Reel Music PA

by Hickman,Roger

• ISBN13: 9780393925746
• ISBN10: 0393925749
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-30
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

Reel Music provides an in-depth, chronological overview of music's role in film from the birth of the medium to the present. Ideal for nonmajors, the text introduces the basic elements of music and narrative film to help beginners appreciate the combined artistic effects of the two forms. Reel Music also includes excellent pedagogical features and viewing guides.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Part 1 Exploring Film and Music
Wagner's Prelude	3	(8)
Drama and Film	11	(10)
Elements of Music	21	(14)
Listening to Film Music	35	(16)
Part 2 The Silent Film Era, 1895--1928
Birth of an Art Form, 1895-1907	51	(12)
The Foundations of Modern Film, 1908-1919	63	(12)
The Birth of a Nation	75	(12)
The Golden Age of Silent Film, 1920-1928	87	(10)
The Transition to Sound, 1926-1928	97	(14)
Part 3 The Sound Era Begins, 1928-1944
The Early Years of Sound, 1928-1933	111	(14)
Entering a New Golden Age, 1934-1938	125	(16)
Hollywood's Greatest Year, 1939	141	(12)
Modern Voices, 1936-1944	153	(14)
Casablanca	167	(14)
Part 4 The Decline of the Hollywood Studio System, 1944-1959
Postwar Trends, 1944-1949	181	(16)
Country, Rock, and All That Jazz, 1950-1956	197	(12)
Expanding Modern Styles, 1950-1956	209	(14)
The Close of the Decade, 1956-1959	223	(14)
Ben-Hur	237	(22)
Part 5 A New American Cinema, 1960--1976
Psycho	259	(12)
Declining Traditions, 1960--1967	271	(14)
The Emerging New Era, 1960--1967	285	(14)
Crisis Years, 1968--1972	299	(14)
The Postwar Years, 1973--1976	313	(16)
Part 6 The Classic Revival, 1977-1988
Star Wars and Postmodernism, 1977-1984	329	(14)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	343	(14)
In the Shadow of Star Wars, 1977--1984	357	(12)
Settings Far and Near, 1982--1988	369	(12)
New Box-Office Kings, 1984--1988	381	(16)
Part 7 Fin de Siecle and the New Millennium, 1989--2004
Symphonic Scores, 1989--1996	397	(16)
Popular Music, Animation, and Realism, 1989--1996	413	(16)
The Sinking Titanic, 1997--2000	429	(14)
The Red Violin	443	(16)
The New Millennium, 2001--2004	459	(18)
Selected Bibliography	477	(4)
Glossary	481	(6)
Credits	487	(4)
Index	491