Book description
Composing Music for Games is a guidebook for launching and maintaining a successful career as a video game composer. It offers a pragmatic approach to learning, intensified through challenging project assignments and simulations. Author Chance Thomas begins with the foundation of scoring principles applicable to all media, and then progresses serially through core methodologies specific to video game music. This book offers a powerful blend of aesthetic, technique, technology and business, which are all necessary components for a successful career as a video game composer.Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- PERSPECTIVE
- CHAPTER 0: THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC SCORING
- PRINCIPLES
- CHAPTER 1: TIMELESS PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC SCORING
- CHAPTER 2: DISTINGUISHING PRINCIPLES OF VIDEO GAME SCORING
- CHAPTER 3: APPLIED PRINCIPLES IN MUSIC DESIGN
- TECHNIQUES
- CHAPTER 4: BASIC MUSIC SCORING TECHNIQUES FOR GAMES
- CHAPTER 5: ADVANCED MUSIC SCORING TECHNIQUES FOR GAMES
- PROCESSES
- CHAPTER 6: THE PROCESS OF MUSIC COMPOSITION
- CHAPTER 7: THE PROCESS OF MUSIC PRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 8: THE PROCESS OF MUSIC IMPLEMENTATION
- BUSINESS
- CHAPTER 9: TUNING UP FOR BUSINESS
- CHAPTER 10: HUNTING AND GATHERING
- CHAPTER 11: MONEY MATTERS
- CHAPTER 12: LIFESTYLE MANAGEMENT
- BUSINESS
- CHAPTER 13: DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION
- CHAPTER 14: CONTEMPORARY VANGUARDS
- CHAPTER 15: CAREER PHILANTHROPY
- APPENDAGES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- IMAGE CREDITS
- INDEX
Product information
- Title: Composing Music for Games
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2017
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781315318622
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