The Cambridge Companion to Video Game Music

Contents

• Foreword The collaborative art of game music Lydia Andrew;
• Introduction Melanie Fritsch and Tim Summers;
• Part I . Chiptunes:
• 1. Before red book: early video game music and technology James Newman;
• 2. Chiptune, ownership and the digital underground Kenneth B. McAlpine;
• 3. Waveform wizard - an interview with Junko Ozawa, trans Lyman Gamberton;
• Part II . Creating and Programming Game Music:
• 4. Building relationships: the process of creating game music Guy Michelmore;
• 5. The inherent conflicts of musical interactivity in video games Richard Stevens;
• 6. The triple lock of synchronization K. J. Donnelly;
• 7. 'Less music, now!' - new contextual approaches to video game soundtracks Rob Bridgett;
• 8. Composing for independent games: the music of kentucky route zero Ben Babbitt;
• Part III . Analytical Approaches:
• 9. Music games Michael Austin;
• 10. Autoethnography, phenomenology and hermeneutics Michiel Kamp;
• 11. Interacting with soundscapes: music, sound effects, and dialogue in video games Elizabeth Medina-Gray;
• 12. Analytical traditions and game music: super mario galaxy as a case study Steven Reale;
• 13. Semiotics in game music Iain Hart;
• 14. Game - music - performance. Introducing a ludomusicological theory and framework Melanie Fritsch;
• Part IV . Realities, Perception and Psychology:
• 15. A step back from reality: sound and presence in computer games and other worlds Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard;
• 16. Audio and the experience of gaming: a cognitive-emotional approach to video game sound Dana Plank;
• 17. Physiological responses and game music Duncan Williams;
• Part V . Game Music, Contexts and Identities:
• 18. Game music and identity Chris Tonelli;
• 19. Game music and history James Cook;
• 20. Open worlds: globalization, localization, and video game music William Gibbons;
• 21. Female credit: excavating recognition for the capcom sound team Hillegonda C. Rietveld and Andrew Lemon;
• Part VI . Beyond the Game:
• 22. Pop music, economics and marketing Andra Ivanescu;
• 23. Game music beyond the games Ryan Thompson;
• 24. Producing game music concerts Thomas Boecker.