We are excited to announce that we are now accepting proposals for 20-minute research papers for Ludo 2014. The conference will be from April 10th – 12th 2014 at the University of Chichester, UK. Please circulate our Call For Papers and help spread the word!
Further details can be found the Ludo 2014 pages at http://www.ludomusicology.org/ludo-2014/
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April 10th – 12th 2014 University of Chichester, UK
We are very excited to announce that the Ludo 2014 international conference on videogame music will take place at the University of Chichester (UK) from Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th April 2014.
Our Call for Papers can be found here, and a PDF poster for distribution can be found here. Please help circulate and spread the word! The programme can be found here. Tweet about Ludo 2014 using the #ludo14 hashtag and follow the feed on Twitter!
This is our third annual conference on video game sound and music, and will feature:
- Keynote addresses by:
- Kevin J. Donnelly (Southampton University), author of The Spectre of Sound: Music in Film and Television (BFI Publishing, 2005)
- William Cheng (Harvard University), author of Sound Play: Video Games and the Musical Imagination (OUP, forthcoming)
- Industry sessions with game audio professionals including:
- Richard Jacques, composer of James Bond 007: Blood Stone (Activision), Mass Effect (BioWare), Alice in Wonderland (Disney), Headhunter (Amuze/Sega) and Starship Troopers (Empire/Sony Pictures)
- James Hannigan, composer of games from the Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, Command & Conquer, Wing Commander, Warhammer and Dead Space franchises
- Winifred Phillips, composer of Assassin’s Creed Liberation (Ubisoft), LittleBigPlanet 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe), God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment), author of A Composer’s Guide to Game Music from The MIT Press
- Intellect-sponsored drinks reception
- Proceedings special issue of The Soundtrack with selected papers from the conference
- Conference Dinner at Spanish tapas restaurant, El Castizo.
The conference themes this year are:
- Canons and curating game music
- Simulation, immersion and “the real” in sound and audio
- Game audio outside games
Registration is now closed.
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April 10th – 12th 2014 University of Chichester, UK
The Ludomusicology research group is pleased to announce the
third annual conference on video game sound and music, featuring:
- Keynote addresses by:
- Kevin J. Donnelly (Southampton University), author of The Spectre of Sound: Music in Film and Television (BFI Publishing, 2005)
- William Cheng (Harvard University), author of Sound Play: Video Games and the Musical Imagination (OUP, forthcoming)
- Industry sessions with game audio professionals
We are currently accepting proposals for 20-minute research papers.
While we will consider papers on any topic related to video game audio, the conference themes this year are:
- Canons and curating game music
- Simulation, immersion and “the real” in sound and audio
- Game audio outside games
Please submit your paper proposal (c.200 words) to
ludomusicology@gmail.com by January 31st 2014.
- We also welcome session proposals from organizers representing two to four individuals; the organizer should submit an introduction to the theme and c.200 word proposals for each paper.
- Proposals for papers in alternative formats, such as performances or demonstrations, should be discussed with the conference organizers before the abstract is submitted.
Organized by Michiel Kamp (Cambridge University), Tim Summers (Oxford University)
and Mark Sweeney (Oxford University).
Hosted by Stephen Baysted (Chichester University and Composer/Audio Director, Slightly Mad Studios).
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We are very excited to announce that the Ludo 2014 international conference on videogame music will take place at the University of Chichester (UK) from Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th April 2014. A Call for Papers with further details will be distributed in due course, and more information will be made available on our website as soon as possible.
Make sure you save the date to your calendars now—we look forward to seeing you there!
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