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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27859| Title: | Music Theory Examples in Video Game Music |
| Authors: | Ferguson, B |
| Issue Date: | 1-Jan-2020 |
| Publisher: | Carolyn Wilson Digital Collections |
| Citation: | Ferguson, B. (2020) 'Music Theory Examples in Video Game Music', Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, 34, article no. 12, pp. 1 - 36. Available at: https://digitalcollections.lipscomb.edu/jmtp/vol34/iss1/12/ (accessed: 15 December 2023) |
| Abstract: | Analytical Contributors: Brent Ferguson, T.J. Laws-Nicola, and Alan Elkins. This document is inspired by the work of 8-bit Music Theory, VGLeadSheets.com, Disney Music Theory, Alan Elkins’s North American Conference for Video Game Music presentation and Justin Binek’s theory resources for popular music and jazz. Analyses are mostly based on transcriptions and arrangements in VGLeadSheets.com - Lead Sheets for Video Game Music. Other sources include the Asako Niwa piano arrangement books of the Chrono Trigger (1995) and Final Fantasy Tactics (1997) soundtracks by DOREMI Music Publishing. |
| Description: | A Note from the Curator: This is a living document that will expand and change over time. These examples are meant to be a supplement in the music theory classroom. The first update will include links to arrangements or midi files, as well as more form analyses. Future updates will include more concepts, varying arrangements, and a Google Drive with representative .musx files for educational purposes. I will also provide a spreadsheet at some point with this information. Any help is appreciated. If you would like, I will post the results of your analyses to this document and credit you as an analytical contributor. Also, please feel free to share this with your colleagues and students. Please, know that video game music, like popular music and jazz, does not have to follow ‘traditional’ theoretical functions. This is especially true when it comes to form. Each composer is linked to a wiki the first time they are mentioned. Transcribers (trans.) and arrangers (arr.) are credited for each example. The song title link leads to a YouTube video of the cue. The transcriber link leads to the respective lead sheet at VGLeadSheets.com. Please, let me know if any links are broken. If you are a composer, transcriber, arranger, or performer of any cues on this list, please send me links to your home page, arrangements, or performances and I will add them to this list. |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27859 |
| ISSN: | 0891-7639 |
| Other Identifiers: | ORCID iD: Brent Ferguson https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1679-5672 12 |
| Appears in Collections: | Dept of Arts and Humanities Research Papers |
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