is to showcase the contemporary and ever-growing body of musical work that is video game music. In the past, people grew to love the songs of The Great American Songbook because of their experiences seeing the Broadway shows and films those timeless songs and melodies came from. In a similar way, video game music has ushered in a new era of appreciation from music lovers who grew up playing video games and learning to love the melodies from their favorite game franchises.
