Music for New Media: Composing for Videogames, Web Sites, Presentations and Other Interactive Media Paperback – January 1, 2007

This is fundamentally a text book devoted to praxis, not a critical or aesthetic book in any way. As such, it is written for the fledgling New Media composer, who may very well also be a fledgling composer and/or musician as well. The book introduces concepts and practices that will be beyond second nature to composers and musicians with even moderate experience. However, those composers and musicians who are new to New Media production will still find value in this book, as it steps the user through the specific formats and ideas applicable to New Media, the end result being a decent portfolio of samples of all types of music and cues. Be warned that the writing is exceedingly simplistic and dull, and that the musical examples the author provides are underwhelming.

This baby is really great. I love it

I like books like this."Music for New Medis" is simple, easy for understanding ...outstanding in presentation knowledge...so I love books like this one :)

Good book!

This book is a wonderful, easy-to-read book that takes something that I thought was going to be complicated and make it simple. I had music of my own and wanted to make it available on the web and this book showed me how! It was so easy and the CD that comes along with the book has some wonderful examples! The table of contents is also a huge help if you need a quick answer...that will break the book down so you can find your answer quickly!

When I purchased this book, I was expecting to get relevant information about producing adaptive audio. Although it offers some tips and insights for novices, it lacks the "real thing" about sound design issues for non-linear media. For example, a crucial topic such as GAME MUSIC AUTHORING is less than two pages long. The author hasn't even mentioned some Middleware solutions developed for smoothing the audio production workflow between composers and programmers.

I supposed this was about some techniques or theory for composing gaming music, but actually explains some common knowledge. Maybe this is one for somebody who dreams to be a composer and never composes any music.

Good book, useful information. Well written. Getting on a bit now, as tech advances this book will not (unless there's a new revision) but still great and easy to read.

Recommended!

there is no need of musical background for understanding this, explaining lot of technical information about creating music for interactive media, recommended for musicians, game developers, or anyone with interest in the subject