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

Thu Aug 11 16:02:41 GMT 2022





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 *


Please visit our website for more information:
www.intellectbooks.com/the-music-of-nobuo-uematsu-in-the-final-fantasy-series
<http://www.intellectbooks.com/the-music-of-nobuo-uematsu-in-the-final-fantasy-series>


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