The Cambridge Companion to Video Game Music

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Edited by Melanie Fritsch, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Tim Summers, Royal Holloway, University of London

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: April 2021
Print publication year:: 2021
Online ISBN:: 9781108670289
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108670289

Subjects:: Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Music, Music, Film, Media, Mass Communication, Music: General Interest, Media, Mass Communication
Collection:: The Cambridge Companions to Music
Series:: Cambridge Companions to Music

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Video game music has been permeating popular culture for over forty years. Now, reaching billions of listeners, game music encompasses a diverse spectrum of musical materials and practices. This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of video game music by a diverse group of scholars and industry professionals. The chapters and summaries consolidate existing knowledge and present tools for readers to engage with the music in new ways. Many popular games are analysed, including Super Mario Galaxy, Bastion, The Last of Us, Kentucky Route Zero and the Katamari, Gran Turismo and Tales series. Topics include chiptunes, compositional processes, localization, history and game music concerts. The book also engages with other disciplines such as psychology, music analysis, business strategy and critical theory, and will prove an equally valuable resource for readers active in the industry, composers or designers, and music students and scholars.

‘The work as a whole is useful for both game researchers and game designers; individual essays focus on such topics as intellectual property, music theory, the history of technology since the 1970s, identity and representation in video games, and the affective and physiological effects of music beyond this specific field … Recommended.’

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Part IV - Realities, Perception and Psychology
pp 263-318

15 - A Step Back from Reality: Sound and Presence in Computer Games and Other Worlds
pp 269-283

16 - Audio and the Experience of Gaming: A Cognitive-Emotional Approach to Video Game Sound
pp 284-301

17 - Psychophysiological Approaches to Sound and Music in Games
pp 302-318

Part V - Game Music, Contexts and Identities
pp 319-388

18 - Game Music and Identity
pp 327-342

19 - Game Music and History
pp 343-358

20 - Open Worlds: Globalization, Localization and Video Game Music
pp 359-375

21 - Female Credit: Excavating Recognition for the Capcom Sound Team
pp 376-388

Part VI - Beyond the Game
pp 389-423

22 - Pop Music, Economics and Marketing
pp 395-408

23 - Game Music Beyond the Games
pp 409-423

24 - Producing Game Music Concerts
pp 424-432

Select Bibliography
pp 433-435

Index
pp 436-446

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