Due to the human strive for innovation there has always been an integration of technological novelties in all fields, including the field of music. In the middle of the 20th century a new way of forming and manipulating synthesized sound was created, thanks to the advent of digital signal processing and the programming power of modern computers. This new wave of synthesized sound processing and manipulation was headed by electronic engineer Max Matthews and his research in the still young field of computer music. Thanks to him and his research, musicians could design the bare "atom of sound" in the music they are creating and also learn about the never before seen possibilities of it's formation. Other than that, the implementation of programming languages in the process of composition has proven itself to be quite successful and useful due to the generality of its application. Also, the programming languages themselves have helped musicians discover new techniques of approaching music composition through the context of programming. These are merely some of the subjects that have been adressed in this work, including the subject of the wide range of applications and tools made for creating computer music and the available platforms for its creation.