Recording provided by Open Range Video and J-Tech Audio Visual. Audio mixed by Antonino d'Urzo.

Title: Loonboon
Game: Plants vs. Zombies
Composer: Laura Shigihara
Arranger: Zack Smith
Featuring: Jonathan Alonzo, Stephanie Do, Oscar Krug, Braidon Saelens, Zack Smith, Christopher Zhou

Thumbnail art by Zack Smith.

Inspired by the zoomies of composer Laura Shigihara’s cat Metroid, “Loonboon” is the minigame theme for the tower defense game Plants vs. Zombies. The first time you hear this bouncy tune is just after your neighbor Crazy Dave (who you’ve just met) tells you to dig up all the plants in your garden and defend your house from an incoming horde of zombies... by bowling walnuts at them. Normally I guess you wouldn’t follow the lead of your rambling neighbor who wears a stainless steel saucepan to protect his brain, but the undead are shambling through your front yard, so walnut bowling it is!

Full program from this concert: https://umd.gamersymphony.org/docs/co...

This piece was performed at our Fall 2022 Concert in Dekelboum Hall. Follow us on our social media platforms or visit our website to stay up-to-date on our latest events and performances!

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The Gamer Symphony Orchestra is a student-run symphonic orchestra consisting of more than 120 musicians, including a full choir. Since our establishment in 2005, we have strived to promote video game music as an art form and to continue bringing video game worlds to life through orchestral arrangements - almost all of which are created by our own members.

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