Lab 4 - Getting Started

CIS300 - Fall 2006

 

Objective: Compose a piece of music for your group's game

Music and this Class

   By this point in the semester your group has, theoretically, decided on a specific game to create. Being the ardent musician you are, you are probably already thinking about what music you’ll be writing to accompany this game. At this point, your team’s project should have its setting, genre, and style well enough defined that you can get an idea of what type of music you'll need. However, if some of these concepts are still partially undecided, the music you write may actually help to point the game in a certain direction, which is, of course, whatever direction you decide to steer it.

Analysis

   What exactly is your game about? In a text file, briefly (no more than a paragraph) describe your game in terms of genre, mood, and setting. Then, list at least 5 instruments that you think would help depict such a game. Think back to how certain instrumentations can convey certain emotions, and try to determine what you’d want/expect to hear while playing your game.

Composition

   In Reason, write a piece of music for your game using at least the five instruments you listed (if you honestly can’t find one or two of them as samples, that’s OK). The only other requirements for this song are that it must be over one minute long, and it must utilize Reason properly. When you are done, name the piece, and add to your text file where in the game you think it would fit (level 1, final level, title screen, credits, etc)

 

Submission
   
  
You must submit a zip file containing the Reason file of your song and the text file with your analysis. This project will be mainly graded on:

 

Please use CMS to turn in your files.

 

This lab project is due Friday, September 29th by 11:59pm.