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

By Marios Aristopoulos

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367705508
• ISBN13: 9780367705503
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Focal Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"