... rock ludomusicology retro ethnomusicology music theory popular music Bibliography Baugh , Bruce . “ Prolegomena to Any Aesthetics of Rock Music .” Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 51 , no. 1 ( Winter 1993 ), 23 – 29 . Collins , Karen . Game Sound...

...Julianne Grasso Review of The Cambridge Companion to Video Game Music , Edited by Melanie Fritsch and Tim Summers ( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , 372 pp, $29.99 ). © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 education ludomusicology review introduction...

...Costantino Oliva; Ari Poutiainen In this article we present ludomusicological research associated with the development of the video game Otogarden . Players of Otogarden are able to repeat short musical phrases through the use of a loop mechanic, juxtaposing sounds extemporaneously. By using...

... of competitive game elements. The relationship between play, games, and musical activity is then examined with reference to theoretical perspectives from ludomusicology and game studies, revealing a series of mechanical and aesthetic design tensions emerging between competitive gameplay and music creation. Two...

...Juan Pablo Fernández-Cortés; Karen M. Cook In the past two decades, the study of video game music has come into its own and gained acceptance in the academic community. This subdiscipline, now commonly referred as ludomusicology , is still attempting basic questions concerning how it can...

...-playing game ludomusicology genre Before countenancing the work at hand in earnest, it is worth contemplating the significance of its publication within ludomusicology. It was only four years ago that the stipulation was made, and accurately so, that “this significant sub-discipline is still...

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... and ludomusicology can lead to a New Drastic Musicology: an intellectual engagement with video game music that is just as rooted in immediacy, interactivity, and playfulness as the object with which it concerns itself. The New Drastic, I shall argue, can engender significant critical, epistemological, thematic...