Society for the Study of Sound and Music in Games

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The latest issue of the 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 is now out! Check the Winter 2026 volume at online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/7/1 With articles by Ryan Thompson, Ryan J. Lambe, Alexander Nunes, Dominique Arsenault and David Raybould #vgm #ludomusicology

Ludo2026 is now accepting proposals for research presentations on game music and sound. The conference takes place 6–8 August at Edge Hill University, in person with remote access options. All info: ludomusicology.org #ludomusicology #vgm

Announcing our JSMG editorial board Pipeline to Publication Workshop Friday, October 17 at 2pm EDT/7pm GMT at tinyurl.com/bdcpupby, passcode: 847119. We hope you can join us, and please share this post to all who might benefit! #ludomusicology #vgm

Topics covered will include: adapting conference/seminar papers into articles; pipeline and publication process and typical timelines; best practices for citations, musical examples, alt text, abstracts, and keywords; common mistakes and pre-submission peer networking.

The latest issue of the 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 is now out! Check the Spring 2025 Volume at online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/6/2 #ludomusicology #vgm @ucpress

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠, Volume 6, Issue 1 is now available for free access for a limited time! Dive deep into the Sound and Music of 𝐻𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠. A must-read: online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/6/1

The last issue of the 𝐉𝐒𝐌𝐆 is now available!You can't miss this special volume on the sound and music of Hades, wonderfully edited by Christopher Hill, @DrStephLind,@ssmw_vgm and Demetrius Shahmehri. Check it out: online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/6/1 #hades #vgm #ludomusicology #gamemusic

It’s tiiiiiiime… for a #GameMusic Christmas Playlist! 🎄🎶 If you are tired of all the Christmas pop songs or you want to get your family in christmas-gaming mood just play our playlist and have a really happy #Christmas . You don't see here your favorite game music with winter/Christmas vibe? Write it in the comment and we will add it! 📀

The hard copy has arrived! “Strutting with Streets of Rage,” co-authored with Andrew @_lemon!! #EDM #VGM #gamemusic #Techno @IASPM_OFFICIAL @LSBU_ACI @SSSMG_ @Dancecult_EDMC routledge.com/Music-and-Soni…

It’s a nice place. Come on by 🤗📚

Stephanie Lind (Queen’s University): Researches video game music, contemporary Canadian music and transformational theory, with various publications on authenticity and musical structure in video games including Authenticity in the Music of Video Games (released 2023).

MEET THE TEAM! 📷 We’re excited to have Stephanie Lind join us as an Associate Editor for 𝑱𝑺𝑴𝑮 - 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔! #vgm #ludomusicology #jsmg

and 𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑇𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦, with William Gibbons and Fanny Rebillard for Brepols. @Cactuceratops

(University of Hartford): Specializes in medieval music and contemporary video game music. She is currently co-editing two volumes: Gender, Sexuality, and Video Game Sound, with Dana Plank and Michael Austin for Routledge, (@Musicologess, @MichaelLAustin)

MEET THE TEAM! 📷 We are delighted to welcome Karen M. Cook as new associate editor at the 𝐉𝐒𝐌𝐆 - 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 @CooksterKC #vgm #ludomusicology #jsmg

@WilliamRAyers (University of Central Florida): Focuses on video game music and applies its concepts to other media. His published work on video game music and sound has appeared in the JSMG, Music and the Moving Image, and The Oxford Handbook of Video Game Music and Sound.

MEET THE TEAM! 📷 Please join us in welcoming William Ayers, our new 𝑱𝑺𝑴𝑮 - 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 associate editor! #vgm #ludomusicology #jsmg

she is also a violinist and Twitch streamer, co-hosting streams on video game music entitled “Kudomusicology: A Ludomusicology Literature Review,” with @BardicKnowledge Ryan Thompson, Julianne Grasso @juliannegrasso , and Karen Cook @CooksterKC .

Independent scholar and lecturer at Ohio State University, specializes in video game music and identity. She co-edited The Intersection of Animation, Video Games, and Music.

MEET THE TEAM! 📷 Meet Our New 𝑱𝑺𝑴𝑮 - 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 Editor-in-Chief, Dana Plank! @vgm @ludomusicology @jsmg