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Book SynopsisBringing together some of the most influential international scholars on the subject, this anthology provides a detailed, diverse and accessible perspective on music in the cinema.
Table of ContentsContents; Introduction; Chapter One:; The Hidden Heritage of Film Music: History and Scholarship; K. J. Donnelly; Chapter Two:; Analytical and Interpretive Approaches to Film Music (I): Analysing the Music; David Neumeyer and James Buhler; Chapter Three:; Analytical and Interpretive Approaches to Film Music (II): Analysing Interactions of Music and Film; James Buhler; Chapter Four:; 'In the Mix': How Electrical Producers Facilitated the Transition to Sound in British Cinemas; Michael Allen; Chapter Five:; King Kong and Film on Music (Out of the Fog); Peter Franklin; Chapter Six:; The Dies Irae in Citizen Kane: Musical Hermeneutics Applied to Film Music; William H. Rosar; Chapter Seven:; The Documentary Film Scores of Gail Kubik; Alfred W. Cochran; Chapter Eight:; Embracing Kitsch: Werner Schroeter, Music and The Bomber Pilot; Caryl Flinn; Chapter Nine:; Performance and the Composite Film Score; K.J. Donnelly;; Chapter Ten:; Sound and Empathy: Subjectivity, Gender and the Cinematic Soundscape; Robynn J. Stilwell; Chapter Eleven:; 'Would You like to Hear Some Music?' Music in-and-out-of-control in the Films of Quentin Tarantino; Ken Garner; Contributors.
