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Book SynopsisTrade Review”Including works by many of film music's finest scholars, the diversity of articles and approaches here is most welcome. Some pieces will prove to be real game-changers, beautifully written and argued.”—Caryl Flinn, author of
Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman ”Valuable new essays on the ways cinema speaks, sings, shouts, and whispers.”—Claudia Gorbman, author of
Unheard Melodies: Narrative Film Music "The book will intrigue those interested in voice and film studies and the various ways the singing voice can be used to advantage in cinema." --
ChoiceTable of ContentsCoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Voices in, of, and on the Cinema / James Buhler and Hannah LewisPart One: Historical Approaches to Technology and the Voice1. Apprehending Human Voice in the “Silent Cinema” / Julie Brown2. Silencing and Sounding the Voice in Transition-Era / Hannah Lewis3. FM Radio and the New Hollywood Soundtrack /Julie Hubbert4. Pinewood’s Fiddler Fans Goldwyn’s Folly: London’s Battle for Postproduction Sound Business / Katherine QuanzPart Two: The Practice of the Singing Voice5. Vococentrism and Sound in Ingmar Bergman’s The Magic Flute / Marcia J. Citron6. Breaking into Soundtrack in 1980s Teen Films / Cari McDonnell7. Girls’ Voices, Boys’ Stories, and Self-Determination in Animated Films since 2012 / Robynn J. StilwellPart Three: The “Auteuristic” Voice of the Soundtrack8. The Trouble with Onscreen Orchestrators: Progeny and Compositional Crisis in the Four Daughters Films / Nathan Platte9. Some Thoughts on Genre, the Vococentric Cinema, and “Stella by Starlight” / David Neumeyer10. Listening to Soundscapes in Kurosawa’s Dersu Uzala (1975) / Brooke McCorkle11. Peter Weir and the Piano Concerto / Erik HeinePart Four: Narrative and Vococentrism12. Monocentrism, or Soundtracks in Space: Rediscovering Forbidden Planet’s Multi-Speaker Release / Eric Dienstfrey13. Sound and the Comic/Horror Romance Film: Formula, Affect, and Inflection / Janet Staiger14. Once More into the Breach: Interrogating Ben Winters’s Nondiegetic Fallacy / Jeff Smith15. The End(s) of Vococentrism / James BuhlerContributorsIndexBack cover
