From Pac-Man to Pop Music: Interactive Audio in Games and New Media (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780754662112)

Digital interactive audio is the future of audio in media - most notably video games, but also web pages, theme parks, museums, art installations and theatrical events. Despite its importance to contemporary multi-media, this is the first book that provides a framework for understanding the history, issues and theories surrounding interactive audio. Karen Collins presents the work of academics, composers and sound programmers to introduce the topic from a variety of angles in order to provide a supplementary text for music and multimedia courses. The contributors cover practical and theoretical approaches, including historical perspectives, emerging theories, socio-cultural approaches to fandom, reception theory and case study analyses. The book offers a fresh perspective on media music, one that will complement film studies, but which will show the necessity of a unique approach when considering games music.

Author: Karen Collins
ISBN-10: 075466211X
ISBN-13: 9780754662112
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 05/12/2008
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 264