Metroid (PLAY!)

Metroid is an orchestrated medley of themes from Metroid and Super Metroid. It was composed by Chad Seiter and produced by Jeron Moore as part of ''PLAY! A Video Game Symphony''.

Description
Metroid is about 7 minutes and 30 seconds in length. Although ''PLAY! A Video Game Symphony had been touring since 2006, this arrangement made its debut at the PLAY!'' concert in Benaroya Hall, Seattle on June 21, 2011. This performance was accompanied by three large video screens displaying the orchestra and footage from various Metroid games, including the Prime Series and Metroid: Other M.

In order, Metroid features the following tracks: Opening (Destruction of the Space Colony), Title (Metroid), Theme of Samus Aran, Space Warrior, Silence, Norfair Ancient Ruins Area, Mother Brain, and Vs. Ridley. It ends with reprises of Theme of Samus, Title (Metroid), and Silence.

Much of the arrangement is dark, sinister, and aggressive due to its selection of songs, particularly Norfair Ancient Ruins Area and Mother Brain. It is not until the end of the arrangement where the reprises of Title (Metroid) and Theme of Samus give the medley a more heroic vibe.

A recording (by Nathaniel Tabit of Metroid Headquarters, at the request of Shinesparkers) of the Seattle Symphony concert at Benaroya Hall, Seattle WA can be seen here: A recording of a later National Symphony Orchestra concert at Filene Center, Vienna VA can be seen here:

Shinesparkers interview
Jeron Moore and Chad Seiter were interviewed by Darren Kerwin of Shinesparkers on June 14, 2011.

It had taken five years for PLAY! to feature Metroid music because they "just hadn’t gotten to it yet." Moore revealed that he was inspired as a teenager by the arrangement featured on the Orchestral Game Concert 4 album, and made it a priority to add Metroid to the concert program. Seiter composed the arrangement as a musical retelling of Super Metroid, choosing most of the songs from the game that he played obsessively in his childhood. Seiter, who had previously worked on films such as The Incredibles and Star Trek, arranged the songs to be cinematic yet faithful to the original. They also discussed their favorite childhood memories of Metroid.

After PLAY!, Jeron Moore and Chad Seiter would go on to work on The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony Concert. While that concert would see an album release, Moore and Seiter confirmed that there were no current plans to release a CD or DVD for the PLAY! concert.