Name: The Game Music Toolbox By Marios Aristopoulos
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The Game Music Toolbox: Composition Techniques and Production Tools from 20 Iconic Game Soundtracks by Marios Aristopoulos

Careful balance of music theory and music production skills for music composers
Littered with case studies from AAA games, as well as independent games to demonstrate techniques. These include: Cyberpunk 2077, Mario Kart 8, The Legend of Zelda, Street Fighter II, The Last of Us, and many others
Opportunity to expand our game audio offering beyond beginner/introductory titles

About Marios Aristopoulos

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.

1. SPACE INVADERS (1978) - Mickey Mousing, Programmable Sound Generators, and the Birth of Interactive Game Music 2. BALLBLAZER (1985) - Algorithmic Guitar Solos to Infinity! 3. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA (1986) - Music Sequences, Musical SFX, and the SNES sound 4. AMEGAS (1987) - The Birth of the Tracker Sequencer 5. THE SECRET OF THE MONKEY ISLAND (1990) - The Secrets of Pirate Reggae! 6. STREET FIGHTER II (1991) -Melodic Tension in Guile's, Ken's and Blanka's themes 7. MORTAL KOMBAT (1992) - From the Arcades to the Dance Floor, Formulaic Writing Makes a Classic Hit 8. DIABLO (1996): Chromatic chords and non-functional harmony in Tristram Village 9. ASSASSIN'S CREED - Music as a Time Travelling Device in Four Historical Games of the Franchise 10. JOURNEY (2012) - a Masterclass in Monothematic Scoring 11. THE LAST OF US (2013) - WHEN LESS IS MORE - SPACE & SILENCE AS STORYTELLING DEVICES 12. ALIEN ISOLATION (2014) - In Space None Can Hear You Scream! - Controlling Tension with a Vertical Layers System 13. MARIO KART 8 (2014) - Music as an Information Device 14. APOTHEON (2016) - Recombinant Cells - A Generative Technique for Producing Musical Variation 15. NO MAN'S SKY (2016) - A Conversation With the Audio Director Paul Weir 16. DOOM (2016) - The Doom Instrument - Using FX chains creatively 17. CALL OF DUTY WW2 (2017) - A Conversation with the Composer Wilbert Roget, II 18. SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER (2018) - Music as Meditation, Lost Instruments, and 3D Mixing 19. CONTROL (2019) - A Conversation with Composer Petri Alanko 20. CYBERPUNK 2077 (2021) - Diegetic Music in Night City, Riff-based Composition, and the Sound of Sci-Fi

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CIN0367705494G

ISBN 13

9780367705497

ISBN 10

0367705494

Title

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

Author

Marios Aristopoulos

Condition

Used - Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

2023-05-24

Number of pages

196

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