The cards Question What is a theme song in a film or game? Tap to flip Answer A piece that introduces the film or game and captures its overall atmosphere. Question What is a linear loop in video game music? Tap to flip Answer A repeating musical idea that can be looped indefinitely. Question What is adaptive music? Tap to flip Answer Music that can change in reaction to a stimulus, such as a player's actions in a video game. Question Give one role modern video game music shares with film music. Tap to flip Answer e.g. creating mood, creating energy, or helping to tell the story. Question What should a video game theme song capture? Tap to flip Answer The overall mood and atmosphere of the game. Question Besides repeating indefinitely, what must video game music be able to do as the action changes? Tap to flip Answer Move seamlessly into different moods. Question What is a chord tone? Tap to flip Answer A note that is included in the chord. Question In a melody or bass line, what is a passing note? Tap to flip Answer A note that links two chord tones by step. Question What feeling should the theme song of a high-energy racing game create? Tap to flip Answer Excitement and energy. Question What kind of percussion can add excitement to a racing game theme? Tap to flip Answer Fast, rhythmic percussion layers. Question Why can music with many busy layers fail to sound energetic? Tap to flip Answer It can sound chaotic and messy; energetic music often emphasises the pulse and uses driving rhythms instead. Question What is vertical layering? Tap to flip Answer Stacking layers of music that change in response to the player's actions. Question What is an arpeggio? Tap to flip Answer The notes of a chord played separately, ascending or descending. Question What is harmonisation? Tap to flip Answer Adding notes to a melody to create harmony with the main melodic notes. Question Give one way of doing vertical layering. Tap to flip Answer e.g. adding or removing layers to develop the texture, or adding a harmonised melody. Question When harmonising a melody, which intervals is it worth experimenting with? Tap to flip Answer 3rds and 6ths, both above and below the main melody. Question What is horizontal resequencing? Tap to flip Answer Starting a new section of music in response to a player's action. Question What two techniques does adaptive video game music use to respond to a player's actions? Tap to flip Answer Vertical layering and horizontal resequencing. Question In horizontal resequencing, what are new contrasting sections used to match? Tap to flip Answer Big changes in the game. Question Why do composers create many different sections for horizontal resequencing? Tap to flip Answer So the music can respond to any one of the possible changes. Question Give a typical example of horizontal resequencing in a racing game. Tap to flip Answer Using different musical ideas to represent victory or loss. Question In horizontal resequencing, how can a new section contrast yet keep a feeling of continuity? Tap to flip Answer By keeping some features consistent, e.g. tempo, key or timbre. Question What must video game composers check about transitions between sections? Tap to flip Answer That they work musically in all possible sequences. Question What is an effective way of linking sections in video game music? Tap to flip Answer Dovetailing melodies. Question Which kind of change can, in particular, sound unnatural and jarring between sections? Tap to flip Answer Key changes. Question Can sudden tempo changes work in horizontal resequencing? Tap to flip Answer Yes, if done carefully, e.g. to create a sudden change of pace. Question What can identifying the loops used and the mood created suggest about a piece of video game music? Tap to flip Answer What type and era of video game it is from. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Music Unit Extending understanding in film music: video game music Exam boards AQA, Eduqas, OCR England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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