Film Music : : Critical Approaches / / Kevin J. Donnelly.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Donnelly, Kevin J.,
• MitwirkendeR: Allen, Michael,; Buhler, James,; Cochran, Alfred W.,; Donnelly, K. J.,; Flinn, Caryl,; Franklin, Peter,; Garner, Ken,; Neumeyer, David,; Rosar, William H.,; Stilwell, Robynn J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

For something we often barely notice music in films is usually highly effective. It creates tension, elicits emotion and is undoubtedly one of the most important aspects of the cinematic experience. Upon closer inspection, it can be seen that film music is highly complex and artful, not only having immediate emotional impact but also comprising some of the most outstanding music produced in the twentieth century.Bringing together some of the most influential international scholars on the subject, this anthology provides a detailed, diverse and accessible perspective on music in the cinema. As well as chapters on the techniques and views of film music and on film music scholarship, the book embraces topics as diverse as Bernard Herrmann's music for Welles's Citizen Kane, the use of discs to accompany silent films and gender and the cinematic soundscape.Key FeaturesAn original collection of essays on film music in the twentieth centuryThe Introduction provides a historical perspective on the art of film musicBrings together a wide range of approaches to film music

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Hidden Heritage of Film Music: History and Scholarship -- 1 Analytical and Interpretive Approaches to Film Music (1): Analysing the Music -- 2 Analytical and Interpretive Approaches to Film Music (II): Analysing Interactions of Music and Film -- 3 'In the Mix': How Electrical Reproducers Facilitated the Transition to Sound in British Cinemas -- 4 King Kong and Film on Music: Out of the Fog -- 5 The Dies Irae in Citizen Kane: Musical Hermeneutics Applied to Film Music -- 6 The Documentary Film Scores of Gail Kubik -- 7 Embracing Kitsch: Werner Schroeter, Music and The Bomber Pilot -- 8 Performance and the Composite Film Score -- 9 Sound and Empathy: Subjectivity, Gender and the Cinematic Soundscape -- 10 'Would You Like to Hear Some Music?' Music in-and-out-of-control in the Films of Quentin Tarantino -- Contributors -- Index