The Game Music Toolbox: Composition Techniques and Production Tools from 20 Iconic Game Soundtracks

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Marios Aristopoulos

The Game Music Toolbox

Composition Techniques and Production Tools from 20 Iconic Game Soundtracks

Marios Aristopoulos

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CRC Press
24 May 2023

The Arts: General & Reference; Digital animation; Games development & programming; Audio processing

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.

By: Marios Aristopoulos
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 548g
ISBN: 9780367705503
ISBN 10: 0367705508
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 24 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marios Aristopoulos is a composer and sound designer for new media based in London. He is the Game Audio Lead at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has authored the game audio programmes for many universities in the UK and the USA. Selected composition credits include Apotheon – an award-winning PS4 & Steam video game, Rebel Rebel – a painting exhibition for The Curve gallery in the Barbican, Aenigma – a 3D stereoscopic animation, and Beasts of London – an interactive exhibition for the Museum of London.