Writing Interactive Music for Video Games: A Composer's Guide, 1st edition

Writing Interactive Music for Video Games: A Composer's Guide

ISBN-13:  9780321961587

The first start-to-finish guide to creating interactive music for video games

• Explains why video game music composition is fundamentally different from other forms of composition
• Fully explains each interactive game scoring method, including advanced aleatoric, dynamic reharmonization, and algorithmic techniques
• Teaches through examples ranging from casual smartphone games to cutting-edge console titles
• Covers crucial business issues: contracts, pricing, marketing, and sales
• By Michael Sweet, the award-winning game music composer who created Berklee College of Music's pioneering game audio program
• DVD contains powerful composition tools created at Berklee and available nowhere else
• Supported by sample assignments and lesson plans for use in all college game music programs