Understanding game scoring : the evolution of compositional practice for and through gaming /

Understanding game scoring : the evolution of compositional practice for and through gaming /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Enns, Mackenzie, author.
Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. ©2022
Description:	ix, 147 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Perspectives on music production Perspectives on music production.
Subject:	Video game music -- Instruction and study. Video game music -- Production and direction. Composition (Music) -- Collaboration. Composition (Music) -- Collaboration.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12693312

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ISBN:	9780367492830 0367492830 9780367492816 0367492814 9781003045465
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Understanding Game Scoring explores the unique collaboration between gameplay and composition that defines musical scoring for video games. Using an array of case studies reaching back into the canon of classic video games, this book illuminates the musical flexibility, user interactivity and sound programming that make game scoring so different from traditional modes of composition. Mack Enns explores the collaboration between game scorers and players to produce the final score for a game, through case studies of the Nintendo Entertainment System sound hardware configuration, and game scores, including the canonic scores for Super Mario Bros. (1985) and The Legend of Zelda (1986). This book is recommended reading for students and researchers interested in the composition and production of video game scores, as well as those interested in ludo-musicology"--
Other form:	Online version: Enns, Mackenzie. Understanding game scoring [1.] Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2021 9781003045465

Table of Contents:

An Introduction to Game Scoring
Game Scoring's Interactive Multimedia Context
Game Scoring and Gaming Technology
Game Design and Game Scoring as Software Programming
Game Scoring : Gameplay as Performance of Aleatoric Composition
Game Scoring : Conclusion.