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
Dedication
Introduction
PERSPECTIVE
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 - Music Composition
Chapter 7 - Music Production
Chapter 8 - Music Implementation
BUSINESS
Chapter 9 - Tuning Up for Success
Chapter 10 - Hunting and Gathering
Chapter 11 - Money Matters
Chapter 12 - Lifestyle Management
EVOLUTION
Chapter 13 - Disruptive Innovation
Chapter 14 - Contemporary Vanguards
Chapter 15 - Career Philanthropy
APPENDAGES
Acknowledgements
Index
About the Author
