[Commlist] New Book: The Music of Nobuo Uematsu in the Final Fantasy Series

Intellect is pleased to share that /The Music of Nobuo Uematsu in the 
Final Fantasy/ /Series/ 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/the-music-of-nobuo-uematsu-in-the-final-fantasy-series>*/,/* edited 
by Richard Anatone, is available in e-book and hardback.

This is the first book-length study on the music of Nobuo Uematsu, one 
of the most influential Japanese composers of the current age. It takes 
a variety of different analytical approaches to his music. It offers 
readers interested in ludomusicology a variety of ways in which to 
understand Uematsu’s compositional process and the role that video game 
music has in the overall gaming experience.

Those interested in Uematsu’s music will gain a greater appreciation and 
understanding of his compositional processes and his interaction with 
musical narrative, and those interested in ludomusicology in general 
will be shown various methodologies that can be applied to a single 
composer. Those interested in composing for video games or movies will 
also be given insight into how they might compose for a narrative 
themselves.

Part of Intellect's Studies in Game Sound and Music 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/studies-in-game-sound-and-music> series


*_Table of Contents
_*
*List of Illustrations
Foreword: Dear Friends* – /William Gibbons/
*Introduction* – /Richard Anatone/

*PART 1: CONERIA CASTLE*
*1.* Dancing Mad: Music and the Apotheosis of Villainy in /Final 
Fantasy/ – /Jessica Kizzire/
*2.* The Devil in the Detail: Analyzing Nobuo Uematsu’s “One- Winged 
Angel” from /Final Fantasy VII/ – /James S. Tate/
*3. *Changing Times: The Diatonic Rhythms of Nobuo Uematsu’s /Final 
Fantasy/ Battle Music – /Ross Mitchell /

*PART 2: NIBELHEIM *
*4. *Thus Spake Uematsu: Satirical Parody in the Opening Sequence to 
/Final Fantasy VI/ – /Richard Anatone/
*5.* That Tune Really Holds the Game Together: Thematic Families in 
/Final Fantasy IX/ – /Sean Atkinson/
*6. *A Link between Worlds: The Construction of Nostalgia in Game Music 
and /Final Fantasy IX/ – /James L. Tate/

*PART 3: THE LUNAR WHALE *
*7.* Penultimate Fantasies: Compositional Precedents in Uematsu’s Early 
Works – /Alan Elkins/
*8.* Music and Narrative Experience in /Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm 
Reborn/ – /Stephen Tatlow/
*9.* Music, Mediation, Memory: /Theatrhythm Final Fantasy/ – /Julianne 
Grasso/

*PART 4: THE WORLD OF BALANCE*
*10.* Feminine Themings: The Construction of Musical Gendering in the 
/Final Fantasy/ Franchise – /Thomas B. Yee/
*11.* Uematsu’s Postgame: The Music of /Final Fantasy/ in the Concert 
Hall (and Beyond) – /Stefan Greenfield- Casas
/*12.* Historical Narratology and the “Hymn of the Fayth” in /Final 
Fantasy X/ – /Andrew S. Powell and Sam Dudley/

*Notes on Contributors
Indexes *


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