The Game Music Handbook leads the reader on a journey through numerous soundscapes throughout video game history, exploring a series of concepts and techniques that are key to being a successful game music composer. Writing music for games is an art that requires conceptual forethought, specialized technical skill, and a deep understanding of how players interact with games and game audio. The book organizes key game music scoring concepts into an applicable methodology, describing them with memorable distinctions that leave readers with a clear picture of how to apply them tocreating music and sound. This book is for every music composer or musician who wishes to begin a career in game composition. Readers will gain a solid understanding of the core techniques for composing video game music, as well as the conceptual differences that separate it from any other compositional field. Some of thesetopics include designing emotional arc for non-linear timelines, the relationship between music and sound design, discussion of the player's interaction with audio, and more. Advanced readers and game audio professionals will find detailed discussion of game state and its effect on player interaction, a composer-centric lesson on programming, how to work with version control, information on visual programming languages, emergent audio, procedural audio and otherindispensable knowledge about advanced reactive music concepts. The book explores the effect that music has on a player's interaction with a game. It discusses the practical application of this interaction through the examination of various techniques employed in games throughout video game historyto enhance immersion, emphasize emotion, and create compelling interactive experiences. | The Game Music Handbook by Noah Kellman, Paperback | Indigo Chapters