Nostalgia and Videogame Music
Author | : Can Aksoy |
Publisher | : Studies in Game Sound and Music |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2022-06-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 1789385857 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781789385854 |
Rating | : 4/5 (854 Downloads) |
Download or read book Nostalgia and Videogame Music written by Can Aksoy and published by Studies in Game Sound and Music. This book was released on 2022-06-24 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first multi-disciplinary study of the connection between memory and music in video games. This book allows readers to understand the relationships and memories they often form around games, and music is central to this process. The quest into the past begins with this book, a map that leads to the intersection between nostalgia and videogame music. Informed by research on musicology, memory, and practices of gaming culture, this edited volume discusses different forms of nostalgia, considers how videogames display their relation to those forms, and explores the ways theoretically self-conscious positions can be found in games. An important scholarly addition to the burgeoning field of ludomusicology, this book will appeal to researchers, educators, practitioners, undergraduate and graduate students, and videogame fans and players alike.