Treasure hunters
The sheer bloody-mindedness of the videogame enthusiast is not to be denied. Tomb Raider devotee Ash Kapriélov just might top them all (indeed, Edge’s sister publication Retro Gamer named him ‘Lara’s Biggest Fan’). In his quest to fund and produce Tomb Raider: The Dark Angel Symphony – which remasters and reimagines music from the Last Revelation, Chronicles and The Angel Of Darkness games, and is available to buy and stream now – he and his fellow fans not only raised over £70,000 via Kickstarter, but additionally contributed over £100,000 out of their own pockets.
It started as an idea dreamed up at, prolific composer. They had met once, briefly. “I said, ‘I think we need to have a concert with your music and you can’t say no – if you want, I will fund it.’ I woke up at eight o’clock, and went down the stairs to where all my friends were sitting, having a tea. And I’m reading the message: ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’” With ’s 20th anniversary on the horizon, the timing was perfect. “And I didn’t have a choice!” Connelly laughs.
