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The Grove Music Guide to American Film Music

Author : Daniel Goldmark

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 422 pages

File Size : 11,55 MB

Release : 2019

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780190636265

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Book Description

The Grove Music Guide to American Film Music documents the lives and works of many of the individuals responsible for writing music for some of the most popular and well-known films, television shows, video games, and music videos ever created. Its 150 articles and 30 images, updated and expanded from The Grove Dictionary of American Music by film scholar Daniel Goldmark, cover key composers, sound engineers, and other figures in American film music history, and include in-depth articles on film music, musical film, production music, video game music, television music, television musicals, and music videos. This book is intended first and foremost as a musical primer for the student of American film, television, and video, whether you're a casual fan, a longtime listener, or someone wanting to gain a deeper understanding of those who have shaped the modern media soundtrack. Bibliographies are curated, not comprehensive, and are most detailed for the subject areas and composers who have been especially popular with historians.



Film Music: a Very Short Introduction

Author : Kathryn Kalinak

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 177 pages

File Size : 29,50 MB

Release : 2023

Category : Motion picture music

ISBN : 0197628036

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"Film Music: A Very Short Introduction focuses on the most central issues in the practice of film music. What is film music? How is it composed? How does film music work? Why does film music work? The rich and deeply moving sounds of film music are as old as cinema. The very first projected moving images were accompanied by music around the globe as a variety of performers-from single piano players to small orchestras-brought images to life. Film music has since become its own industry, an aesthetic platform for expressing creative visions, and a commercial vehicle for generating increased revenue. The second edition updates coverage to 2022 and includes attention to recent developments in global film music, women in film music, and African -American and minority composers"--



Film and Television Music

Author : Warren M. Sherk

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 39,54 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Music

ISBN : 9780810876866

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Music has played a critical component in the success of films. This volume compiles over 100 years of writings devoted to the subject of film and television music and its practitioners.



A Research Guide to Film and Television Music in the United States

Author : Jeannie G. Pool

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 195 pages

File Size : 42,81 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Music

ISBN : 0810876884

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Unlike sources for traditional music, those for film and television music are often difficult to locate and do not follow the patterns that researchers are trained to identify. Although there have been several self-described introductions to the field and articles that summarize the problems and state of this research, no resource gathers all the basic information. In this volume, Jeannie Gayle Pool and H. Stephen Wright address the difficulties that scholars encounter when conducting research on film and television music. Intended as a guide for those navigating the complex world of film and television music research, this book presents a detailed description of primary sources and explains how to find and interpret them. The authors tackle the problems of determining film-score authorship and working with recordings of film music. A bibliography summarizes the major works and trends in film music research and identifies the most important resources in the field. Up-to-date information about prominent collections of film music sources and other research materials is also included. Designed to clarify the nature of source materials and how they are generated, A Research Guide to Film and Television Music in the United States provides clear signposts for scholars and highlights opportunities for further investigation. Book jacket.



Global Popular Music

Author : Clarence Bernard Henry

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 985 pages

File Size : 40,56 MB

Release : 2024-11-19

Category : Music

ISBN : 1040151922

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Global Popular Music: A Research and Information Guide offers an essential annotated bibliography of scholarship on popular music around the world in a two-volume set. Featuring a broad range of subjects, people, cultures, and geographic areas, and spanning musical genres such as traditional, folk, jazz, rock, reggae, samba, rai, punk, hip-hop, and many more, this guide highlights different approaches and discussions within global popular music research. This research guide is comprehensive in scope, providing a vital resource for scholars and students approaching the vast amount of publications on popular music studies and popular music traditions around the world. Thorough cross-referencing and robust indexes of genres, places, names, and subjects make the guide easy to use. Volume 2, Transnational Discourses of Global Popular Music Studies, covers the geographical areas of North America: United States and Canada; Central America, Caribbean, and South America/Latin America; Europe; Africa and Middle East; Asia; and areas of Oceania: Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australia, and Pacific Islands. It provides over twenty-four hundred annotated bibliographic entries covering discourses of extensive research that extend beyond the borders of the United States and includes annotated entries to books, book series, book chapters, edited volumes, special documentaries and programming, scholarly journal essays, and other resources that focus on the creative and artistic flows of global popular music.



Listening to Movies

Author : Fred Karlin

Publisher : Schirmer

Page : 456 pages

File Size : 37,76 MB

Release : 1994

Category : Education

ISBN :

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Throughout, Karlin draws on his interviews with key figures in the industry to personalize the world of film music.



Word, Sound and Music in Radio Drama

Author :

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 377 pages

File Size : 31,30 MB

Release : 2023-11-27

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 9004549609

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Book Description

This collection offers an in-depth study of music’s narrative functions in radio drama, whether original or adapted, alongside speech and sound. It features a range of historical perspectives as well as case studies from Australia, Europe and North America, highlighting broadcasting institutions such as the BBC, RAI, ABC, WDR and SWR, from early radio to the medium’s postwar golden age and contemporary productions. Not limited to classical or popular music, the chapters also pay attention to electronic varieties and musical uses of language, in addition to intermedial exchanges with other art forms such as theatre, opera and film. In doing so, the present volume sits at the crossroads of various disciplines: musicology, narratology, history, literary, media, sound and radio studies.



Film Music

Author : Paul Tonks

Publisher : Old Castle

Page : 96 pages

File Size : 43,17 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Music

ISBN : 9781903047637

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Introductary guide to the world of film music that provides a concise history of almost a century of music and examines the significant milestones. Examines the most influential composers, which are the most popular scores, and which scores have best served a film and why. A useful, pocket-sized guide for buffs and novices alike.



American Film Music

Author : William Darby

Publisher : McFarland Classics

Page : 642 pages

File Size : 28,42 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Music

ISBN :

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From the neighborhood pianist of silent movie days to the synthesized effects and music video sequences of the 1980s: the great and not-so-great moments in film scoring. Scores from countless films, from Birth of a Nation (1915) through Top Gun (1986), are painstakingly analyzed: how does the score relate to onscreen activity? How does it follow or depart from tradition? How does it represent the strengths and foibles of its composer? The book includes discussion of trend-setting work such as Max Steiner's King Kong (1933--an early instance of music carrying a significant portion of onscreen action), Bernard Herrmann's Psycho (1960, with its unusual, high, scraping strings-only support of the famous shower scene), and Alex North's A Streetcar Named Desire (1951--the first essentially jazz-oriented score), as well as remarks on the work that followed within the resulting trends. Discussions are enhanced by musical reproductions of significant themes and motives. Chapters on 14 individual composers working largely within the United States are given perspective by summary chapters on the silent and early sound years, the decades 1930-1980, and the work of composers outside the United States.