Unity, Ambiguity, and Flexibility in Theme Music for Game Shows : A Winning Combination

• Autore: Gage Christopher
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (103 pages)
• Disciplina: 781.546
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Composers and Copyrights -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The Need for Flexibility -- Big and Small Screens: Music for Film, Television, and Video Games -- Two Basic Concepts: Unity and Ambiguity -- History and Scope -- Methodology and Terminology -- Looking Ahead: Analytical Plan -- References -- Chapter 2: Creating Unity Through Thematic Repetition and Saturation -- Generating Music through Motive and Other Characteristics -- Specific Examples of Musical Generation -- The Vamp -- Theme-Generated Cues in The Price Is Right -- Unity: Just Half of the Puzzle -- References -- Chapter 3: Creating Ambiguity Through Metrical, Formal, and Harmonic Disruptions -- Completing the Equation -- Repetition: The Double-Edged Sword -- Modulation and Tonal Disorientation -- Meter and Phrasing: Subverting Expectations -- Some Final Words on Expectation -- References -- Chapter 4: Bonus Round: Nostalgia and the Reboot -- Subject and Scope of This Chapter -- Historical Revivals Pre-2016 -- Recent Revivals, Renewed Nostalgia -- Music Package Updates and Refreshes -- Returning to an Original: Two Special Cases -- Looking Back: What's Ahead -- References -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- Small- and Large-Scale Unity -- The Many Guises of Ambiguity -- Musical and Technological Updates: Balancing Past and Present -- Opportunities for Future Research -- Some Final Thoughts -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Unity, Ambiguity, and Flexibility in Theme Music for Game Shows
• ISBN: 9783031468063
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910855392203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II