The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
A Game Music Companion
$60.80
- Paperback
334 pages
- Release Date
12 May 2022
Summary
More than twenty years after its creation, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is still held in high critical regard as one of the finest examples of the video game medium. The same is true of the game’s music, whose superlative reception continues to be evident, whether in the context of the game or in orchestral concerts and recordings of the game’s music.
Given music’s well-established significance for the video game form, it is no coincidence that music is placed at the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781789385670 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1789385679 |
| Author: | Tim Summers, Mark Sweeney, Michiel Kamp, Melanie Fritsch |
| Publisher: | Intellect |
| Imprint: | Intellect Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 334 |
| Release Date: | 12 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 170mm x 244mm |
| Series: | Studies in Game Sound and Music |
Critics Review
‘Summers does an excellent job of describing the soundscape of a video game within the confines of print, employing a variety of visual representations to support his prose arguments. […] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: A Game Music Companion offers many things to many people: it is an in-depth analysis of a beloved game, a primer on ludomusicological terminology and concepts, a model analysis, a demonstration of the different things video game music can do, and an explication of how it does them. Summers’s attention to detail, wide-ranging knowledge, and affection and respect for the subject matter are evident throughout, resulting in a superb book.’
– Sarah Pozderac-Chenevey, Journal of Sound and Music in GamesTim Summers
Tim Summers is lecturer in music at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Understanding Video Game Music and a cofounder of the Ludomusicology Research Group.
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