Video Game Music

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

• 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