By Winifred Phillips
Winner of the worldwide song Award Gold Medal for a great e-book within the box of music · Winner of the nationwide Indie Excellence ebook Award · Winner of the Nonfiction ebook Award (Gold Winner) · Winner of the yearly online game song Award (Best Publication)
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Later, sitting on the floor at home with my new prizes spread out around me in all their component bits and pieces, my euphoria slowly waned. Nothing in my previous schooling had prepared me for my current conundrum. I舗d thought that these wonderful toys would open up a world of possibility for a budding composer like myself, but now I couldn舗t imagine any possibility of getting it all to work, much less composing anything with it. I was fortunate in that I was able to obtain private lessons with a local composer who subsidized his passion by working in a music store.
The term 舠art舡 means different things to different people. Given the importance of the issue, we舗ll be returning to it several times over the course of this book, but for now, let舗s consider what it would mean for game composers if we could conclusively prove that video games are truly works of art. As composers, our art is our music, and we are driven by an ambition to create something meaningful, memorable, and emotionally resonant with each piece of music we compose. Wouldn舗t it be amazing to create that kind of music for a revolutionary new art form?
Senior editorial assistant Virginia Crossman of the MIT Press, for her helpful feedback. MIT Press associate editor Katie Helke Dokshina, catalog manager Susan Clark, and all of the editorial and marketing staff members of the MIT Press, for their invaluable support. A special note of gratitude to Karen Collins, who paved the way for game music scholarship and set the standard for writing about game audio. The members of the music press who continue to support game music by reviewing game soundtrack releases and interviewing game composers, thereby helping to spread awareness of the vibrant world of game music.