Unity, Ambiguity, and Flexibility in Theme Music for Game Shows A Winning Combination Gage, Christopher. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text sz 2024 1st ed. 2024. monographic eng
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access XV, 92 p. 8 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource. With flashing lights, bright colors, and big money, game shows have been an integral part of American culture since the days of radio. While the music that accompanies game shows is charming and catchy, it presents two unique, opposing challenges: first, it must exhibit unity in its construction so that, at any point and for any length of time, it is a tuneful, recognizable signifier of the show to which it belongs; at the same time, it must also possess the ability to be started and stopped according to the needs of gameplay without seeming truncated. This book argues that game show music, in particular from 1960 to 1990, deploys a variety of shared techniques in order to manage these two goals, including theme-derived vamps; saturation of motivic material; and harmonic, rhythmic, and formal ambiguity. Together, these techniques make game show themes exciting, memorable, and perfectly suited to their role. Christopher Gage holds doctorates in music theory and organ performance from the University of Kansas. His research is wide-ranging, from keyboard repertoire before 1700 to twentieth-century game show music. Chris is Director of Music at Overbrook Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia and currently teaches music theory at the University of Delaware. Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Creating Unity Through Thematic Repetition and Saturation -- Chapter 3: Creating Ambiguity through Metrical, Formal, and Harmonic Disruptions -- Chapter 4: Bonus Round: Nostalgia and the Reboot -- Chapter 5: Conclusion. by Christopher Gage. Music theory Television broadcasting Games Theory of Music Television Studies Games Studies MT5.5-7 Springer Nature eBook 9783031468063 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46806-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46806-3 240430 20251030112021.0 978-3-031-46806-3