Understanding Video Game Music

Contents

• Foreword James Hannigan
• Introduction
• Part I . Analysing Video Game Music:
• 1. The video game as a source
• 2. Methods of analysis
• Part II . Critical Perspectives:
• 3. Texturing and the aesthetics of immersion
• 4. Music and virtual game worlds
• 5. Communication for play
• 6. Hollywood film music and game music
• 7. Musical play and video games
• Epilogue
• Appendix: how to hear a video game
• Bibliography.