(Inter)active Listening: A study of Video Game Music

Daniella Sanchez

Location

Science Center, A255

Document Type

Presentation

Start Date

4-27-2012 2:45 PM

End Date

4-27-2012 3:45 PM

Abstract

Video games are fast becoming a new contender in modern media studies. In part because it is such a young discipline, there is little analysis of video games as an art form, particularly within the realm of music. Music plays a key signifying role within games and enhances the interactive experience for the gamer. Using modes of analysis developed for film music and opera, this project analyzes different music styles within video games and its connections to gameplay and artistic expression.

Notes

Session II, Panel 4: Making Records: Studies of Musical Style, Musical Scores, and Surveillance
Moderator: Robert Geitz, Chair and Associate Professor of Computer Science

Major

Musical Studies

Advisor(s)

Matt Senior, French

Project Mentor(s)

Paul Cox, Musicology; Percussion

April 2012

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(Inter)active Listening: A study of Video Game Music

Science Center, A255

Video games are fast becoming a new contender in modern media studies. In part because it is such a young discipline, there is little analysis of video games as an art form, particularly within the realm of music. Music plays a key signifying role within games and enhances the interactive experience for the gamer. Using modes of analysis developed for film music and opera, this project analyzes different music styles within video games and its connections to gameplay and artistic expression.