A History of Film Music
(Sprache: Englisch)
From silent cinema to the modern Hollywood blockbuster - a lively and international perspective on the history of film music.
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From silent cinema to the modern Hollywood blockbuster - a lively and international perspective on the history of film music.
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This book provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to the major trends in film scoring from the silent era to the present day, focussing not only on dominant Hollywood practices but also offering an international perspective by including case studies of the national cinemas of the UK, France, India, Italy, Japan and the early Soviet Union. The book balances wide-ranging overviews of film genres, modes of production and critical reception with detailed non-technical descriptions of the interaction between image track and soundtrack in representative individual films. In addition to the central focus on narrative cinema, separate sections are also devoted to music in documentary and animated films, film musicals and the uses of popular and classical music in the cinema. The author analyses the varying technological and aesthetic issues that have shaped the history of film music, and concludes with an account of the modern film composer's working practices.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „A History of Film Music “
List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. The 'silent' cinema; 2. Sound on track; 3. Hollywood's Golden Age: narrative cinema and the classical film score; 4. Stage and screen; 5. The mainstream divides: postwar horizons in Hollywood; 6. 'Never let it be mediocre': film music in the United Kingdom; 7. Defectors to television; 8. Film music in France; 9. Global highlights; 10. Popular music in the cinema; 11. Classical music in the cinema; 12. State of the art: film music since the New Hollywood; Bibliography; Index of film titles; General index.
Autoren-Porträt von Mervyn Cooke
Cooke, MervynMervyn Cooke is Professor of Music at the University of Nottingham.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Mervyn Cooke
- 2008, 586 Seiten, Maße: 17 x 24,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 0521010489
- ISBN-13: 9780521010481
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.08.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
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'Written in a clean, clear prose shot through with a lightly-worn, concisely-argued scholarship, this is a considerable achievement and an essential read for anyone interested in this vital and still developing genre.' Classical Music Magazine 'The world of film music will rejoice at being the subject of Mervyn Cooke's new book. It is both scholarly and highly accessible - a must have for anyone interested in this increasingly popular topic.' George Fenton, film composer 'Mervyn Cooke hasn't written merely 'a' history of film music - when all the reckoning is done, this will surely be 'the' history of film music written for cinema, from 1920s silent films to the latest Hollywood blockbusters. Writing about a medium that, as Aaron Copland once cogently put it, is designed to be felt rather than explicitly heard is an exacting task, and one that leaves many floundering. But Cooke's background writing about opera and jazz puts his brain in the right place for considering an art form that aims to balance artifice and spontaneity. ... An authoritative read, written with the cracking pace of a Bond thriller.' Classic FM 'If you can only buy one film music book, make it this one ... This is perhaps one of the most clear and cogently conceived overviews of music that one is likely to see ... one is struck by the fine choices Cooke makes to illustrate his point, whether he is discussing a Virgil Thomson score, or why a Scott Bradley animated short score works best. ... With no room for subsequent updates or supplements, this may very well be 'the' film music book for some time to come. ... this is a book that every lover of film music should have on their shelves. It is a book not so much to be read but to be savoured and enjoyed.' Film Music Review 'The real charm of Mervyn Cooke's A History of Film Music ... is the sheer breadth of coverage and the passion with which this coverage is conveyed. Never before has a work attempted such a wide-ranging, vivid, and
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well-documented sweep of film music and, for this reason among many others, it is a work thoroughly to be recommended.' Music and Letters
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