Making It Huge in Video Games: Memoirs of Composer Chance Thomas
暫譯: 在電子遊戲中大放異彩：作曲家Chance Thomas的回憶錄
Thomas, Chance
- 出版商: CRC
- 出版日期: 2023-10-24
- 售價: $1,640
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,558
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 330
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 1032022604
- ISBN-13: 9781032022604
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遊戲設計 Game-design
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商品描述
Making it HUGE in Video Games recounts the astonishing journey of an unassuming, middle-of-the-bell-curve young man, rising from mundane beginnings to scale the dizzying heights of artistic distinction and financial success in the worldwide video game industry.
This is the story of Chance Thomas, a moderately talented musician who struggled and grew to compose original scores for some of the most well-known entertainment properties in the world. Detailed personal accounts and instructive side bars carry readers across the jagged peaks and valleys of an absolutely achievable career in video games. World-famous IP's get personal treatment here - The Lord of the Rings, Marvel, Avatar, Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer, DOTA 2, King Kong, The Settlers, and many more.
Readers will discover unvarnished true stories about starting out, pitching and pursuing gigs, negotiating contracts, composing and producing scores, multinational corporations and personalities, funny anecdotes, daunting challenges, glorious successes, and instructive failures. Autobiographical details throughout provide intimate perspective, vibrant color, and inspiration. The book is written in a comfortable, conversational style.
Think of this as a career guidebook wrapped around a personal retrospective; a professional how-to manual woven into a memoir.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
《在電子遊戲中取得巨大成功》講述了一位不起眼的年輕人，從平凡的起點出發，最終在全球電子遊戲產業中達到藝術卓越和財務成功的驚人旅程。
這是Chance Thomas的故事，他是一位中等才華的音樂家，經歷了掙扎與成長，為一些世界上最知名的娛樂作品創作原創音樂。詳細的個人敘述和指導性的附註引導讀者穿越電子遊戲職業生涯中可實現的崎嶇高峰與低谷。世界知名的知識產權在此獲得個人化的處理——《魔戒》、《漫威》、《阿凡達》、《龍與地下城》、《戰鎚》、《DOTA 2》、《金剛》、《開拓者》等等。
讀者將發現關於起步、推銷和追求工作機會、談判合約、作曲和製作音樂、跨國公司和人物、有趣的軼事、艱鉅的挑戰、輝煌的成功和啟發性的失敗的真實故事。書中穿插的自傳細節提供了親密的視角、生動的色彩和靈感。這本書以輕鬆、對話式的風格撰寫。
可以將這本書視為一本職業指南，包裹在個人回顧之中；一部專業的操作手冊與回憶錄交織而成。
作者簡介
Chance Thomas has been a trailblazer in the video game industry since the 1990s, pushing the bleeding edge of music soundscapes from 8-bit chiptunes into gorgeous symphonic orchestral scores, and from endlessly repeating loops into adaptive and massively generative musicscapes.
Chance has composed original video game music for some of the most valuable entertainment properties in the world, including Avatar, Marvel, The Lord of the Rings, Dungeons & Dragons, King Kong, Warhammer, DOTA 2, Might & Magic, and many more. Additionally, his music has underscored critical acclaim and blockbuster success in film and television, including an Oscar(TM), an Emmy(TM), and billions of dollars in sales worldwide.
In 1998, he launched HUGEsound to provide world-class music and sound for video games. With dozens of successful titles, HUGEsound grew until its acquisition by a large investment firm for exponential expansion. The new HUGEsound Post Production became a state-of-the-art playground for creative artists, well on its way to national distinction. In 2018, a massive Ponzi scheme was uncovered at the investment firm and HUGEsound was lost to the courts.
With help from family, friends, and peers, Chance bounced back with HUGEsound Records and composed the magnum opus of his career, The Settlers: New Allies. This was the largest known procedural music score in history, unfolding across 16,327 music files. The music adapts to each player's individual style, reacts to game play, and delivers a thematic experience without being repetitive.
Chance previously authored the landmark textbook, Composing Music for games: The Art, Technology and Busines of Video Game Scoring.
Discover books and music by Chance Thomas at: HUGEsoundRecords.com
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Chance Thomas 自1990年代以來一直是視頻遊戲產業的先驅，將音樂音景從8位元的音效推進到華麗的交響樂編曲，並從無限重複的循環轉變為自適應和大規模生成的音樂景觀。
Chance 為一些世界上最有價值的娛樂作品創作了原創視頻遊戲音樂，包括《Avatar》、《Marvel》、《The Lord of the Rings》、《Dungeons & Dragons》、《King Kong》、《Warhammer》、《DOTA 2》、《Might & Magic》等等。此外，他的音樂在電影和電視中獲得了評論界的讚譽和票房的成功，包括一座奧斯卡獎、一座艾美獎，以及全球數十億美元的銷售額。
1998年，他創立了 HUGEsound，旨在為視頻遊戲提供世界級的音樂和音效。隨著數十個成功的作品，HUGEsound 不斷成長，直到被一家大型投資公司收購以進行指數級擴張。新的 HUGEsound 後期製作成為創意藝術家的尖端遊樂場，朝著全國知名的方向發展。2018年，該投資公司被揭發出一個龐氏騙局，HUGEsound 也因此失去了法律地位。
在家人、朋友和同事的幫助下，Chance 重新振作，成立了 HUGEsound Records，並創作了他職業生涯的巔峰之作《The Settlers: New Allies》。這是歷史上已知最大的程序生成音樂配樂，涵蓋了16,327個音樂檔案。音樂會根據每位玩家的個人風格進行調整，對遊戲玩法做出反應，並提供主題體驗而不會重複。
Chance 之前撰寫了具有里程碑意義的教科書《Composing Music for games: The Art, Technology and Business of Video Game Scoring》。
在 HUGEsoundRecords.com 上發現 Chance Thomas 的書籍和音樂。
