The draft programme schedule for the Ludo2023 Twelfth European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound held at the University of Edinburgh from March 23rd to 25th is now available here. Paper abstracts can be viewed on the programme page as well.
Registration has also opened and tickets can be booked via Eventbrite for both online access and in-person attendance.
For more information on the conference, including location and travel information, please see the conference information page.
We look forward to you joining us in person and remotely in March!
The Ludomusicology Research Group is pleased to announce the Ludo2022 Eleventh European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound, to be held in person at Royal Holloway, University of London, 21-23 April next year, with remote access options available.
We welcome proposals on all aspects of sound and music in games.
This year, we are particularly interested in papers that support the conference theme of ‘Music, Myth, and Magic in Video Games’. Papers on this topic may include:
Narrative and storytelling in soundtracks
Medievalism, folklorism, and other forms of musical representation
Performativity, performance, and spectacle
Game music and the fantastical
Sound and music and/as magical interaction
Power, control, and ability in games and audio
Negotiating realism with games and sound
Presentations should last twenty minutes and will be followed by questions. Please submit your paper proposal (c.250 words) with a short provisional list of literature by email to ludomusicology@gmail.com by January 14th, 2022. We aim to communicate the programme decisions by January 28th, 2022. If you require more information, please email the organizers.
We encourage practitionersand composers to submit proposals for showcasing practice as research.
We are delighted to announce that a keynote address will be given by Professor Karen M. Cook (Hartford University). Professor Cook specialises in the history and theory of late medieval music and the study of video game music, especially with regard to aural depictions of the historical and fantastical past. Her publications include ‘Medievalism and emotions in video game music’, ‘Beyond (the) Halo: Chant in Video Games’, and ‘Music, History, and Progress in Sid Meier’s Civilization IV’.
Organized by Melanie Fritsch, Andra Ivanescu, Michiel Kamp, Tim Summers, & Mark Sweeney.
