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Nostalgia and videogame music : a primer of case studies, theories, and analyses for the player-academic / edited by Vincent E. Rone, Can Aksoy, Sarah Pozderac-Chenevey.

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Book
Contributor:
Pozderac-Chenevey, Sarah.
Rone, Vincent E., editor.
Aksoy, Can, editor.
Pozderac-Chenevey, Sarah, editor.
ProQuest ebook central
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Series:
Studies in game sound and music
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Video game music--History and criticism.
Video game music.
Video game music--Analysis, appreciation.
Nostalgia in music.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (271 pages)
Place of Publication:
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2022.
Contents:
Cover
Nostalgia and Videogame Music
Copyright
Contents
Dedication and Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART 1: ARTICULATING NOSTALGIA AND VIDEOGAME MUSIC
1. A Player's Guide to the Psychology of Nostalgia and Videogame Music
2. And the Music Keeps on Playing: Nostalgia in Paraludical Videogame Music Consumption
PART 2: OBJECTIFYING NOSTALGIA AND VIDEOGAME MUSIC
3. My Childhood Is in Your Hands: Videogame Concerts as Commodified and Tangible Nostalgic Experiences
4. Remembering the Rules: Immersive Nostalgia in Final Fantasy Leitmotifs
5. The Sounds of 8-Bit Nostalgia: The Resurgence of Chiptune Music in Contemporary Film-Based Videogames
PART 3: SUBJECTIFYING NOSTALGIA AND VIDEOGAME MUSIC
6. A Link between Worlds: Nostalgia and Liminality in Musical Covers of The Legend of Zelda
7. You Unlock This Game with the Key of Imagination: The Twilight Zone: The Game (2014), Musical Parody, and the Sound of Nostalgia
8. "This Game Stinks": Musical Parody and Nostalgia in EarthBound
PART 4: CONFRONTING NOSTALGIA AND VIDEOGAME MUSIC
9. Playing Music Videos: Three Case Studies of Interaction between Performing Videogames and Remembering Music Videos
10. Remembering Tomorrow: Music and Nostalgia in Fallout's Retro-Future
11. Confronting Nostalgia for Racism in American Popular Music via BioShock Infinite
Notes on Contributors
Index
Back Cover
Notes:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed June 20, 2022).
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
Other Format:
Print version: Rone, Vincent E. Nostalgia and Videogame Music.
ISBN:
9781789385533
1789385539
9781789385526
Publisher Number:
40031175900
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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