Benjamin Major

Benjamin Major is a researcher in the Department of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London, focusing on video game tropes and their sonic qualities in audiovisual contexts. His work bridges musicology with 20th-century popular culture.

• MA in Music from University of Birmingham (2020 → 2021)
• BMus in Music Education from Brigham Young University (2006 → 2014)

His research explores the intersection of game studies and music theory, particularly how tropes are sonically represented in interactive media.

Recent work includes "This Sounds Familiar...": A Model for Tropes in Video Games (2024), which analyzes audiovisual correlations in gaming soundtracks.