一、总则
2021年上海音乐学院国际数字音乐节的前身为上海音乐学院“数字音频大赛”。该大赛及其系列活动曾于2010年起连续举办三届，对数字音频技术在国内的深层次应用研究、学科发展及其人才培养起到较大推动作用，并产生深远影响。近年来，随着音频制作技术和数字音乐产业的蓬勃发展，为适应数字音频技术与音乐创作环境日新月异的快速更新，“数字音频大赛”经过一系列调整优化后发展为“上海音乐学院国际数字音乐节”，并重新启动，旨在促进文化创意及数字内容产业发展，促进校企、校地之间的合作，推动数字音乐文化交流与发展，培养优秀数字音乐创作创意人才。
二、组织架构
主办单位：上海音乐学院
指导单位：上海市教育委员会
承办单位：上海音乐艺术发展协同创新中心
上海米哈游网络科技股份有限公司
HOYO-MiX
联合承办：上海音乐学院音乐工程系
上海音乐学院数字媒体艺术学院
Unisonar
协办单位：中国录音师协会
腾讯音乐娱乐集团TME音乐学堂
上海网音科技中心
上海广远电子技术股份有限公司
学术支持单位（按笔画顺序排列）：
广西艺术学院音乐学院录音艺术系
中国传媒大学音乐与录音艺术学院
中国音乐学院作曲系
中国戏曲学院音乐系
北京现代音乐研修学院音乐科技学院
四川音乐学院实验艺术学院
数字媒体艺术四川省重点实验室
西安音乐学院现代音乐学院
沈阳音乐学院作曲系
武汉音乐学院作曲系
南京艺术学院流行音乐学院
星海音乐学院现代音乐与戏剧学院音乐科技系
哈尔滨音乐学院作曲系
浙江音乐学院音乐工程系
评委：由国内外著名音乐院校专家、行业著名音乐人组成
三、游戏音乐组作品征集
1. 评选办法
1) 本组作品征集分两阶段进行：初赛主要考察参赛者创作能力，以专业评委评审方式选出15位决赛入围参赛者；决赛为命题创作，主要考察参赛者游戏音乐创作与创新能力。决赛将以现场音乐会的形式，由专业评委现场评选出最终的奖项。
2) 为保证活动的公平公正，参赛作品将统一编号进行匿名评选。
2. 征集要求
初赛
1) 参赛要求：
本活动不收取报名费；参赛者须年满18周岁（2003年9月20日前出生），无国籍和职业限制。
2) 作品内容
a. 题材不限、风格不限，包括但不限于：
① 游戏配乐：游戏CG动画配乐、游戏人物主题音乐、游戏场景音乐等以游戏为主题音乐的应用性音乐（包括歌曲）创作。
② 动漫配乐
③ 短视频配乐
④ 影视视频配乐
b. 必须是参赛者本人创作的作品（无论该作品是否已发表）。
c. 每人限提交1部作品。作品时长3-5分钟。音频文件格式须为48kHz，16-Bit，立体声，WAV文件；单个视频文件最大不超过1GB，MP4或MOV（H.264编码）文件。
*参赛者需要注意：若提交的作品文件不满足前述要求的，视为无效参赛作品，不参与评审。
3）作品形式：
配乐视频作品或纯音频作品。
*音乐部分是考评核心。参赛者可提交视频、图片、文字等作为解释音乐创作构思的补充性材料，在此之外，参赛者若能提供下列任意材料以说明所提交音乐作品的游戏交互设计，初赛评审也将会引为参考：
- 不同情境、状态对应的音乐段落；
- 不同音乐段落之间的非线性衔接过渡；
- 使用游戏音频中间件构建的互动示例。
4）报名所需材料
a. 一部符合技术规格要求的配乐视频作品或纯音频作品；
b. 一份正确填写的并由参赛者本人签名的报名表扫描件（请见附件一）；
c. 一张完整、清晰、有效的身份证或护照扫描件。
d. 一份由参赛者签名的原创声明扫描件（请见附件二）
5）截稿日期（北京时间）
2021年9月20日（星期一）下午5:00之前，将报名材料发送到指定邮箱。
6）报名及联络方式
发送到邮箱：idmf2021a@163.com
作品命名格式：参赛组别+姓名+作品名称
例如：游戏音乐组张三《XXX》
邮件主题格式：参赛组别+姓名+作品名称+联系电话
例如：游戏音乐组张三《XXX》138888888
主办方联系方式：
咨询邮箱：shmadc@163.com (仅限咨询使用，非作品提交邮箱)
咨询微信号：13061800088
微信名：上海音乐学院国际数字音乐节客服
7）不符合以上活动条款者将取消参与评审资格（主办方、评委会成员不得有作品参与评审）。
8）如出现原创性纠纷，后果由参赛者自行承担，大赛有权撤回奖项及奖金、奖品。
决赛
1) 入围人数及要求
通过专家评审方式，从初选中选出15位入围参赛者参与决赛。
*如遇选中的初选入围者弃权的，则根据初选分数顺延至下一位参赛者参加决赛。
2) 决赛入围名单公布时间：2021年10月中下旬
3) 参赛形式：
入围参赛者须根据主办方指定的命题内容完成游戏配乐作品，并在指定时间内提交作品小样，以确定决赛演出形式。入围参赛者提供的命题作品将通过决赛音乐会现场演出，评委现场打分，评出最后名次。
4) 需提交材料
a. 详细的作品说明，设计构思，如有乐谱请提供；
b. 作品的音频分轨文件及工程文件；
c. 入围参赛者须提供初赛作品的混音前分轨文件，不低于8轨。
（5）截稿日期：2021年11月中下旬
四、奖项与奖金设置
本组设置：一等奖1名、二等奖2名、三等奖3名、优秀奖9名
一等奖1名奖金人民币50000元（税前）和获奖证书
二等奖2名奖金人民币30000元（税前）和获奖证书
三等奖3名奖金人民币10000元（税前）和获奖证书
优秀奖9名奖金人民币5000元（税前）和获奖证书
*以上奖金均为含税，获得奖金的参赛者需按照中国法律支付所得税，税款由主办方代为缴纳。
*根据实际情况，评委会有权决定奖项空缺。
*评委会评审结果不可更改。
五、决赛音乐会、颁奖仪式
1) 决赛入围者将受邀出席音乐会暨颁奖仪式与决赛作品点评会。
2) 音乐会时间：2021年12月中旬
地点：上音歌剧院（拟）
3) 音乐会结束，公布评选结果，并举行颁奖仪式。
*出席音乐会暨颁奖仪式的入围者需自理差旅、食宿等费用。
六、相关权利
1) 凡填写并提交报名表者即默认为承认本章程。
2) 如参赛者不如实填写个人资料，主办方有权取消其参赛资格并收回其所获荣誉。
3) 决赛中命题作品的著作权属于作者本人。
4) 获奖者须同意无偿提供并授予主办方如下权利：
a.主办方有权对获奖作品的源文件以及任何形式的声像制品作非商业性使用；
b.主办方拥有获奖作品的首演权以及演出和出版优先权；
c.主办方拥有参赛者活动期间的所有影像权。
5）获奖作品无论在何处上演，根据获奖等级，其乐谱封面或音乐会节目单上需注明本次活动的获奖信息，例如：
“本作品获得2021上海音乐学院国际数字音乐节游戏音乐创作三等奖。”
七、免责声明
1) 如遇疫情等不可抗力因素，主办方有权更改活动时间及活动形式。
2) 本章程的解释权归主办方所有。
3) 本章程发布后如有变动以主办方最新公布的信息为准。
上海音乐学院国际数字音乐节组委会
上海音乐艺术发展协同创新中心
2021年8月
I. General Principles
The 2021 International Digital Music Festival of Shanghai Conservatory of Music used to be the “Digital Audio China” competition. "Digital Audio China" was held by Shanghai Conservatory of Music for three consecutive seasons since 2010 and has contributed significantly to the application of digital music technology in the domestic applied music industry, the development in its academic discipline and the education of talents. In recent years, as audio production technology and the digital music industry develop rapidly, “Digital Audio China” has experienced a series of adjustments to adapt to the changes in the environment of music creation and evolved into the “International Digital Music Festival of Shanghai Conservatory of Music”. The goals of this event consist of promoting the development of cultural creativity and the digital content industry, enhancing the school-enterprise and school-local government cooperation, helping the exchange and development of digital music culture, and training excellent digital music talents.
II. Organizational Structure
Hosted by: Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Guided by: Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
Undertaken by:
Shanghai Music Art Development Center for Collaborative Innovation
Shanghai miHoYo Network Technology Co., Ltd.
HOYO-MiX
Co-undertaken by:
Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Department of Music Engineering Shanghai Conservatory of Music, School of Digital Media Art
Unisonar
Co-organized by:
China Association of Recording Engineers
TME Institute of Music
Shanghai Network Sound Technology Center
Shanghai Broad Future Electro Technology Co.,Ltd.
Academic Support from (in alphabetic order):
Beijing Contemporary Music Academy, School of Music Technology China Conservatory of Music, the Composition Department |
Communication University of China, School of Music and Recording Arts |
Guangxi Arts University, Department of Recording Art of School of Music |
Harbin Conservatory of Music, Department of Composition |
Nanjing University of the Arts, School of Popular Music |
National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, Department of Music Shenyang Conservatory of Music, Department of Composition |
Sichuan Conservatory of Music Experimental Arts School, Digital Media Art Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province |
Wuhan Conservatory of Music, Department of Composition-Theory |
Xian Conservatory of Music, Contemporary Music Academy |
Xinghai Conservatory of Music, School of Contemporary Music and Theatre, Department of Music Technology |
Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, Department of Music Engineering |
Judges consist of experts from famous music conservatories in China and abroad and famous musicians in the industry.
III. Collection of Entries: Game Music Group
1. Selection Methods
(1) The selection of entries of this group is carried out in two stages: the preliminary evaluation mainly investigates the creative ability of the contestants. And 15 finalists will be selected by professional judges. The final is about proposition creation, which mainly focusing on contestants’ game music creation and innovation ability. The final will be in the form of live concert, and the final awards will be selected by professional judges on the spot.
(2) In order to ensure fairness and justice in the event, all entries will be numbered after submission and evaluated anonymously.
2. Collection Requirements
Preliminary Round
(1) Application Requirements:
There is no application fee. The contestant must be at least 18 years old (born before September 20, 2003). There is no restriction on nationality and occupation.
(2) Entry Content
a. There are no restrictions on subject matter and style, including but not limited to:
① Game soundtrack: Game CG animation soundtrack, game character theme music, game scene music and other applied music (including songs) creation with game as the theme
② Animation soundtrack
③ Short video/movie soundtrack
④ Film/TV program video soundtrack
b. The entry must be a work originally created by the contestant self, whether or not the work has been published.
c. Each contestant shall submit one entry only. The duration of the entry must be 3 to 5 minutes. The file format must be 48kHz 16-bit Stereo WAV file; the maximum size of the video file is 1GB, in MP4 or MOV (H.264 codec) format.
*Note: if the file does not match the required format above, it will be regarded as invalid and will not be evaluated.
(3) Forms of the Entry: soundtrack for video works or simply sound works.
* The music is the core of the evaluation. Contestants may submit videos, pictures, text and etc. as additional materials explain the concept or ideas of the music creation. In addition, if contestants can provide any of the following materials to explain the interactive design of the submitted music works, they will also be cited as references in the preliminary review:
-Music paragraphs corresponding to different situations and states;
-Non-linear connection transition between different musical paragraphs;
-Interactive examples built using the game audio middleware.
(4) Materials Required for Application
a. A soundtrack of video work or pure audio work that follows the requirements of technical specifications
b. A scanned copy of the application form correctly filled in and signed by the applicant (see Annex I)
c. A complete, legible and valid scanned copy of passport (photo page).
d. A scanned copy of the Originality Statement signed by the applicant (see Annex II)
(5) Deadline (Beijing time)
Before 5:00 p.m. on September 20, 2021 (Monday), all the application materials must be sent to the designated email address.
(6) Registration and Contact Information
Send to email address: idmf2021a@163.com
Name the file of the entry as: category - your full name - title of entry
For example: Game Music Group - Zhang San - “XXX”
Email subject format: category – name – title of entry - phone number
For example: Game Music Group - Zhang San - “XXX” - 138888888
Contact Information of the Organizing Committee:
Email: shmadc@163.com (only for consultation, not for submission)
Wechat Account: +86 13061800088
(7) Contestants who do not follow the requirements above will be disqualified from participating in the event. And members of the Organizing Committee and the Evaluation Committee will not take the entry for evaluation.
(8) If any issue regarding the originality of music creation occurs, the contestant will take the consequences and the Organizing Committee reserves the right to withdraw the awards and prizes.
Final Round
(1) Number of finalists
Through expert evaluation, 15 finalists will be selected from the preliminary to participate in the final.
(2) Announcement Time of List of Finalists: mid-to-lateOctober, 2021
(3) Participation form of the final
The finalist should complete the game soundtrack work according to the propositions specified by the Organizing Committee and submit the sample work within the specified time period to determine the form of the final performance. The entry submitted by the finalist will be performed live in the final concert. The judges will evaluate the entries on the spot and make the final ranking.
(4) Materials for Submission
a. Detailed description of the entry, ideas about the design, and music score (if any);
b. Audio track files and engineering files of the entry;
c. Finalists must provide pre-mixed stems of the entries (at least 8 tracks).
(5) Deadline: mid-to-late November, 2021
IV. Setting of Awards and Bonuses
This group sets up: 1 first prize, 2 second prizes, 3 third prizes, and 9 excellent prizes
1 first prize, with a bonus of RMB 50,000 （before taxes）and a certificate
2 second prizes, each with a bonus of RMB 30,000 (before taxes) and a certificate
3 third prizes, each with a bonus of RMB 10,000 (before taxes)and a certificate
9 excellent prizes, each with a bonus of RMB 5,000 (before taxes)and a certificate
*The above bonuses are all tax inclusive. The tax will be imposed by the OrganizingCommittee according to the Chinese laws.
*Depending on the actual situation, the Evaluation Committee reserves the right to leave certain awards vacant.
*The Evaluation Committee’s decisions are final and cannot be altered.
V. Final Concert and Award Ceremony
(1) The finalists will be invited to the concert of the award ceremony and the final entry review.
(2) Concert date: mid-December, 2021
Venue: Shangyin Opera House (planned)
(3) At the end of the concert, the selection results will be announced, and the award ceremony will be held.
*The finalists attending the concert and the award ceremony need to pay for their own travel, food, hotel and other expenses.
VI. Related rights
(1) Contestants who complete and submit the application form accept this constitution by default.
(2) If any contestants fail to provide their personal information truthfully, the Organizing Committee reserves the right to disqualify them from the event and withdraw the awards.
(3) The copyright of the propositional entry in the final round belongs to the contestant self.
(4) The winners should agree to grant the Organizing Committee the following rights free of charge:
a. The Organizing Committee has the right to make non-commercial use of the source files of the award-winning entries and any type of audio-visual products;
b. The Organizing Committee has the right to premiere the award-winning entries and the priority of their performance and publication.
c. The Organizing Committee owns all the video rights of the contestants during the event.
(5) Wherever the award-winning entries are performed, according to the award-winning level, the award-winning information of this event should be indicated on the cover of the music score or the concert program sheet, such as:
“This entry won the third prize of game music creation in the 2021 International Digital Music Festival of Shanghai Conservatory of Music.”
VII. Disclaimers
(1) In the case of pandemic or other force majeure, the Organizing Committee reserves the right to change the dates and forms of the event.
(2)The Organizing Committee reserves the right to interpret this constitution.
(3) In the case of any changes after the release of this constitution, the latest information announced by the Organizing Committee shall prevail.
Annex II Statement of the Original Music Creation.doc
Shanghai Conservatory of Music International Digital Music Festival Organizing Committee
Shanghai Music Art Development Center for Collaborative Innovation
August 2021