Schartmann, Andrew, <br/><br/>
Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros / 
Andrew Schartmann. 
 - 160 pages ;  17 cm. 
 - 33 1/3 .
 - 33 1/3. .
<br/><br/> Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. (1985) score redefined video game music. With under three minutes of music, Kondo put to rest an era of bleeps and bloops - the sterile products of a lab environment - replacing it with one in which game sounds constituted a legitimate form of artistic expression. Andrew Schartmann takes us through the various external factors (e.g., the video game crash of 1983, Nintendo's marketing tactics) that coalesced into a ripe environment in which Kondo's musical experiments could thrive. He then delves into the music itself, searching for reasons why our hearts still dance to the 'primitive' 8-bit tunes of a bygone era. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781628928532 (pbk.) :  £9.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Kondo, Koji, 1961-  Super Mario Bros. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Music.<br/>Music.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>781.5'4