| A History of Film Music Contributor(s): Cooke, Mervyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521010489 ISBN-13: 9780521010481 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: From silent cinema to the modern Hollywood blockbuster - a lively and international perspective on the history of film music. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Instruction & Study - Theory |
| Dewey: 781.542 |
| LCCN: 2008019383 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.6" W x 9.5" (2.05 lbs) 586 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cooke, Mervyn: - Mervyn Cooke is Professor of Music at the University of Nottingham. |