This anthology examines the various facets of video game music. Contributors from the fields of science and practice document its historical development, discuss the music¿s composition techniques, interactivity and function as well as attending to its performative aspects.

With contributions by Peter Moormann.- Melanie Fritsch.- Michael Liebe.- Leonard J. Paul.- Willem Strank.- Andreas Rauscher.- Florian Mundhenke.- Marcus Erbe.- Gregor Herzfeld.- Michael Custodis.- Matthias Pasdzierny.- Stefan Strötgen.

Peter Moormann is a Research Associate in the Department of Musicology at the Freie Universität Berlin working within the Collaborative Research Centre 626 on Aesthetic Experience and the Dissolution of Artistic Limits. His writings focus on film, music, and television.