No. 3 (2020): 'Press start' Sound and Music in Videogames

Studies on audiovisuals have been consolidated over the last two decades, and it can be said that in that time, they have made their deserved space in the academic musicology. However, within audiovisual studios, videogames are still one of the least covered topics today, partly because of the challenges and methodological difficulties involved in its study.

Therefore, we propose this third issue of the journal from the need to value and give recognition to the studies on music, sound and silence in video games. The title of this monograph, 'Press Start', in addition to the clear reference to the games waiting screen, it is intended to be a metaphor for what is expected of discipline in the country. For the first time in Spain we find a monographic publication that deals exclusively with the subject of music in video games, with academic rigor, and that will provide new perspectives for both the amateur reader and the researcher seeking deepen the subject.