by Dan Golding
about Dan Golding
Dan Golding is a lecturer in media and communications at Swinburne University and an award-winning writer with more than 200 journalistic publications. He co-wrote Game Changers, made the soundtrack to Push Me Pull You, and from 2014 to 2017 was director of the Freeplay Independent Games Festival, Australia’s oldest independent games event.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Abstract: Video game music is a unique form that takes influence from longer musical traditions while also using the possibilities of digital technology to create new musical practices. Through an analysis of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Dan Golding argues that video games have birthed a form of music that can be thematically complex, action-led, interactive, and an important part of fan cultures.