Video Game Music

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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

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

Assessments

Notes