Understanding Video Game Music

Music is a central component of video games. This book provides methods and concepts for understanding how game music works.

List of contents

Foreword James Hannigan; Introduction; Part I. Analysing Video Game Music: 1. The video game as a source; 2. Methods of analysis; Part II. Critical Perspectives: 3. Texturing and the aesthetics of immersion; 4. Music and virtual game worlds; 5. Communication for play; 6. Hollywood film music and game music; 7. Musical play and video games; Epilogue; Appendix: how to hear a video game; Bibliography.

About the author

Tim Summers is Teaching Fellow in Music at Royal Holloway, University of London and has previously taught music at the University of Oxford and the University of Bristol. As Centenary Research Scholar at Bristol, he wrote one of the first Ph.D.s on video game music. He is a co-founder of the UK Ludomusicology Research Group on video game music, and has written articles for journals including the Journal of the Royal Musical Association, the Journal of Film Music and Music, Sound and the Moving Image. He has edited both a collection of essays on video game music, Ludomusicology: Approaches to Video Game Music, and a special issue of The Soundtrack on game audio.

Summary

Music is central to the experience of interacting with video games. In this book, Tim Summers explores the functions of music in video games, offers new insights into well-loved game music and provides a wide array of new tools and concepts for its analysis.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Summers, Tim (Royal Holloway Summers, Summers Tim
• Assisted by: Hannigan James (Foreword)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108413428
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41342-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; MUSIC / Recording & Reproduction, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Electronic, Music recording & reproduction, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile, Computer games / online games: strategy guides, Electronic Music, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Audio, Digital music and audio: consumer / user guides, Music recording and reproduction, Digital music: consumer/user guides