Document Type

Honors Project

Publication Date

5-30-2013

Abstract

Interactive video game music is a relatively new and quickly expanding art form, incorporating elements of music history, cinema, and video game theory. This study explores how music functions, reveals meaning, and defines player experience within the interactive world of the video games Portal and Portal 2—and how the paradoxical, twisting essence of the Portal world is created and shaped musically. Ultimately, this is a study of the continued existence and relevance of classical music and traditional music history in the futuristic world of video games.

Level of Honors

cum laude

Department

Conservatory of Music

Advisor

Julie McQuinn

Comments

Advisor: Julie McQuinn

Level of honors: cum laude

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