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Timothy D. Taylor offers a behind-the-scenes look at the working composers, musicians, and engineers who create soundtracks for film, television, and video games.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Working Musicians 1
1. Group Production, the Collective Laborer, Supply Chains, and Fields 19
2. Creativity 48
3. Composers’ Labor 81
4. The Music Supply Chain after the Composer: Adding Value 119
5. Challenges 138
6. It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World 156
7. Neoliberalization as (Self-)Exploitation 177
8. “Thousands of Guys Like Me” 212
Notes 217
References 231
Index 245

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    Publisher: Duke University Press
    Publication Date: 28/04/2023
    ISBN13: 9781478019879, 978-1478019879
    ISBN10: 1478019875
    Also in:
    Music of film and stage Music recording and reproduction Acoustic and sound engineering

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Timothy D. Taylor offers a behind-the-scenes look at the working composers, musicians, and engineers who create soundtracks for film, television, and video games.

    Table of Contents
    Acknowledgments ix
    Introduction: Working Musicians 1
    1. Group Production, the Collective Laborer, Supply Chains, and Fields 19
    2. Creativity 48
    3. Composers’ Labor 81
    4. The Music Supply Chain after the Composer: Adding Value 119
    5. Challenges 138
    6. It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World 156
    7. Neoliberalization as (Self-)Exploitation 177
    8. “Thousands of Guys Like Me” 212
    Notes 217
    References 231
    Index 245

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