About The Organizer
Together, Michiel Kamp, Tim Summers and Mark Sweeney co-founded the Ludomusicology Research Group in August 2011, an inter-university research organization dedicated to the study of game music. They are now joined by Melanie Fritsch and Andra Ivanescu.
Our slant, which we feel distinguishes us from other related inter-disciplinary/multimedia projects, is the musicological approach to video game music, as opposed to the non-performative visual arts, or non-interactive film, for example. This also sets our project apart from the related game sound groups, which are generally more industry based, and where they do cross over with musicology, often lean toward a consideration of sound in general, instead of music. Our aim is to promote inter-university academic collaboration, establish game music as a significant research area alongside academic musicology, act as a hub or point-of-contact to advertise the research of the group members (and of other academics working in the field) and serve as a general attempt to create a coherent direction and body of knowledge for this sub-discipline.