Twenty Four Frames Under : A Buried History of Film Music

by Lack, Russell

• ISBN13: 9780704380455
• ISBN10: 0704380455
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc

Summary

This enormously informative and lively account traces the development of film music from 1896 to the present day. A definitive work.

Table of Contents

The Silent Era	p. 1
Film Music in the Silent Era: An Introduction	p. 3
A Brief Prehistory of Film and Film Music	p. 9
Recorded Sound Systems in the Silent Era	p. 12
Non-Musical Soundtracks in the Silent Era	p. 20
Original Film Scores of the Classical Silent Era	p. 28
The Presentation of Film Music in the Silent Era	p. 46
Film Music and the Silent Era: Conclusions	p. 56
The Sound Era	p. 61
The Experience of Film Music	p. 63
Film Music and Narrative Sensibility	p. 69
Resistance to Sound	p. 80
The Formation of Film Music Convention	p. 112
Film Music and Copyrights	p. 149
Sound Evolution: The Impact of Recording Technology	p. 154
Music Evolution: New Directions in Orchestral Music in the 1950s	p. 158
Scoring History	p. 167
Film Music as a Kind of Language	p. 174
The Remaking of Genres	p. 188
The French New Wave and Jazz	p. 193
The Rise of the Pop Song	p. 207
Pop Culture and Film Music	p. 213
Pop and the Music of Chance	p. 224
Against the Grain: Experimental Film Soundtracks	p. 232
Filming Musical Performance	p. 240
Film Music and Politics	p. 264
Film Music and Film Time	p. 278
The Emotional Impact of Film Music	p. 284
The Impact of Film Theory	p. 289
Art House Cinema and Classical Music	p. 296
Electronic Film Music and Musical Understanding	p. 310
The State of Things	p. 322
A Tentative Conclusion	p. 342
Index	p. 347
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