Symphonic Shades
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| Orchestra | WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln |
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| Choir | Filmharmonic Choir Prague |
| Conductor | Arnie Roth |
| Composer | Chris Hülsbeck |
| Arrangers | Jonne Valtonen, Yuzo Koshiro, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi |
| Venue | Köln (Germany), Funkhaus Wallrafplatz |
| Album recording | Symphonic Shades |
| Date(s) | 23 August 2008 |
| Guests | Chris Hülsbeck, Yuzo Koshiro, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi |
| Supporting acts | Jari Salmela, Rony Barrak |
| Producer | Thomas Böcker (Merregnon Studios) |
| Böcker concert chronology | |
Symphonic Shades: Hülsbeck in Concert was a symphonic tribute concert held twice in Cologne, Germany on 23 August 2008 featuring video game music. The concert was held in honor of the German born video game composer Chris Hülsbeck, and featured orchestral arrangements exclusively based on Hülsbeck's works throughout his 22-year-long career. The concert was produced and directed by Thomas Böcker, with the majority of arrangements provided by Finnish composer and musician Jonne Valtonen, and with contributions by Japanese video game composers Yuzo Koshiro, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and additional assistance from Adam Klemens.
The concert was performed by The WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne and the FILMharmonic Choir under conduction from Arnie Roth, with guest performers Rony Barrak and Jari Salmela joining the orchestra at numerous occasions throughout the night. Symphonic Shades became the very first video game orchestra concert in history to be broadcast live on radio.
Symphonic Shades marked the beginning of a series of concerts held in principally at the Cologne Philharmonic Hall, and would spawn 3 direct successor concerts, as well as branch out into numerous side shows.
In late 2007, Thomas Böcker announced that he is producing Symphonic Shades, a concert exclusively dedicated to the music of Chris Hülsbeck, taking place on 23 August 2008. The WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne was chosen to perform due to Winfried Fechner, manager of the WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne, wanting to gauge the interest of a new young audience in classical music through the use of video game music after having personally attended Fifth Symphonic Game Music Concert.
Symphonic Shades would differ from the previous concert series produced by Böcker, the Symphonic Game Music Concerts. While Symphonic Game Music Concerts was a continuation of the conventional orchestra game music concerts originated by Koichi Sugiyama in 1991 with the Orchestral Game Concerts series, Symphonic Shades focused on one specific composer in its entirety, which was a very uncommon concept for video game orchestra concerts at the time, and the first of its kind in Europe. The use of specific themes would be utilized in all subsequent Symphonic shows produced by Böcker and his Merregnon Studios.
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