Gayle Sherwood Magee

Robert Altman's Soundtracks

Film, Music, and Sound from M*A*S*H to a Prairie Home Companion

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Produktbeschreibung

Robert Altman's Soundtracks offers a compelling new look at this celebrated director's films through his innovative uses of music and sound. As author Gayle Sherwood-Magee illustrates, Altman's considerable and varied output speaks to the changing film industry over decades from Nashville (1975) to A Prairie Home Companion (2006).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 145mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9780199915965
• ISBN-10: 0199915962
• Artikelnr.: 47869006

Autorenporträt

Gayle Sherwood Magee is Associate Professor of Musicology at the School of Music, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Listening to Robert Altman
Chapter 1: The Sweet Music of Kansas City
Chapter 2: New Hollywood Song Tracks
Chapter 3: Nostalgia Trips
Chapter 4: A New Hollywood Musical
Chapter 5: Battling the Empire
Chapter 6: The Wilderness
Chapter 7: Indiewood and Improvisation
Chapter 8: The Perfect Servant
Chapter 9: Midwestern Musicals
Conclusion: Altman Today
Index