Music composition and music production is not something that can be described in a few articles. There are many great books on the subjects, so I reduced to compose this list of all the books I recommend on various topics, from music theory, through music composition and production, to music in media such as games and film. This entire “resources article” will be updated over time.

Over time, this list will be updated. Last update: 30.08.2019

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Music Theory

• Music Theory for Dummies, Holly Day, Michael Pilhofer
• Music Theory for Computer Musicians, Michael Hewitt

Music Composition

• Music Composition for Dummies, Holly Day, Scott Jarrett
• Music Composition for Computer Musicians, Michael Hewitt
• Musical Composition: Craft and Art, Alan Belkin
• Fundamentals of Musical Composition, Arnold Schoenberg

Harmony and Counterpoint

• Harmony for Computer Musicians, Michael Hewitt
• Hollywood Harmony, Frank Lehman
• Contemporary Counterpoint: Theory & Application, Beth Denisch

Orchestration and Instrumentation

• The Study of Orchestration, Samuel Adler
• Principles of Orchestration, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Mixing

• The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook, Bobby Owsinski

Video Games Music

• Writing Interactive Music for Video Games: A Composer’s Guide, Michael Sweet
• A Composer’s Guide to Game Music, A Composer’s Guide to Game Music, Winifred Phillips

Film Music

• Scoring the Screen: The Secret Language of Film Music, Andy Hill

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