Pixel Soundtracks

Exploring Video Game Music through Twenty Games

By:

Tim Summers

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Music Pro Guides

$107.00

Releases 20 Aug 2024

Available for pre-order now

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Free Delivery with Primate

Join Now

Free 14 day free trial, cancel anytime.

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

4 payments of $26.75 with Afterpay Learn more

6 weekly interest-free payments of $17.83 with Laybuy Learn more

Pre-order Price Guarantee

If Mighty Ape's price changes before release, you'll pay the lowest price.

Availability

This product will be released on 20th August, 2024

Delivering to:

It should arrive:

27 Aug - 3 Sep using International Courier

Description

Tim Summers provides an engaging introduction to video game music aimed at game fans, music enthusiasts, budding composers, music professionals, and anyone with an interest in the topic. Based on the latest research, chapters explore a wide variety of topics, including: the history and evolution of game music technology music composition the role of music in games inner workings aesthetic considerations musical genres cultural importance Filled with many case studies, the book is separated into five stages and a “final boss,” and sections build off each other into increasingly broader topics. Starting with the specifics of computer chips, the book evolves, and at the end, questions of game music’s engagement with identity are addressed. Along the way, Summers discusses many classic and beloved games such as Space Invaders, Super Mario Bros., BioShock Infinite, Dark Souls III, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, The Legend of Zelda. The book’s “final boss” brings together ideas presented throughout the book. The book will allow readers to better understand the fantastic experiences and meanings that arise when games and music fuse together.

Author Biography:

Tim Summers is senior lecturer in music at Royal Holloway University of London. Summers co-founded the European Ludomusicology Research Group and was a founding editor of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games. His books include Understanding Video Game Music, The Queerness of Video Game Music and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – A Game Score Companion. Tim regularly contributes to articles, podcasts and radio programs on the topic of video game music.

Release date NZ

August 20th, 2024

Author