Beats of bits: Games, Sci-Fi, and electronic music in the 1970s and 1980s

Authors

  • Letícia Perani Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF)
  • Fátima Regis Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Uerj)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2015.173.05

Abstract

This paper intends to investigate game themed music, a phenomenon of the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Our hypothesis is that there is a connection between games, Sci-Fi, and electronic music (or music that has electronic influences), sharing the same cultural context, and assimilating uses and possible functions of the newborn Human-Computer Interaction technologies, thus developing questions on the impact of these technologies in our daily lives. Therefore we shall investigate three game themed songs, using the categories of sounds, visuals, and lyrics, to scrutinize how the connections between games, Sci-Fi, and music are portrayed in these songs.

Keywords: games, music, Sci-Fi, media history.

Author Biographies

Letícia Perani, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF)

Professora Assistente do Instituto de Artes e Design da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (IAD/UFJF). Doutoranda do PPGCom/Uerj, e pesquisadora do CiberCog - Laboratório de Comunicação, Entretenimento e Cognição, do PPGCom/Uerj. Email: leticiaperani@yahoo.com.br

Fátima Regis, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Uerj)

Professora da Faculdade de Comunicação Social da Uerj. Coordenadora do CiberCog. Pesquisadora do CNPq e Procientista da Uerj/Faperj.

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Published

2015-09-22

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 3 (2015): September/December

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