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Drawing on the latest research and his flair for the literary, Tim Summers expertly guides the reader on a nostalgic, informative, and thoroughly enjoyable journey across the history of video game music. From experts to newcomers, anyone interested in games and their music will find something to love in this richly detailed but accessible book. --William J. Gibbons, Dean of the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam; author, Unlimited Replays: Video Games and Classical Music Tim Summers is one of the world's leading scholars on the study of video game music. This volume reasserts his primacy with highly informed and acute analysis in this expert study of video game music across the years. Each section of this new book focuses on a single game, which is exciting for those who know the game and highly informative for those who might not, and the writing is never less than compelling. --Kevin J. Donnelly, professor of film & film music, University of Southampton

Drawing on the latest research and his flair for the literary, Tim Summers expertly guides the reader on a nostalgic, informative, and thoroughly enjoyable journey across the history of video game music. From experts to newcomers, anyone interested in games and their music will find something to love in this richly detailed but accessible book. --William J. Gibbons, Dean of the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam; author, Unlimited Replays: Video Games and Classical Music Tim Summers is one of the world's leading scholars on the study of video game music. This volume reasserts his primacy with highly informed and acute analysis in this expert study of video game music across the years. Each section of this new book focuses on a single game, which is exciting for those who know the game and highly informative for those who might not, and the writing is never less than compelling. --Kevin J. Donnelly, professor of film & film music, University of Southampton With this book, Tim Summers provides an impressively comprehensive introduction to the many powers and puzzles of video game music. This is an accessible and extremely valuable resource for newcomers to this area of study. Experienced readers will also find many new examples and insights in these pages! --Elizabeth Medina-Gray, associate professor of music theory, Ithaca College

With this book, Tim Summers provides an impressively comprehensive introduction to the many powers and puzzles of video game music. This is an accessible and extremely valuable resource for newcomers to this area of study. Experienced readers will also find many new examples and insights in these pages! --Elizabeth Medina-Gray, associate professor of music theory, Ithaca College Drawing on the latest research and his flair for the literary, Tim Summers expertly guides the reader on a nostalgic, informative, and thoroughly enjoyable journey across the history of video game music. From experts to newcomers, anyone interested in games and their music will find something to love in this richly detailed but accessible book. --William J. Gibbons, Dean of the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam; author, Unlimited Replays: Video Games and Classical Music Tim Summers is one of the world's leading scholars on the study of video game music. This volume reasserts his primacy with highly informed and acute analysis in this expert study of video game music across the years. Each section of this new book focuses on a single game, which is exciting for those who know the game and highly informative for those who might not, and the writing is never less than compelling. --Kevin J. Donnelly, professor of film & film music, University of Southampton

""Tim Summers is one of the world's leading scholars on the study of video game music. This volume reasserts his primacy with highly informed and acute analysis in this expert study of video game music across the years. Each section of this new book focuses on a single game, which is exciting for those who know the game and highly informative for those who might not, and the writing is never less than compelling."" --Kevin J. Donnelly, professor of film & film music, University of Southampton ""Drawing on the latest research and his flair for the literary, Tim Summers expertly guides the reader on a nostalgic, informative, and thoroughly enjoyable journey across the history of video game music. From experts to newcomers, anyone interested in games and their music will find something to love in this richly detailed but accessible book."" --William J. Gibbons, Dean of the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam; author, Unlimited Replays: Video Games and Classical Music ""With this book, Tim Summers provides an impressively comprehensive introduction to the many powers and puzzles of video game music. This is an accessible and extremely valuable resource for newcomers to this area of study. Experienced readers will also find many new examples and insights in these pages!"" --Elizabeth Medina-Gray, associate professor of music theory, Ithaca College

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Tim Summers is senior lecturer in music at Royal Holloway University of London. Summers co-founded the European Ludomusicology Research Group and was a founding editor of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games. His books include Understanding Video Game Music, The Queerness of Video Game Music and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – A Game Score Companion. Tim regularly contributes to articles, podcasts and radio programs on the topic of video game music.

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