The Game Music Toolbox: Composition Techniques and Production Tools from 20 Iconic Game Soundtracks
Paperback – 24 May 2023 - Preorder available from Amazon now!
by Marios Aristopoulos (Author)
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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