Dr Giles Hooper BA, MA, PhD

The role of music in videogames, in particular how it contributes to action, story-telling and immersion. Have recently published, and given presentations, on the role of music in videogame cut-scenes.

The role of music in film, in particular how it contributes to issues such as narrative, character-development, and emotional affect. At present, the music of John Williams is both a central component of teaching and research in this area. Currently working on a monograph (sole-authored book) on the Film Music of John Williams.

Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to both classical and popular music with a focus on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Critical theory, aesthetics and philosophy. Adorno. Disciplinary issues and musicological discourse. Modernism and postmodernism.