Ludomusicology: History and Key Facts

Ludomusicology (also called video game music studies or video game music research) is a field of academic research and analysis on video game music, which is the music found in video games and related contexts. It is closely related to the fields of musicology and interactive and game audio research, and game music and audio are sometimes studied as a united phenomenon. Ludomusicology is also related to the field of game studies, as music is just one element of video games as interdisciplinary mediums, and some theories relating to video game functions involve their music.

Ludomusicology has been mainly driven by musicologists. It not only examines the music in games and music-based games, but also the ways in which games and their music have become subjects of playful engagement themselves. The number of anthologies and monographs dealing with the specific subject of game music and music in game culture is steadily increasing. The ludomusicological community now organizes conferences, runs subgroups within the musicological societies, and engages in discourse with scholarly colleagues in a wide range of related fields.

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