From Pac-Man to Pop Music

Digital interactive audio is the future of audio in media – most notably video games, but also web pages, theme parks, museums, art installations and theatrical events. Despite its importance to contemporary multi-media, this is the first book that provides a framework for understanding the history, issues and theories surrounding interactive audio. Karen Collins presents the work of academics, composers and sound programmers to introduce the topic from a variety of angles in order to provide a supplementary text for music and multimedia courses. The contributors cover practical and theoretical approaches, including historical perspectives, emerging theories, socio-cultural approaches to fandom, reception theory and case study analyses. The book offers a fresh perspective on media music, one that will complement film studies, but which will show the necessity of a unique approach when considering games music.

Author Biography

Karen Collins is based in the Canadian Centre of Arts and Technology at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Karen Collins, Holly Tessler, Antti-Ville Karja, Peter Drescher, Agnes Guerraz, Jacques Lemordant, , Jesper Kaae, Tim van Geelen, Norbert Herber, Rob Bridgett, Leonard J. Paul, Anders Carlsson, Kristine Jorgensen, Peter Schultz, Erica Kudisch.