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The Game Music Toolbox 2023

1. Cover

2. Half Title

3. Title Page

4. Copyright Page

5. Table of Contents

6. Preface

7. Introduction: 15 Questions on game composition

1 Space Invaders (1978): Mickey mousing, programmable sound generators, and the birth of interactive game music

2 Ballblazer (1985): Algorithmic guitar solos to infinity!

3 The Legend of Zelda (1986): Music sequences, musical SFX, and the SNES sound

4 Amegas (1987): The birth of the tracker sequencer

5 The Secret of Monkey Island (1990): The Secrets of Pirate Reggae!

6 Street Fighter II (1991): Melodic tension in Guile’s, Ken’s, and Blanka’s themes

7 Mortal Kombat (1992): From the arcades to the dance floor, formulaic writing makes a classic hit

8 Diablo (1996): Chromatic chords and non-functional harmony in Tristram Village

9 Assassin’s Creed: Music as a time travelling device in four historical games of the franchise

10 Journey (2012): A masterclass in monothematic scoring

11 The Last of Us (2013): When less is more – Space and silence as storytelling devices

12 Alien Isolation (2014): In space none can hear you scream – Controlling tension with a vertical layers system

13 Mario Kart 8 (2014): Music as an information device

14 Apotheon (2016): Recombinant cells – A generative technique for producing musical variation

15 No Man’s Sky (2016): A conversation with the audio director Paul Weir

16 Doom (2016): The Doom Instrument – Using FX chains creatively

17 Call of Duty: WWII (2017): A conversation with the composer Wilbert Roget, II

18 Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018): Music as meditation, lost instruments, and 3D mixing

19 Control (2019): A conversation with the composer Petri Alanko

20 Cyberpunk 2077 (2021): Diegetic music in Night City, riff-based composition, and the sound of sci-fi

28. Index