Every year in Seattle players of Dota 2 converge in Seattle for one week at a massive championship gamer playoff called The International Dota 2 Championships. The competition is streamed via Twitch and watched all over the world. This year the total prize pool was $24,787,916, with first place winning $10,862,683 and each of the top 20 getting over $100k. To say that it’s a massive event is a massive understatement.

Naturally, part of the festivities during the week is live entertainment. The game music band Critical Hit put together a long arrangement of music from Dota 2, and I helped to orchestrate the music for the Seattle Symphony to play. It was an orchestral/rock hybrid and featured soloists throughout. My colleagues on the music team were Adam Gubman, Penka Kouneva, and Joris Daniel Hoogsteder.

This performance was on August 12, 2017