| Contemporary Film Music: Investigating Cinema Narratives and Composition 2017 Edition Contributor(s): Coleman, Lindsay (Editor), Tillman, Joakim (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1137573740 ISBN-13: 9781137573742 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Instruction & Study - Theory - Performing Arts | Film - General |
| Dewey: 781.542 |
| LCCN: 2017931555 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.10 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The purpose of this book, through its very creation, is to strengthen the dialogue between practitioner and theorist. To that end, a film academic and musicologist have collaborated as editors on this book, which is in turn comprised of interviews with composers alongside complementary chapters that focus on a particular feature of the composer's approach or style. These chapters are written by a fellow composer, musicologist, or film academic who specializes in that element of the composer's output. In the interview portions of this book, six major film composers discuss their work from the early 1980s to the present day: Carter Burwell, Mychael Danna, Dario Marianelli, Rachel Portman, Zbigniew Preisner, and A.R. Rahman. The focus is on the practical considerations of film composition, the relationship each composer has with the moving image, narrative, technical considerations, personal motivations in composing, the relationships composers have with their directors, and their own creative processes. Contemporary Film Music also explores the contemporary influence of electronic music, issues surrounding the mixing of soundtracks, music theory, and the evolution of each composer's musical voice. |