Authenticity in the Music of Video Games (Hardcover)

Stephanie Lind

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Authenticity in the Music of Video Games explores the many facets of gamers' relationship to the concept of authenticity. From historical games to hyperrealism to retro gaming, authenticity proves to be a sticky, ever-shifting term. What do gamers believe authenticity to be? How are their expectations structured and manipulated by the soundtrack? Are they conscious of music's impact on their gameplay? And how do their actions as gamers impact the overall interaction of sound with game world and narrative? Stephanie Lind explores three facets of authenticity-accuracy, expectation, and emotion-through the lens of music analysis. Ranging from harmonic analysis, mappings of musical form, to more multimedia approaches to the overall soundtrack and game world, the book takes a theoretical approach as well as links analysis to the practical experience of gamers. Lind shows how specific processes of musical organization help to structure player experience with a focus on games as true multimedia experiences and that all three components of authenticity are inseparable.

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Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2022
Authors:	Stephanie Lind
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	210
ISBN-13:	978-1-79362-712-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Communications engineering / telecommunications > Television technology Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-79362-712-6
Barcode:	9781793627124