A Study Of Video Game Music Genres

This paper summarized the process of video game music design,and updated the theoretical lag caused by the rapid development of science and technology,which is based on the existing theoretical basis of digital audio.The paper also put forward the idea that sound design should be involved in the creation when the game is constructed,and expressed the prospect and thinking of the game sound creation for the pan-media sound creation.Firstly,chapter one of the paper summarized the overall situation of the game sound,setting up the layout of 3 units,2 systems and 1 basic point.Then,the chapter divided the game music into ‘realistic concrete music' and ‘non-realistic abstract music',and also divided the sound effects into ‘positive feedback sound effect' and ‘transitive feedback sound effect'.Moreover,chapter two and chapter three focused on the part of ‘music',and respectively took ‘game' and ‘music' as the objects,summarizing the 2 aspects of the system rules and interaction types of game music.As to the system rules,the paper classified them into 5different types: ‘scene',‘background',‘mission',‘assignment' and ‘active source'.In terms of the interaction types,the paper also summarized 5 game music types: theme clue penetration,central theme diffusion,signal processing interaction,paragraph loop interaction and instrument concerto interaction.Through the study of this paper,it is hoped that contribution may be made to the classification and summarization of contemporary game music design.The paper is aimed at narrowing the gap between music creators and audio programmers,and preliminarily launching the exploration of sound in the aspect of ‘interactive narrative media'.Meanwhile,the paper is also aimed at providing a certain reference for the dissemination of game audio theory.