Sound For Computer Games

Level 3 Games design

Unit 73 Sound for computer games

P1 Starter Exercise

A.   5 Different games music and the mood

Buck Bumble theme – Happy/Hyped mood – The music starts on the title screen of the game and the way it sets the mood would be that it gets the player ready for a fast paced game that has lots of action in it

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ok5AV7ZrM

Super Mario Bros theme – Happy mood – The music of this game play through the hole game and it makes me enjoy playing the game and with the good soundtrack and a good game it make the game fun to play and addicting.

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnipB_8Br8U

Cod 4 theme – Mysterious/Action pact – The theme of this game made me exited for it and I think that then music really hyped up the game

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uamh1l_tmeI&t=70s

Skyrim main theme – Action pact – The Skyrim theme is quite intense and as it is playing through the intro it makes me feel excited for the game as the music hypes me up to play the game.

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clcHxg9l5Bk

Halo theme – Mysterious/Action pact – The halo theme is quite smooth but the beat picks up more towards the middle of the theme and this can make me look forward to the game and it also makes me look forward to how the game will play out in the end.

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ok5AV7ZrM

B. Research 

Music is important to games because it can set an atmosphere of the game for example if it is a horror game and you do a sound affect that sounds like a heart beating it can make the player feel like they are really there. Music is also an important part to a game because it can keep you hooked to a game.

“Music in videogames has proven to be the difference between a defining emotional climaxes reaching its full splendour.” http://the-artifice.com/the-role-of-music-in-videogames/

C. What is Wavelength

The wavelengths of sound frequencies audible to the human ear (20 Hz–20 kHz) are thus between approximately 17 m and 17 mm, respectively.

D.What is Foley

Relating to or concerned with the addition of recorded sound effects after the shooting of a film.

They include sounds such as footsteps, clothes rustling, crockery clinking, paper folding, doors opening and slamming, punches hitting, glass breaking, etc. etc. The reason why it is called Foley is because the creator of  it was called Jack Foley

E.What is Timbre

The character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity.

Timbre is a word that describes the tone or unique quality of a sound. If you play the same note on a piano and on a guitar, each note will have its own timbre.