a huge amount went down at the game awards last night but as well as plenty of prizes and a lot of announcements there were a number of musical outings one of which has really captured the hearts and minds of the audienceduring the show the game awards orchestra played a musical medley of the themes from all of the game of the year nominees its a very evocative selection but one musician in particular stood out in almost the dead centre of the group is its flute player or flautist to use the technically correct term notable for the visible energy he brings to proceedingsflute guy immediately appealed to the shows viewers so much so that the term was trending on twitter overnight with several tweets praising the players obvious enthusiasmflute guy was the best thing about thegameawards pictwittercomgwbvljsoe3december 9 2022see moreflute guy pictwittercomva1xwdulvvdecember 9 2022see morebig shoutout to the cool flute guy in the game awards orchestra damn near played every woodwind instrument on that stage pictwittercoml728z0fgjedecember 9 2022see moreas several people have since pointed out flute guys real name is pedro eustache the venezuelanborn player has contributed to a number of highprofile films in recent years including 2021s dune indiana jones 4 and pirates of the caribbean a role for which he won a film tv music award in 2007the energy is astounding but what really caught my eye is eustaches ability to swap between instruments on the fly in quick succession he swaps from the tiny piccolo to the weighty bass flute moving back to a traditional flute i think at the end of the performance you can check out the whole performance in the clip below eustache shouldnt be hard to spot but props should also go to the equally enthusiastic percussion sectionif you missed the show last night heres everything announced at the game awards 2022