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100 1 a| Prendergast, Roy M.,d| 1943-=| ^A86257;

245 10 a| Film music :b| a neglected art : a critical study of music in films /c| Roy M. Prendergast.;

250 a| Second edition.;

300 a| xxii, 329 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-314) and index.;

505 0 a| Foreword / William Kraft -- Part I: History. Music in the silent film -- Music in the early sound film -- Film music comes of age: 1935-1950 -- From 1950 to the present -- Music in the cartoon and experimental animated film -- Part II: Aesthetics. The aesthetics of film music -- Film music and form -- Part III: Technique. Synchronizing music to picture -- Music for television: a brief overview -- Part IV: Contemporary techniques and tools. Video post-production techniques -- Digital audio -- The music synthesizer.;

520 a| The expanded, updated, and revised edition of Film Music brings together the experience and insights of the professional film music editor with the scholarship and concerns of the film critic and historian. In this pioneering work, film music--from its beginnings to the present day--is analyzed both as composition and as an integral element of cinematic expression. Beginning with an extensive historical overview, the author recreates the process by which film music composers developed their own forms out of typical screen action. The techniques and achievements of filmmakers from the silent and early sound film eras to the 1990s are examined, including the unique demands of music for the rapidly changing images of cartoons and animated films. A new chapter about music for television has been added to the very informative discussion of techniques for synchronizing music to picture. And the latest technological advances are described in an entirely new section dealing with contemporary methods and tools, including video post-production, the advent of digital audio, and the pervasive influence of the music synthesizer. Replete with music examples drawn from actual film scores, this comprehensive study concludes with an extensive and up-to-date bibliography of related reference works.;

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700 1 a| Kraft, William,e| writer of foreword.=| ^A91257;

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Film music : a neglected art : a critical study of music in films / Roy M. Prendergast.

Author/creator	Prendergast, Roy M., 1943-
Other author	Kraft, William, writer of foreword.
Format	Book
Edition	Second edition.
Publication Info	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, ©1992.
Description	xxii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects	Motion picture music--History and criticism.

Contents	Foreword / William Kraft -- Part I: History. Music in the silent film -- Music in the early sound film -- Film music comes of age: 1935-1950 -- From 1950 to the present -- Music in the cartoon and experimental animated film -- Part II: Aesthetics. The aesthetics of film music -- Film music and form -- Part III: Technique. Synchronizing music to picture -- Music for television: a brief overview -- Part IV: Contemporary techniques and tools. Video post-production techniques -- Digital audio -- The music synthesizer.
Abstract	The expanded, updated, and revised edition of Film Music brings together the experience and insights of the professional film music editor with the scholarship and concerns of the film critic and historian. In this pioneering work, film music--from its beginnings to the present day--is analyzed both as composition and as an integral element of cinematic expression. Beginning with an extensive historical overview, the author recreates the process by which film music composers developed their own forms out of typical screen action. The techniques and achievements of filmmakers from the silent and early sound film eras to the 1990s are examined, including the unique demands of music for the rapidly changing images of cartoons and animated films. A new chapter about music for television has been added to the very informative discussion of techniques for synchronizing music to picture. And the latest technological advances are described in an entirely new section dealing with contemporary methods and tools, including video post-production, the advent of digital audio, and the pervasive influence of the music synthesizer. Replete with music examples drawn from actual film scores, this comprehensive study concludes with an extensive and up-to-date bibliography of related reference works.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-314) and index.
LCCN	90021393
ISBN	0393029883
ISBN	9780393029888

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