Video game - Zelda - Pix - VGM - History of video game music

An industry with recognized economic potential, video games are also an indefinable medium that has long since abolished the boundaries of its first manifestations. Yet the image that has developed in the collective consciousness over the years is still a long way from doing justice to its complexity, richness and cultural importance. As a result, game music suffers collateral damage. How can we make a neophyte understand that the expression “game music” does not designate a genre in itself, but rather a fundamental component of an interactive audiovisual experience, and that it can just as easily refer to the electronic “beeps” of the early days as to a piece performed by a symphony orchestra? But to understand the very essence of game music, you need to experience it for yourself. Indeed, it is a privileged witness to the formal evolution of the medium for which it has had to experiment and reinvent itself. Aimed at everyone, this book aims to understand game music and its philosophy through its history, transformations and role, as well as through the eyes of its composers. Language: French.