The Game Music Toolbox: Composition Techniques and Production Tools from 20 Iconic Game Soundtracks
Marios Aristopoulos
May 2023 · CRC Press
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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.
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About the author
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.
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