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9780190883348

Film Music An Introduction in 11 Takes

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    9780190883348

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2021-08-20
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

Film Music: An Introduction in 11 Takes is an introduction to film music that is global in scope as well as practical in outlook, featuring dozens of interviews with film industry insiders. This textbook teaches today's student how to better understand the conventions of film music in a global and musical context. Film Music's practical approach introduces students to a range of topics; each chapter features a full-length interview with one music professional, discussion of a musical product specific to the chapter's time period (like sheet music or DVD), one composer, one singer, a film genre, a musical instrument, and two countries outside the United States.

Author Biography


John Haines is Professor of Music History at the University of Toronto, where he is affiliated with the Faculty of Music, Centre for Medieval Studies and Cinema Studies Institute.

Table of Contents


Preface
Acknowledgments

Preview 6 Questions
Question #1: What's the Story?
Question #2: Where's It Coming From?
Question #3: What Emotion?
Question #4: What Instrument?
Question #5: What Style?
Question #6: What's Repeated?

PART ONE: SILENT FILM
Take 1 Live Movie Music: The First 30 Years
State of the Industry: The Birth of a Global Business
Featured Product: Sheet Music
Star Composer: Camile Saint-Sa?ns
Double Feature - Historical Drama: The Birth of a Nation (1915) and The Birth of a Nation (2016)
Solo Break: Accordion
Country in the Spotlight: France

Take 2 Recorded Music: The 1920s
State of the Industry: Sound-on-disc v. Sound-on-film
Featured Product: Gramophone Record
Star Composer: Hans Zimmer
Double Feature - Romance: Sunrise (1927) and Trainwreck (2015)
Solo Break: The Piano
Country in the Spotlight: Germany

PART TWO: CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD
Take 3 Mass Production: The 1930s
State of the Industry: Music at Hollywood's Dream Factory
Featured Product: Microphone
Star Composer: Max Steiner
Double Feature - Musical: The Wizard of Oz (1939) and For Love's Sake (Ai To Makoto, 2012)
Solo Break: Violin
Country in the Spotlight: Japan

Take 4 The Business of War: The 1940s
State of the Industry: Apex of the Hollywood Oligopoly
Featured Product: Single Record
Star Composer: Mikl?s R?zsa
Double Feature - War Drama: Wild Flower (Flor silvestre, 1943) and Dunkirk (2017)
Solo Break: Theremin
Country in the Spotlight: Mexico

PART THREE: NEW WAVE
Take 5 What to Do with Television? The 1950s
State of the Industry: The Teenpic and Hollywood's Move into Television
Featured Product: Long-Playing Record
Star Composer: Bernard Hermann
Double Feature - Western: The Searchers (1956) and The Magnificent Seven (2016)
Solo Break: The Trumpet
Country in the Spotlight: India

Take 6 The Atomic Blues: The 1960s
State of the Industry: Tie-In Songs and the Monothematic Score
Featured Product: 8-Track Tape
Star Composer: Ennio Morricone
Double Feature - Sci-Fi Film: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Snowpiercer (2013)
Solo Break: Guitar
Country in the Spotlight: England

PART FOUR: CONGLOMERATION
Take 7 Blockbuster: The 1970s
State of the Industry: The Pop Soundtrack and the Classical Blockbuster
Featured Product: AM Headset Radio
Star Composer: John Williams
Double Feature - Horror Film: Carrie (1977) and It (2017)
Solo Break: Drums
Country in the Spotlight: Egypt

Take 8 Blockbuster: The 1970s
State of the Industry: Synthpop and Synergy
Featured Product: Videotape Cassette
Star Composer: Vangelis
Double Feature - Superhero Movie: Batman (1989) and Deadpool (2016)
Solo Break: Synthesizer
Country in the Spotlight: Nigeria

Take 9 Mega Pic: The 1990s
State of the Industry: Mega Companies and Soundtrack Sales
Featured Product: DVD
Star Composer: Rachel Portman
Double Feature - Animated Film: Toy Story (1995) and Boy and the World (O Menino e o Mundo, 2013)
Solo Break: Pennywhistle
Country in the Spotlight: Brazil

PART FIVE: HOLLYWORLD
Take 10 What to Do with the Internet? The Aughts
State of the Industry: The Digital Soundtrack and the Rise of Epic Music
Featured Product: iPod
Star Composer: Gustavo Santaolalla
Double Feature - Documentary: Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Earth: One Amazing Day (2017)
Solo Break: Didgeridoo
Country in the Spotlight: New Zealand

Take 11 Film Music Beyond Film: The 2010s
State of the Industry: New Media and Return to Monopoly
Featured Product: iPhone
Star Composer: Michael Giacchino
Double Feature - Fantasy Film: The Mermaid (Mei ren yu, 2016) and The Shape of Water (2017)
Solo Break: Erhu
Country in the Spotlight: China

Glossary
Index

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