The Complete Guide to Game Audio: For Composers, Musicians, Sound Designers, and Game Developers - Softcover

Marks, Aaron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578200830 ISBN 13: 9781578200832

Publisher: Backbeat, 2001

Synopsis

This comprehensive guide gives readers with basic music compositional skills the information they need to become commercially viable artisans. In addition to providing a foundation of prerequisite technical skills, including basic audio considerations and sound file formats, the book teaches the business skills needed to work successfully as an audio technician in the game development business. How-to features take the reader step-by-step, from purchasing the right equipment, understanding the various game platforms, and composing music and creating sound effects specifically for games, to the ins and outs of marketing, producing demo reels, determining fees, bidding projects, and negotiating contracts.

About this title

About the Author

Music had always been a part of Aaron Marks' life. But it wasn't until 1995, when his overgrown hobby became On Your Mark Music Productions, that he began selling it to the world. He started with the local radio and television scene, composing jingles and scoring public service announcements. With his sights set firmly on Hollywood, he bumped into the games industry. Ever since that fated redirect, he has been cranking out music and sound effects for games. His credits include a PlayStation 2 game, five CD-ROM game projects, 56 on-line casino games, a dozen touch-screen arcade games, and numerous multimedia projects. As an occasional diversion, Aaron sidelines as a writer for Game Developer magazine, Gamasutra.com, and Music4Games.net.

Edition details

• Publisher: Backbeat
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578200830
• ISBN 13: 9781578200832
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 2