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==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
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* ''Music Theory Online:'' | *''Entertainment Computing:'' | ||
** [http://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.19.25.2/mto.19.25.2.atkinson.html Atkinson, "Soaring Through the Sky: Topics and Tropes in Video Game Music"] | **[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2019.100337 Plut and Pasquier, "Generative Music in Video Games: State of the Art, Challenges, and Prospects"] | ||
** [https://www.mtosmt.org/issues/mto.19.25.3/mto.19.25.3.medina.gray.html Medina-Gray, "Analyzing Modular Smoothness in Video Game Music"] | *''Music Theory Online:'' | ||
**[http://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.19.25.2/mto.19.25.2.atkinson.html Atkinson, "Soaring Through the Sky: Topics and Tropes in Video Game Music"] | |||
**[https://www.mtosmt.org/issues/mto.19.25.3/mto.19.25.3.medina.gray.html Medina-Gray, "Analyzing Modular Smoothness in Video Game Music"] | |||
====Listening or Videos==== | ====Listening or Videos==== | ||
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*Analysis of music from one or more video games | *Analysis of music from one or more video games | ||
*Design a group of musical cells for a generative application | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:04, 21 December 2024
| This lesson is part of the Style & Compositional Techniques category. |
Objectives
- Students will be familiar with the compositional processes involved in writing for film, video, and video games
- Students will be able to create a sequenced track which underscores a short video scene
- Students will be able to plan a soundtrack for a limited video game segment with different possible player actions or movements
Resources
Readings
- Entertainment Computing:
- Music Theory Online:
Listening or Videos
- Reale, "Variations on a Theme by a Rogue A.I.: Music, Gameplay, and Storytelling in Portal 2" (Part 1 | Part 2)
Class Activities
- Discussion of the mechanics and compositional challenges of scoring video games
- Sketching a compositional plan for a short video game segment
Assignments
- Analysis of music from one or more video games
- Design a group of musical cells for a generative application