Aspectos funcionais da trilha sonora para videogame no gênero RPG: um estudo do jogo Final Fantasy VII

Abstract

This research intends to investigate the different functional aspects of the soundtrack associated to videogames of the RPG genre, specifically as it occurs in the game Final Fantasy VII. Firstly, it aims to trace a historic broadline of the development of videogame music, focusing on the transformation of sound and music throughout the years under the constraints of the media‘s technological limitations. Secondly, based on the central concept of immersion, it explores some of the different functions of music in the RPG videogames, identifying the most important compositional techniques used by different composers. Lastly, it analyses some of the functional aspects of Final Fantasy VII‘ soundtrack. It intends to evidence the different aspects and musical choices made by the Japanese composer Nobuo Uematsu to better relate the soundtrack with the narrative of the game, as it tries to point the different roles that this music has within each context.