Williams The Cambridge Companion to Jazz Edited by Mervyn Cooke and David Horn The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Music Edited by Joshua S. DelDonna and Pierpaolo Polzonetti The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music Edited by Nick Collins and Julio D’Escriván The Cambridge Companion to the ‘Eroica’ Symphony Edited by Nancy November The Cambridge Companion to Film Music Edited by Mervyn Cooke and Fiona Ford The Cambridge Companion to French Music Edited by Simon Trezise The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera Edited by David Charlton The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop Edited by Justin A. Keefe The Cambridge Companion to Conducting Edited by José Antonio Bowen The Cambridge Companion to the Drum Kit Edited by Matt Brennan, Joseph Michael Pignato and Daniel Akira Stadnicki The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera Edited by Anthony R. Topics The Cambridge Companion to Ballet Edited by Marion Kant The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music Edited by Allan Moore The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music Edited by André de Quadros The Cambridge Companion to the Concerto Edited by Simon P. , on, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at. He is the author of Understanding Video Game Music (Cambridge, 2016) and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – A Game Music Companion (2021).ĭownloaded from. Tim summers is Lecturer in Music at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of Performing Bytes: Musikperformances der Computerspielkultur (2018). Melanie fritsch is Junior Professor in Media and Cultural Studies with a focus on Game Studies and related fields at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. The book also engages with other disciplines such as psychology, music analysis, business strategy and critical theory, and will prove an equally valuable resource for readers active in the industry, composers or designers, and music students and scholars. Topics include chiptunes, compositional processes, localization, history and game music concerts. Many popular games are analyzed, including Super Mario Galaxy, Bastion, The Last of Us, Kentucky Route Zero and the Katamari, Gran Turismo and Tales series.
The chapters and summaries consolidate existing knowledge and present tools for readers to engage with the music in new ways. This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of video game music by a diverse group of scholars and industry professionals. Now, reaching billions of listeners, game music encompasses a diverse spectrum of musical materials and practices. Video game music has been permeating popular culture for over forty years. The Cambridge Companion to Video Game Music