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THE GAME MUSIC TOOLBOX: COMPOSITION TECHNIQUES AND PRODUCTION TOOLS FROM 20 ICONIC GAME SOUNDTRACKS

Marios Artistopoulos



 

The Game Music Toolbox provides readers with the tools, models, and techniques to create and expand a compositional toolbox, through a collection of 20 iconic case studies taken from different eras of game music. Discover many of the composition and production techniques behind popular music themes from games such as Cyberpunk 2077, Mario Kart 8, The Legend of Zelda, Street Fighter II, Diablo, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, The Last of Us, and many others.


The Game Music Toolbox features:

  • Exclusive interviews from industry experts

  • Transcriptions and harmonic analyses

  • 101 music theory introductions for beginners

  • Career development ideas and strategies

  • Copyright and business fundamentals

  • An introduction to audio implementation for composers

  • Practical takeaway tasks to equip readers with techniques for their own game music

The Game Music Toolbox is crucial reading for game music composers and audio professionals of all backgrounds, as well as undergraduates looking to forge a career in the video game industry.

 

PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE

BINDING

EDITION

ISBN

YEAR

PAGES

English

Hardcover

9780367705503

2023

212

English

Paperback

9780367705497

2023

212

English

eBook

9781003146872

2023

212

 

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Publishers: #Routledge (Routledge)

Languages: #English

Year: #Year2023

Genres: #Music


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Games:

#Alien (Alien: Isolation)

#Apotheon (Apotheon)

#Amegas (Amegas)

#AssassinsCreed (Assassin's Creed)

#Ballblazer (Ballblazer)

#CallOfDuty (Call of Duty: World War II)

#Control (Control)

#Cyberpunk2077 (Cyberpunk 2077)

#Diablo (Diablo)

#Doom (Doom)

#Journey (Journey)

#Mario (Mario Kart 8)

#MonkeyIsland (The Secret of Monkey Island)

#MortalKombat (Mortal Kombat)

#NoMansSky (No Man's Sky)

#SpaceInvaders (Space Invaders)

#StreetFighter (Street Fighter II)

#TheLastOfUs (The Last of Us)

#TombRaider (Shadow of the Tomb Raider)

#Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)


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