Metacompose: A compositional evolutionary music composer

Marco Scirea; Julian Togelius; Peter Eklund; Sebastian Risi

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31008-4_14

Metacompose: A compositional evolutionary music composer

Marco Scirea, Julian Togelius, Peter Eklund, Sebastian Risi

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Abstract

This paper describes a compositional, extensible framework for music composition and a user study to systematically evaluate its core components. These components include a graph traversal-based chord sequence generator, a search-based melody generator and a pattern-based accompaniment generator. An important contribution of this paper is the melody generator which uses a novel evolutionary technique combining FI-2POP and multi-objective optimization. A participant-based evaluation overwhelmingly confirms that all current components of the framework combine effectively to create harmonious, pleasant and interesting compositions.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design - 5th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2016, Proceedings
Editors	João Correia, Penousal Machado, Colin Johnson, Vic Ciesielski
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	202-217
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9783319310077
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31008-4_14
State	Published - 2016
Event	5th International Conference on Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design, EvoMUSART 2016 - Porto, Portugal Duration: Mar 30 2016 → Apr 1 2016

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	9596
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	5th International Conference on Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design, EvoMUSART 2016
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Porto
Period	3/30/16 → 4/1/16

Keywords

Evolutionary computing
Genetic algorithm
Music generator

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Scirea, M., Togelius, J., Eklund, P., & Risi, S. (2016). Metacompose: A compositional evolutionary music composer. In J. Correia, P. Machado, C. Johnson, & V. Ciesielski (Eds.), Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design - 5th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2016, Proceedings (pp. 202-217). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9596). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31008-4_14

Metacompose: A compositional evolutionary music composer. / Scirea, Marco; Togelius, Julian; Eklund, Peter et al.
Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design - 5th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2016, Proceedings. ed. / João Correia; Penousal Machado; Colin Johnson; Vic Ciesielski. Springer Verlag, 2016. p. 202-217 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9596).

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Scirea, M, Togelius, J, Eklund, P & Risi, S 2016, Metacompose: A compositional evolutionary music composer. in J Correia, P Machado, C Johnson & V Ciesielski (eds), Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design - 5th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2016, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 9596, Springer Verlag, pp. 202-217, 5th International Conference on Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design, EvoMUSART 2016, Porto, Portugal, 3/30/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31008-4_14

Scirea M, Togelius J, Eklund P, Risi S. Metacompose: A compositional evolutionary music composer. In Correia J, Machado P, Johnson C, Ciesielski V, editors, Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design - 5th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2016, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2016. p. 202-217. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-31008-4_14

Scirea, Marco ; Togelius, Julian ; Eklund, Peter et al. / Metacompose : A compositional evolutionary music composer. Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design - 5th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2016, Proceedings. editor / João Correia ; Penousal Machado ; Colin Johnson ; Vic Ciesielski. Springer Verlag, 2016. pp. 202-217 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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