{"product_id":"analyzing-nes-music-9781835951095","title":"Analyzing NES Music","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFaced with severe technological constraints on system memory, composers of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) sought ways to disguise repetition in music that repeats extensively. Their efforts gave rise to a set of compositional techniques for creating the illusion of variety. This book distills these techniques into a theory of harmony and form for the analysis of NES music. It then uses this theory to analyze five landmark scores of the NES era: Super Mario Bros., Dragon Warrior, Metroid, Mega Man 2, and Silver Surfer. Both theory and analysis are scaffolded by a detailed description of the NES hardware and its attendant constraints, highlighting the ever-evolving dialogue between technology, commercial demand, and artistic sensibility that characterizes video game music of the 1980s and 1990s.","brand":"Intellect","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042846572887,"sku":"9781835951095","price":89.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781835951095.jpg?v=1750955908","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/analyzing-nes-music-9781835951095","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}