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Volume 7 Issue 1 | Journal of Sound and Music in Games | University of California Press

The latest issue of the 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 is now out! Check the Winter 2026 volume at online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/7/1 With articles by Ryan Thompson, Ryan J. Lambe, Alexander Nunes, Dominique Arsenault and David Raybould #vgm @ucpress.bsky.social #ludomusicology

Ludo2026 is now accepting proposals for research presentations on game music and sound. This year’s theme is "Pushing limits and crossing borders". The conference will take place 6–8 August at Edge Hill University, in person with remote access options. All info: www.ludomusicology.org

Volume 6 Issue 4 | Journal of Sound and Music in Games | University of California Press

The "Journal of Sound and Music in Games" introduces its new editorial team in the journal's Fall 2025 issue, available online now. We publish "JSMG" in partnership with @sssmg.bsky.social. online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/6/4

Volume 6 Issue 3 | Journal of Sound and Music in Games | University of California Press

The new special issue 'Approaches from Latin America: Video Game Music and Sound' from the "Journal of Sound and Music in Games" (which we publish in partnership with @sssmg.bsky.social) is available online now. online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/6/3

Flyer that includes the cover image of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games in light blue text over a dark background and the text Pipeline to Publication: A JSMG Mentorship Workshop. Friday, October 17. 2:00pm EDT, 7:00pm UTC/GMT. https://tinyurl.com/bdcpupby Passcode: 847119

Announcing our JSMG editorial board Pipeline to Publication Workshop Friday, October 17 at 2pm EDT/7pm GMT at tinyurl.com/bdcpupby, passcode: 847119. We hope you can join us, and please share this post to all who might benefit!

Special Issue: Co-Op Scholarship: Collaboration in Music, Games, and Play (Guest Editors: Stefan Greenfield-Casas, TJ Laws-Nicola, Hyeonjin Park) Introduction Co-Op Reflections and Retrospections Stefan Greenfield-Casas, TJ Laws-Nicola, Hyeonjin Park Abstract View Articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text Open the PDFfor in another window Articles Modes of Listening to Animal Avatar Cooperative Play Kate Galloway Abstract View Articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text Open the PDFfor in another window Fan Creativity, Collaboration, and Resignification in Sonic Participatory Cultures Within, Through, and Around Genshin Impact (HoYoverse, 2020) Cristina Guzmán Anaya Abstract View Articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text Open the PDFfor in another window Interactive Rhythmic Streams in Mobile Rhythm Games Clair Nguyen Abstract View Articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text Open the PDFfor in another window Functions of Sound in Distributed Collaborative Games Nicholas Séguin Abstract View Articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text Open the PDFfor in another window Idols Living in the Virtual: The Authentication of VTuber’s Persona Through Sound and Music in Digital Realm Yun-Kiu Lo Abstract View Articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text Open the PDFfor in another window Invited Contribution I’m Actually Just Making Stuff Up – Reflection on Game Mechanics in Musical Performance Aidan Gold Abstract View Articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text Open the PDFfor in another window Cover Image PDF Icon PDF LinkFront Matter PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of Contents All Issues

The latest issue of the 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 is now out!
Check the Spring 2025 Volume at online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/6/2
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Volume 6 Issue 1 | Journal of Sound and Music in Games | University of California Press

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠, Volume 6, Issue 1 is now available for free access for a limited time! Dive deep into the Sound and Music of 𝐻𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠. A must-read:
online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/6/1

Hades is a 2020 roguelike action role-playing game developed and published by Supergiant Games.

journal of sound and music in games VOLUME 6 NUMBER 1 WINTER 2025

SPECIAL ISSUE: THE SOUND AND MUSIC OF HADES GUEST EDITORS: CHRISTOPHER HILL, STEPHANIE LIND, SILVIA MANTILLA-WRIGHT, DEMETRIUS SHAHMEHRI INTRODUCTION n Introduction: The Sound and Music of Hades 1 CHRISTOPHER HILL, STEPHANIE LIND, SILVIA MANTILLA-WRIGHT, AND DEMETRIUS SHAHMEHRI INTERVIEW n Interview with Darren Korb 8 DARREN KORB, CHRISTOPHER HILL, AND SILVIA MANTILLA-WRIGHT ARTICLES n Motivic Repetition and Pseudo-Looping in Hades as Rogue-Lite Elements 17 STEPHANIE LIND n It’s ‘In the Blood:’ Hades’s Signature Song and the Transcendence of Genre 46 DANIEL CARPENTER n Eurydice Sings: Revoicing a Musical Myth in Hades 66 DEMETRIUS SHAHMEHRI n ‘‘They Sound Hot’’: Sexuality and Vocality in Supergiant’s Hades 83 SARAH POZDERAC-CHENEVEY n ‘‘There Is No Escape’’: Hades and the Apotheosis of Death in Music 106 SILVIA MANTILLA-WRIGHT

The last issue of the 𝐉𝐒𝐌𝐆 is now available! You can't miss this special volume on the sound and music of Hades, wonderfully edited by Christopher Hill, Stephanie Lind, @ssmw.bsky.social and Demetrius Shahmehri. Check it out: online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/6/1 #hades #vgm #ludomusicology #gamemusic

Stephanie Lind (Queen’s University): Researches video game music, contemporary Canadian music and transformational theory, with various publications on authenticity and musical structure in video games including Authenticity in the Music of Video Games (released 2023).

MEET THE TEAM! 📣 We’re excited to have Stephanie Lind join us as an Associate Editor for 𝑱𝑺𝑴𝑮 - 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔!

𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝑆𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑉𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, with Dana Plank and Michael Austin for Routledge, and 𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑇𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦, with William Gibbons and Fanny Rebillard for Brepols.
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MEET THE TEAM! 📷 We are delighted to welcome Karen M. Cook as associate editor at the 𝐉𝐒𝐌𝐆-𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 #vgm#ludomusicology
@cooksterkc.bsky.social(University of Hartford) Specializes in medieval music and contemporary video game music. She is currently co-editing two volumes

@williamrayers.bsky.social (University of Central Florida): Focuses on video game music and applies its concepts to other media. His published work on video game music and sound has appeared in the JSMG, Music and the Moving Image, and The Oxford Handbook of Video Game Music and Sound.

MEET THE TEAM! 📷 Please join us in welcoming William Ayers, our new 𝑱𝑺𝑴𝑮 - 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 associate editor! #vgm #ludomusicology #jsmg

she is also a violinist and Twitch streamer, co-hosting streams on video game music entitled “Kudomusicology: A Ludomusicology Literature Review,” with Ryan Thompson @bardicknowledge.bsky.social, Julianne Grasso, and Karen Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social

MEET THE TEAM! 📷 Meet Our New 𝑱𝑺𝑴𝑮-𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 Editor-in-Chief, Dana Plank! #vgm
#ludomusicology #jsmg
Independent scholar and lecturer at Ohio State University, specializes in video game music and identity. She co-edited The Intersection of Animation, Video Games, and Music

𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐨𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, the 14th European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound, is set for 10-12 July 2025 at University Square Stratford Campus, University of East London! 🎮✨📢 And the call for papers is now open!! All info: www.ludomusicology.org/2024/11/06/l...
#ludomusicology #vgm #ludo2025

The latest issue of the 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 is now out! #ludomusicology #vgm #music
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online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/5/4

Journal of Sound and Music in Games Front

Introduction: Toward a History of Music and Games in Western Culture 1 CHRISTOPH HUST AND MARTIN ROTH n Sounds and Memories from Distant Worlds: An (Auto)Ethnography of Fabula Ultima 19 ANDREA MARIUCCI n Players as Rock Stars: Song Saga as a Methodological Case Study on Music-Based Social Interaction Games 43 MAXIMILIAN ROSENTHAL n Sport, Play, Games, and Sounds: A Ludomusicological Perspective on Sport (with a Special Focus on Benjamin Britten) 74 MARINU LECCIA n The Bard’s Life: Musical Imagery in Tabletop Role-Playing Games 97 NICHOLAS JOHNSON

The latest issue of the 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 is now out, featuring amazing articles on music and non-digital games! 🏆🎲🎶
Check it out at: online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/5/3

#Ludo2024 awaits! #ludomusicology #gamestudies

We are thrilled to announce that registration for 𝐋𝐔𝐃𝐎𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 is now officially open! Whether you're planning to attend online or in person, you can now get your tickets at www.ludomusicology.org/ludo2024/

The latest issue of the 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 is now out! online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/5/2
#jsmg #vgm #ludomusicology #ucpress

#NACVGM takes place this weekend!🚀🎵🎮🎶 Get ready for amazing talks on Game Audio and much more, with @LauraIntravia as keynote speaker. There is still time to register for virtual attendance. Don't miss it!! nacvgm.org #vgm #gameaudio

Tomorrow is the FINAL day to submit your papers for Ludomusicology2024!This year, we are particularly interested in papers that support the conference theme of ‘Sound, Music andSpace’. Don't miss the chance to contribute to groundbreaking discussions in Mataró, Spain!

🎶🎮 Exciting news alert! 🎮🎶𝐍𝐀𝐂𝐕𝐆𝐌 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭, and registration is live for both in-person and virtual attendance! Check out all the details at nacvgm.org
Don't miss it out!

The latest issue of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games is now out! online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/5/1
#ludomusicology #vgm #gamemusic

The latests issue of the JSMG is now out, and it is freely available for a limited time.Don't lose your chance to read the extraordinary special issue: #FinalFantasyVII's Musical Legacy, edited by Richard Anatone, James Denis Mc Glynn@jdmcglynn.bsky.social,and Andrew S Powell
online.ucpress.edu/jsmg

Less than a month left (Nov 30)! 𝐂𝐅𝐏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧! 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 (𝐍𝐀𝐂𝐕𝐆𝐌). All info: nacvgm.org/cfp2024/

Everyone interested in #ludomusicology #gamestudies #gameaudio #vgm: @sssmg.bsky.social is now also here in the sky! 👋😊