This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Find out more here.
Accept & Close- Study & Courses
-
University Schools
- University Schools
- Art, Architecture & Design
- Built Environment & Engineering
- Business
- Clinical & Applied Sciences
- Computing, Creative Technologies & Engineering
- Cultural Studies & Humanities
- Education
- Events, Tourism & Hospitality Management
- Film, Music & Performing Arts
- Health & Community Studies
- Law
- Department of Languages
- Social Sciences
- Sport
- University Life
- Research
- Business
- About Us
- Leeds Beckett Websites:
- Staff
- Current Students
- Quick Links (A-F)
- Quick Links (G-Z)
All Subjects
- Accounting and Finance
- Architecture and Landscape Design
- Art and Design
- Biomedical Sciences
- Business and Management
- Civil Engineering
- Computing and Engineering
- Creative Technologies
- Criminology Psychology and Sociology
- Dietetics and Nutrition
- Economics and Analytics
- Education and Teaching
- English History and Media
- English Language Study
- English Language Teaching
- Events Management
- Film
- Law
- Marketing PR and Journalism
- Music and Sound
- Nursing Health Care and Health Promotion
- Performing Arts
- Planning Housing and Human Geography
- Politics and International Relations
- Psychological Therapies and Mental Health
- Rehabilitation Therapies
- Safety and Environmental Health
- Social Work
- Speech and Language Sciences
- Sport
- Surveying Construction and Project Management
- Tourism and Hospitality Management
- Youth Community and Playwork
Research
Dr Richard Stevens
- Home
- >
- Research
- >
- Staff Directory
- >
- Dr Richard Stevens
Dr Richard Stevens
Course Director
School of Film, Music & Performing Arts
0113 81 23690 R.C.Stevens@leedsbeckett.ac.ukAbout Dr Richard Stevens
Dr Richard Stevens is Course Director for the postgraduate programmes in music and sound at Leeds Beckett University. He has published and presented widely on the topic of Game Audio and Game Audio Education including at the Audio Engineering Society, Ludomusicology, and Game Developers conferences.
Richard has been awarded the position of University Teacher Fellow in recognition of his innovative pedagogical work, and co-authored the first practical text book in the field, The Game Audio Tutorial (Focal Press, 2011). Along with a second volume, Game Audio Implementation (CRC Press, 2015), numerous conference presentations and workshops, and his work as chair of the Interactive Audio Special Interest group, his work over the last decade has informed teaching curricula in the subject throughout the world.
Current Teaching
Richard leads the MSc. in Sound and Music for Interactive Games and teaches Game Audio and Music for Film and Television at undergraduate level.
Research Interests
Richard's recent research has brought psychological research methods to bear on developing an understanding of the impact of interactive music systems on the video game player experience. His PhD examined how dissonances between the ludic and narrative functions of music in games might be resolved through a more integrated design approach – where game events may consider musical timings as an input to decision making processes. These ideas are summarised in his contribution to the Oxford Handbook of Interactive Audio, Designing a game for music: Integrated design approaches for ludic music and interactivity.
He retains close links to game audio professionals and the game industry, collaborating with Senior Audio Director at EA DICE, Ben Minto, for the Soundtrack Journal paper The reality paradox: Authenticity, fidelity and the real in Battlefield 4. He is also working alongside composers and sound artists to investigate how video games engines might provide opportunities as a platform for the composition and performance of, and medium for, spatial music and sound art.
-
University Life
-
Employability & Graduates
- Contact Us
-
+44 (0)113 812 0000
Contact Details
- Find Us
-
Leeds Beckett University
City Campus, Leeds
LS1 3HE
© 2018 Leeds Beckett University