{"product_id":"henry-mancini-9780252036736","title":"Henry Mancini","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThrough film composer Henry Mancini, mere background music in movies became part of pop culture--an expression of sophistication and wit with a modern sense of cool and a lasting lyricism that has not dated. The first comprehensive study of Mancini''s music, \u003ci\u003eHenry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music\u003c\/i\u003e describes how the composer served as a bridge between the Big Band period of World War II and the impatient eclecticism of the Baby Boomer generation, between the grand formal orchestral film scores of the past and a modern American minimalist approach. Mancini''s sound seemed to capture the bright, confident, welcoming voice of the middle class''s new efficient life: interested in pop songs and jazz, in movie and television, in outreach politics but also conventional stay-at-home comforts. As John Caps shows, Mancini easily combined it all in his music.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMancini wielded influence in Hollywood and around the world with his iconic scores: dynamic jazz for the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Accessible and engaging, this fresh view of Mancini's oeuvre and influence will delight and inform fans of film and popular music.\"--\u003ci\u003eTurner Classic Movies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Caps' assiduously research study of Mancini's life and career ... is detailed and insightful. . . . It will be enjoyed both by film buffs and music lovers.\"--\u003ci\u003eAllaboutjazz.com\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Will satisfy musically experienced readers as well as laypeople.  It deserves a place in every film and popular music collection.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A stimulating chronicle of the life and works of film and television composer Henry Mancini. Consistently thorough and detailed, this book contains a considerable wealth of information and insight into this extremely popular composer.\"--James Wierzbicki, author of \u003ci\u003eFilm Music: A History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eElliott Carter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A well-researched study of a musical career. . . Film by film, the book reveals how Mancini negotiated and compromised to become the computer of many a moviemaker's dreams.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"An important book, and, in many ways, a crucial one, too, it's chief value resting in Caps' articulate championing of one of the most singular compositional talents to emerge from Hollywood's film factory.\"--\u003ci\u003eClassical Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this lively, syncopated survey of Mancini's movie music, Caps offers a comprehensive critique of the composer's film\/TV scores and hit albums.\"--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742208557399,"sku":"9780252036736","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252036736.jpg?v=1758383619","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/henry-mancini-9780252036736","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}