Ludomusicology Research Group

Remember submitting your abstracts! Please find all info on our website.👇 😊
#Ludo2026 #gamestudies #ludomusicology #gameaudio #vgm

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ICYMI: There is still time to submit your proposal for #Ludo2026! Please find all info on our website, and feel free to spread the word, of course. #gamestudies #ludomusicology #gamesound #gameaudio #vgm

8-bit Boléro (The World's Most Ambitious Chiptune?) YouTube video by lftkryo

Not a holiday piece, but could be, Linus Åkesson's version of Ravel's Boléro for mostly Commodore 64-derived instruments, with a floppy drive, NES, and Amiga thrown in. As always, an explosive combination of technical and musical skill, and understatedness. #c64
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMGb...

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Game Studies Watchlist #46 The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by Prof. Dr. Rudolf Inderst, is published weekly on GamesMarkt. This week's topic include a trip down Darkwood, a glance at Tampere a ludomusicology conf...

The Game Studies Watchlist newsletter, curated by @gamestudies.bsky.social, is published weekly on @gamesmarket.global. This week's topic include a trip down Darkwood, a glance at Tampere and a ludomusicology conference.
www.gamesmarket.global/game-studies...

Ludomusicology Thursday #296: Shadow of the Colossus YouTube video by Ryan Thompson

Congratulations to Drs. Ryan Thompson, Dana Plank, Julianne Grasso, & Karen Cook, for “Ludomusicology Thursday Episode 296: Shadow of the Colossus (featuring Damian Kastbauer)”, nominated for Best Game Audio Presentation, Podcast, or Broadcast in the Game Audio Network Guild awards!

@ludomusicology.bsky.social

The Hidden History of Women Game Designers - JSTOR Daily Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters.

Interesting read.
#ludomusicology #gamestudies #boardgames #music
daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-h...

CfP: #Ludo2026 will take place 6 – 8 August, 2026, at Edge Hill University. The 15th anniversary conference theme is ‘Pushing limits and crossing borders’.
Please find all info here: www.ludomusicology.org/2025/11/16/l...

#ludomusicology #gamestudies #gamesound #gameaudio #vgm #music #soundstudies

Pixel Soundtracks: Exploring Video Game Music through Twenty Games Pixel Soundtracks: Exploring Video Game Music through Twenty Games: Summers, Tim: 9781538192764: Books - Amazon.ca

I didn't start it yet. It's seen through the lens of ludomusicology, a field of study in academia. I've read some books and essays from ludomusicology and it's actually quite interesting. I'm finishing Pixel Soundtracks (www.amazon.ca/Pixel-Soundt...), and that's a blast! I highly recommend it.

Colloque international "Que nous dit la musique de jeu vidéo de la musique ?" / What Does Video Game Music Tell us About Music ?" Colloque / Symposium : “Que nous dit la musique de jeu vidéo de la musique ?” / “What Does Video Game Music Tell Us About Music?”. 1st edition: September 15-16 2026, University of Liège (Belgium)

🚨 Screen Music / Ludomusicology CFP

ℹ️ Symposium: “What Does Video Game Music Tell Us About Music?”
🗓️ 15–16 Sep 2026
📍 University of Liège (Belgium)
📩 Deadline: 31 Dec 2025

www.liegegamelab.uliege.be/cms/c_127714...

Special series on Chiptune in the 21st Century has launched with Journal of Sound and Music in Games!

If you are interested in submitting a paper, please get in touch - abstract below and CFP to follow!

Big Ludo love.

@ludomusicology.bsky.social #chiptune #ludomusiology #chipmusic #chipscene

Colloque international "Que nous dit la musique de jeu vidéo de la musique ?" / What Does Video Game Music Tell us About Music ?" Colloque / Symposium : “Que nous dit la musique de jeu vidéo de la musique ?” / “What Does Video Game Music Tell Us About Music?”. 1st edition: September 15-16 2026, University of Liège (Belgium)

CfP for the first French-Belgian symposium on #vgm study: "Que nous dit la musique de jeu vidéo de la musique ?"
Sept. 15-16 2026, University of Liège (Belgium)
Submit until: Dec. 31, 2025
All info (also in English language): www.liegegamelab.uliege.be/cms/c_127714...
#ludomusicology #gamestudies

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A series of five books related to video game music that are sitting on top of a wooden table. The first one is called nostalgia and video game music and the cover resembles a red game boy the second is called the music of Nobuo Uematsu in the Final Fantasy series, the third book is called analyzing NES music. The fourth book is called. The legend of Zelda ocarina of Time and the final book is called gender, race, and religion in video game

Some musical new additions to our shelves thanks to the amazing folks over at @intellectbooks.bsky.social 🙏 💙

For all you #Ludomusicology fans out there, be sure to check out this “Studies in Game Sound and Music” series. 🎶 📚

#GameStudies @ludomusicology.bsky.social

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!

DiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University Join the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry.

DiGRA 2026 (Ireland) CfP is now live
Full paper and abstracts deadline: 1 December 2025
Workshop proposals deadline: 15 February 2026

www.digraconference2026.com

#games #gamestudies

Call for Papers: “Vom Staat der Amazonen bis Praios’ Zorn – Die politische Ideengeschichte in der Welt von Das Schwarze Auge” von Lena Falkenhagen & Eugen Pfister  Zum geplanten Sammelband: Das Schwarze Auge war lange Zeit das bedeutendste Pen-and-Paper-Rollenspiel im deutschsprachigen Raum. Für viele Jugendliche und junge E...

Ein CfP zu DSA: “Vom Staat der Amazonen bis Praios’ Zorn – Die politische Ideengeschichte in der Welt von Das Schwarze Auge”

📝Bis zum 10. Januar 2026 suchen Lena Falkenhagen und Eugen Pfister eure Kapitelvorschläge!

▶️Mehr Infos: spielkult.hypotheses.org/8311

Journal of Sound and Music in Games | University of California Press

Out now: the latest special issue of JSMG (Volume 6, Issue 3) with a focus on "Fostering a Latin American Approach to Ludomusicological Research". Congratulations to all guest editors and authors! 🥳
#ludomusicology #gamestudies #gameaudio #vgm
online.ucpress.edu/jsmg

Thank you! 🙂

He Wrote Music for the Demo Scene and More - Andrew Barnabas aka Barn aka Nightshade - Amiga at 40 YouTube video by The Centre for Computing History

Ace talk from Barn at the Centre for Computing History in the UK on the history of the #demoscene , early music software and his history in the scene/career in VGM :) will be of great interest to fellow ludomusicologists too! <3 \o_
#commodore #amiga #amiga40th
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCtS...

Registration for Video Game Music and Sound Design Conference Registration for GameSoundCon Los Angeles

GameSoundCon Earlybird Registration ENDS TOMORROW, Sept 16, 11:59pm PST
🎮🎧

www.gamesoundcon.com/registration

a pixel art drawing of a band on stage with a crowd watching Alt: a pixel art drawing of a big band on stage with a crowd watching

In 2026, we will have not 1, but even 2 anniversaries! 😱 #Ludo2026 will be the 15th #Ludomusicology conference, and the @sssmg.bsky.social will already celebrate its 10th anniversary. Ludomusicology has come a long way. Stay tuned for more info!
#gamestudies #gamemusic #spielwissenschaft #gameaudio

Búmeran ludomusical. Puzle narrativo-musical en Final Fantasy VII Remake YouTube video by Alberto Porta-Pérez

🪃 ¿Qué es el búmeran ludomusical? ¿Y cómo afecta a la franquicia de #FinalFantasyVII y a la trilogía del remake? Ya disponible el videoensayo basado en el artículo científico publicado en JoSSIT #GameStudies #Ludomusicology

📽️ youtu.be/KSsathx4cBw?...
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Exploring Features in the “Composer” Program in Mario Paint I previously discussed the significance behind the multimedia edutainment program known as Mario Paint for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) as part of my ongoing “ Iberian, Latin...

It was time for me to take a closer look at this: www.anthonyluissanchez.com/blog/explori...

#Ludomusicology ##MarioPaint #SNES #blog

🫠 A thread from @rainforestsb.bsky.social and my recent presentation at #ludo2025 (ludomusicology conference) which examines how nu metal and early 2000s gaming culture contributed to the reinforcement of white male anger (1/20).

Thank you. 😊

It’s great to be back in Brazil after a productive and memorable trip to London for the presentation of the Keynote in Ludo2025 @ludomusicology.bsky.social I’m honored by the invitation and happy for this achievement. Let's keep going. 🙌🎮🎧❤️

#gamecomposer #ludo2025 #london #gamemusic #phd #postphd

And #ludo2025 is over! We wish you safe travels. A huge thank you to our fabulous host Milly Gunn, our brilliant keynote speaker TharcisioVaz, and all of you for being a wonderful and welcoming community. Stay tuned for #Ludo2026, the 15th annual #Ludomusicology conference! #gamestudies #Gameaudio