Ludomusicology: Normalising the Study of Video Game Music
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https://doi.org/10.3989/anuariomusical.2020.75.09Keywords:
Video games, ludomusicology, interactivity, game musical literacy, immersion, performativity, sound diegesisAbstract
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 be researched. This article aims to present the current situation and to reflect about some of the main lines of research related to the music of video games and their culture, a field of ongoing research that has received little attention in Hispanic academia up to the present time.
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- Vídeo 1.Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar, 2009). Escena de un duelo.
- Vídeo 2. Breve loop titulado Poison Mind de Kinuyo Yamashita para el videojuego Castlevania (Konami, 1987).
- Vídeo 3. Música minimalista del grupo 65daysofstatic como ejemplo de música generativa para una escena del videojuego No Mans’ Sky (Hello Games, 2016).
- Vídeo 4. Grito “¡Un Forastero!” a cargo de un zombie en Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 2005).
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