A Composer's Guide to Game Music (MIT Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (747 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262026643 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Great Resource A Composer's Guide by Winifred Philips, known for her work with the games, God of War, Little Big Planet II, and Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, is a wonderful book that manages to detail a lot of what a video game composer does without being to be general or being too technical. The guide itself is structured in a very readable way, beginning with Philips being inspired by a Tomb Ra. Not just for game composers Tom Davis I have been a composer and educator for nearly 40 years and am constantly looking for new perspectives on creativity. After signing up for an on-line course in video game music I picked up Winifred's book to set the stage before the course began. I have to say that the her book is extremely well-organized, unveiling new vocabulary and concepts in logical order while citing ample resear. Mr. Bond said Bought it; read it; lurve it!. Winifred has written an excellent book that outlines several concepts necessary to utilize in order to succeed as a modern game composer. The introductory tone of the book is analytical and scientific (which I genuinely appreciate) and it outlines in meticulous detail an overview of what to expect from the craft; as well as what may be expected of the song writer.This book is applicabl
Winner of the Global Music Award Gold Medal for an exceptional book in the field of music · Winner of the National Indie Excellence Book Award · Winner of the Nonfiction Book Award (Gold Winner) · Winner of the Annual Game Music Award (Best Publication)Music in video games is often a sophisticated, complex composition that serves to engage the player, set the pace of play, and aid interactivity. In A Composer's Guide to Game Music, Winifred Phillips -- herself an award-winning composer of video game music -- provides a comprehensive, practical guide th
Phillips provides an excellent introductory look at a complex and evolving artistic field. This is not a music and computer science (CS) degree in 270 pages, but a conversation with a friend who quite logically lays out the field Anyone connected with gaming will enjoy the result.