Research Catalog

Title

Nostalgia and videogame music : a primer of case studies, theories, and analyses for the player-academic / edited by Can Aksoy, Sarah Pozderac-Chenevey and Vincent E. Rone.

Publication

• Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Intellect, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rone, Vincent E.
• Aksoy, Can
• Pozderac-Chenevey, Sarah

Description

viii, 261 pages : illustrations (black and white); 25 cm.

Summary

This book, the first multi-disciplinary study of nostalgia and videogame music, allows readers to understand the relationships and memories they often form around games, and music is central to this process. The quest into the past begins with this book, a map that leads to the intersection between nostalgia and videogame music. Informed by research on musicology, memory and practices of gaming culture, this edited volume discusses different forms of nostalgia, considers how video games display their relation to those other forms, and explores the ways theoretically self-conscious positions can be found in games. An important scholarly addition to the burgeoning field of ludomusicology, this book will appeal to educators, practitioners, undergraduate and graduate students, and videogame fans and players alike.

Series Statement

Studies in game sound and music

Uniform Title

Studies in game sound and music.

Subject

• Video game music > History and criticism
• Video game music > Analysis, appreciation
• Nostalgia in music
• Video game music

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part 1: Articulating Nostalgia and Videogame Music -- A Player's Guide to the Psychology of Nostalgia and Videogame Music / Michael Vitalino and Vincent E. Rone -- And the Music Keeps on Playing: Nostalgia in Paraludical Videogame Music Consumption / Sebastian Diaz-Gasca -- Part 2: Objectifying Nostalgia and Videogame Music -- My Childhood Is in Your Hands: Videogame Concerts as Commodified and Tangible Nostalgic Experiences / Elizabeth Hunt -- Remembering the Rules: Immersive Nostalgia in Final Fantasy Leitmotifs / Can Aksoy -- The Sounds of 8-Bit Nostalgia: The Resurgence of Chiptune Music in Contemporary Film-Based Videogames / Jonathan Waxman -- Part 3: Subjectifying Nostalgia and videogame music -- A Link between Worlds: Nostalgia and Liminality in Musical Covers of The Legend of Zelda / Alec Nunes -- You Unlock This Game with the Key of Imagination: The Twilight Zone: The Game (2014), Musical Parody, and the Sound of Nostalgia / Reba A. Wissner -- "This Game Stinks": Musical Parody and Nostalgia in Earth Bound / Justin Sextro -- Part 4: Confronting Nostalgia and Videogame Music -- Playing Music Videos: Three Case Studies of Interaction between Performing Videogames and Remembering Music Videos / Brent Ferguson and T. J. Laws-Nicola -- Remembering Tomorrow: Music and Nostalgia in Fallout's Retro-Future / Jessica Kizzire -- Confronting Nostalgia for Racism in American Popular Music via BioShock Infinite / Sarah Pozderac-Chenevey.

Call Number

JMF 22-76

ISBN

• 9781789385519
• 1789385512
• 9781789385854
• 1789385857

OCLC

1276847676

Title

Nostalgia and videogame music : a primer of case studies, theories, and analyses for the player-academic / edited by Can Aksoy, Sarah Pozderac-Chenevey and Vincent E. Rone.

Publisher

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Intellect, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in game sound and music

Studies in game sound and music.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Rone, Vincent E., editor.

Aksoy, Can editor.

Pozderac-Chenevey, Sarah editor.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781789385533

Research Call Number

JMF 22-76