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Analyzing NES Music : Harmony, Form, and the Art of Technological Constraint.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schartmann, Andrew.
- Series:
- Studies in Game Sound and Music Series
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Intellect, Limited, 2025.
- Summary:
- Explores a core challenge of early video game composition: how to disguise repetition in music that repeats extensively. It develops a theory of harmony and form for Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) music and uses this theory to analyze five landmark scores: Super Mario Bros., Dragon Warrior, Metroid, Mega Man 2 and Silver Surfer. 170 b&w illus. Read an interview with Andrew Schartmann.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-83595-111-2
- 1-83595-110-4
- 9781835951101
- OCLC:
- 1547117106
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