The Cambridge Companion to Video Game Music (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Companions to Music
Release date:	April 2021
Editors:	Melanie Fritsch • Tim Summers
Dimensions:	175 x 250 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	372
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-47302-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Music recording & reproduction Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Music industry Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Audio processing > Music & sound effects Books > Music > Music recording & reproduction
LSN:	1-108-47302-4
Barcode:	9781108473026

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