ABOVE PHOTO: Casey Palbicki, lecturer of music at UW-River Falls, has signed a deal with Kendall Hart Publishing to write a textbook about video game music. The book, due for publication in October, will be used in a new course Palbicki is scheduled to teach next academic year. UWRF/Pat Deninger photo.
Music experts and historians study and discuss notes, sounds, tones and chords of all kinds, and a University of Wisconsin-River Falls music professor hopes to bring more attention to a lesser-studied category of the genre: video game music.
“It’s not only that it’s a different kind of music than what is typically studied, but that video games are increasingly relevant to a growing segment of our society.”
-Casey Palbicki, a lecturer of music at UWRF
Casey Palbicki, a lecturer of music at UWRF, has signed a deal with Kendall Hunt Publishing to write a textbook describing the making and cultural impact of video game music. The book is scheduled for release in October.
Palbicki previously wrote a textbook about music and movies for Kendall Hunt Publishers. When he proposed writing a book about video game music as a follow-up effort, the publisher was excited about it, Palbicki said.
“This is an unusual topic in the music world,” he said, “and when I proposed it, the publishers jumped at it. It’s not only that it’s a different kind of music than what is typically studied, but that video games are increasingly relevant to a growing segment of our society.”
