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[axisofweevils]

Lock if old. I love the 33 1/3 series, so this is amazing.

Bloomsbury is extremely proud to announce the first of fourteen new 33 1/3 volumes…coming to a bookstore (and kindle/iPad) near you in: Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 and Fall 2016. It was extremely difficult to select these titles from a pool of over 400 brilliant proposals so we hope you enjoy! To highlight each new title and the author behind it, we’ll announce one book each day over the next two weeks.

Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros. (1985) score redefined the video game music
genre. With under 3 minutes of music, Kondo put to rest an era of bleeps and bloops—
the sterile products of a lab environment—replacing it with one in which game sounds
constituted a legitimate form of artistic expression. Author Andrew Schartmann takes us
through the various external factors (e.g., advances in technology, Nintendo’s marketing
tactics) that coalesced into a ripe environment in which Kondo’s musical experiments
could thrive. He then delves into the music itself, searching for reasons why our hearts
still dance to the “primitive” 8-bit tunes of a bygone era.

A little bit about the author: Andrew Schartmann holds degrees in music from McGill and Yale University. He is the author of Maestro Mario: How Nintendo Transformed Videogame Music into an Art and has written for Clavier Companion and Music & Vision magazine. He currently serves as the assistant editor of DSCH Journal. One of Andrew’s principal ambitions is to bridge the gap between the ivory tower and the video-game den.

http://333sound.com/2014/05/20/new-33-13-title-koji-kondos-super-mario-bros/

 

[Peru]

I'm really excited about this and how an author goes about writing a book about three minutes of music. Going to read this with the soundtrack on repeat.

Hopefully followed up by one on DKC2OST.

 

[The Boat]

Ooh interesting! Need to check this out.

 

[tanooki27]

yea baby, kondo forever

the 33 1/3 on wowee zowee ain't good tho, reads like a lj entry.