TY - BOOK AU - Thomas,Chance TI - Composing music for games: the art, technology and business of video game scoring SN - 9781138021419 (pbk.) : U1 - 781.5'4 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Boca Raton, FL PB - CRC Press KW - Video game music KW - Composition (Music) KW - Music KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - "An A.K. Peters book."--Front cover; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This guide, to launching and maintaining a successful career as a video game composer, offers a pragmatic approach to learning, intensified through challenging project assignments and simulations. It begins with the foundation of scoring principles applicable to all media, and then progresses serially through core methodologies specific to video game music. It offers a powerful blend of aesthetic, technique, technology and business, which are all necessary components for a successful career as a video game composer ER -