A collection of essays from leading scholars and practitioners in the burgeoning field of film music studies. The book provides a uniquely comprehensive overview of how music functions in film soundtracks from a variety of historical periods, genres and film industries, including those of the USA, UK, France, Italy, India and Japan.
A collection of essays from leading scholars and practitioners in the burgeoning field of film music studies. The book provides a uniquely comprehensive overview of how music functions in film soundtracks from a variety of historical periods, genres and film industries, including those of the USA, UK, France, Italy, India and Japan.
Introduction Mervyn Cooke and Fiona Ford; Part I. Making Film Music: 1. Evolving practices for film music and sound, 1925-35 James Buhler and Hannah Lewis; 2. 'Pictures that talk and sing': sound history and technology David Cooper; 3. The composer and the studio: Korngold and Warner Bros. Ben Winters; 4. Can't buy me love? Economic imperatives and artistic achievements in the British pop music film Stephen Glynn; 5. 'A film's first audience': the composer's role in film and television George Fenton in conversation with Mervyn Cooke; Part II. Approaching Film Music: 6. Film music theory Guido Heldt; 7. Studying film scores: working in archives and with living composers Kate Daubney; 8. Returning to Casablanca Peter Franklin; 9. Parental guidance advised? Mash-ups and mating penguins in Happy Feet Fiona Ford; 10. Materializing film music Miguel Mera; Part III. Genre and Idiom: 11. Film noir and music David Butler; 12. Another other history of jazz in the movies Krin Gabbard; 13. Horror and science fiction Stan Link; 14. The Western Robynn J. Stilwell; 15. The music of screen musicals Caryl Flinn; 16. 'Britannia - The Musical': scores, songs and soundtracks in British animation Paul Wells; Part IV. Music in World Cinemas: 17. Leone, Morricone and the Italian way to revisionist westerns Sergio Miceli; 18. Music, noise and silence in the late cinema of Jean-Luc Godard Danae Stefanou; 19. Hans Werner Henze and The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum Annette Davison; 20. T ru Takemitsu's collaborations with Masahiro Shinoda: the music for Pale Flower, Samurai Spy and Ballad of Orin Tim Koozin; 21. Welcome to Kollywood: Tamil film music and popular culture in South India Mekala Padmanabhan.
Introduction Mervyn Cooke and Fiona Ford; Part I. Making Film Music: 1. Evolving practices for film music and sound, 1925-35 James Buhler and Hannah Lewis; 2. 'Pictures that talk and sing': sound history and technology David Cooper; 3. The composer and the studio: Korngold and Warner Bros. Ben Winters; 4. Can't buy me love? Economic imperatives and artistic achievements in the British pop music film Stephen Glynn; 5. 'A film's first audience': the composer's role in film and television George Fenton in conversation with Mervyn Cooke; Part II. Approaching Film Music: 6. Film music theory Guido Heldt; 7. Studying film scores: working in archives and with living composers Kate Daubney; 8. Returning to Casablanca Peter Franklin; 9. Parental guidance advised? Mash-ups and mating penguins in Happy Feet Fiona Ford; 10. Materializing film music Miguel Mera; Part III. Genre and Idiom: 11. Film noir and music David Butler; 12. Another other history of jazz in the movies Krin Gabbard; 13. Horror and science fiction Stan Link; 14. The Western Robynn J. Stilwell; 15. The music of screen musicals Caryl Flinn; 16. 'Britannia - The Musical': scores, songs and soundtracks in British animation Paul Wells; Part IV. Music in World Cinemas: 17. Leone, Morricone and the Italian way to revisionist westerns Sergio Miceli; 18. Music, noise and silence in the late cinema of Jean-Luc Godard Danae Stefanou; 19. Hans Werner Henze and The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum Annette Davison; 20. T ru Takemitsu's collaborations with Masahiro Shinoda: the music for Pale Flower, Samurai Spy and Ballad of Orin Tim Koozin; 21. Welcome to Kollywood: Tamil film music and popular culture in South India Mekala Padmanabhan.
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'Going beyond new historical research on early film music, genre studies, and film music analysis, this diverse collection of current essays is ambitious. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.' M. Goldsmith, CHOICE
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