... of remakes of older games, especially where the new musical experience is vastly different from the original. In this paper, I propose that differences in music design between two versions of the same game (i.e., an original and a remake) across multiple console generations can offer a unique perspective...

... illustrate that a shift has taken place towards certain games’ stylistic harnessing and hybridisation of cinematic idioms that, in turn, transforms the experience being marketed to gamers. One title in which these dual-aspirations are especially conspicuous is Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix, 2020...

..., at least) that the “good ’ol days” of 16-bit pixel art and character designs that are now synonymous with the popular JRPG series are over thirty years behind us. 1 transmediality PlayStation reception audience Nobuo Uematsu remakes history © 2023 by the Society for the Study of Sound...