Nostalgia and Videogame Music: A Primer of Case Studies, Theories, and Analyses for the Player-Academic...

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Vincent E. Rone Can Aksoy (Los Angeles City College)

Nostalgia and Videogame Music

A Primer of Case Studies, Theories, and Analyses for the Player-Academic

Vincent E. Rone, Can Aksoy (Los Angeles City College), Sarah Pozderac-Chenevey (Independent Scholar)

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Intellect Books
27 May 2022

Music; Information technology industries; Nostalgia: general

Series: Studies in Game Sound and Music

The first multi-disciplinary study of the connection between memory and music in video games.

This book allows readers to understand the relationships and memories they often form around games, and music is central to this process. The quest into the past begins with this book, a map that leads to the intersection between nostalgia and videogame music. Informed by research on musicology, memory, and practices of gaming culture, this edited volume discusses different forms of nostalgia, considers how videogames display their relation to those forms, and explores the ways theoretically self-conscious positions can be found in games. An important scholarly addition to the burgeoning field of ludomusicology, this book will appeal to researchers, educators, practitioners, undergraduate and graduate students, and videogame fans and players alike.

Edited by: Vincent E. Rone, Can Aksoy (Los Angeles City College), Sarah Pozderac-Chenevey (Independent Scholar)
Imprint: Intellect Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781789385854
ISBN 10: 1789385857
Series: Studies in Game Sound and Music
Pages: 270
Publication Date: 27 May 2022
Audience: Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Children's (6-12)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dedication and Acknowledgments Introduction – Vincent E. Rone PART 1: ARTICULATING NOSTALGIA AND VIDEOGAME MUSIC 1. A Player’s Guide to the Psychology of Nostalgia and Videogame Music – Michael Vitalino and Vincent E. Rone 2. And the Music Keeps on Playing: Nostalgia in Paraludical Videogame Music Consumption – Sebastian Diaz-Gasca PART 2: OBJECTIFYING NOSTALGIA AND VIDEOGAME MUSIC 3. My Childhood Is in Your Hands: Videogame Concerts as Commodified and Tangible Nostalgic Experiences – Elizabeth Hunt 4. Remembering the Rules: Immersive Nostalgia in Final Fantasy Leitmotifs – Can Aksoy 5. The Sounds of 8-Bit Nostalgia: The Resurgence of Chiptune Music in Contemporary Film-Based Videogames –Jonathan Waxman PART 3: SUBJECTIFYING NOSTALGIA AND VIDEOGAME MUSIC 6. A Link between Worlds: Nostalgia and Liminality in Musical Covers of The Legend of Zelda – Alec Nunes 7. You Unlock This Game with the Key of Imagination: The Twilight Zone: The Game (2014), Musical Parody, and the Sound of Nostalgia – Reba A. Wissner 8. “This Game Stinks”: Musical Parody and Nostalgia in EarthBound – Justin Sextro PART 4: CONFRONTING NOSTALGIA AND VIDEOGAME MUSIC 9. Playing Music Videos: Three Case Studies of Interaction between Performing Videogames and Remembering Music Videos – Brent Ferguson and T. J. Laws-Nicola 10. Remembering Tomorrow: Music and Nostalgia in Fallout’s Retro-Future – Jessica Kizzire 11. Confronting Nostalgia for Racism in American Popular Music via BioShock Infinite – Sarah Pozderac-Chenevey Notes on Contributors Index

Vincent Rone teaches music history, theory, and choir at Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH, in addition to serving as Director of Music at Archangel Gabriel Parish in Pittsburgh, PA. His research interests include ludomusicology, film music, and the intersection of music and Catholic liturgical reform in twentieth century France. Dr. Can Aksoy is a professor of English at Los Angeles City College. He specializes in American Postmodern Literature, Materialist Aesthetics, Cultures of Finance, Risk Theory, Video Games, and Writing Instruction & Pedagogy. Sarah Pozderac-Chenevey is a ludomusicologist specializing in the analysis of pre-existing music in videogames. In addition to being an independent scholar and the owner of Academic Formatting, LLC, she serves as the archivist and alto section leader/soloist at Christ Presbyterian Church in Canton, OH.