Music and cinema / edited by James Buhler, Caryl Flinn, and David Neumeyer.

Other author Buhler, James, 1964- editor.
Other author Flinn, Caryl, editor.
Other author Neumeyer, David, editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoHanover, NH : University Press of New England, ©2000.
Descriptionvi, 397 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Motion picture music--History and criticism.
Musical films--History and criticism.

SeriesMusic/culture
Music/culture. ^A390481
Contents Part one: Leitmotif: New debates and questions. Star wars, music, and myth / James Buhler -- Richard Wagner and the fantasy of cinematic unity: the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk in the history and theory of film music / Scott D. Paulin -- Leitmotifs and musical reference in the classical film score / Justin London -- Part two: Beyond classical film music. Songlines: alternative journeys in contemporary european cinema / Wendy Everett -- Strategies of remembrance: music and history in the new German cinema / Caryl Flinn -- Kansas City dreamin': Robert Altman's jazz history lesson / Krin Gabbard -- Part three: Style and practice in classical film music. Music, drama, Warner Brothers: the cases of Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon / Martin Marks -- Tonal design and the aesthetic of pastiche in Herert Stothart's Maytime / Ronald Rodman -- Finding release: "Storm Clouds" and The Man Who Knew Too Much / Murray Pomerance -- That money-making "Moon River" sound: thematic organization and orchestration in the film music of Henry Mancini / Jeff Smith -- Part four: Gender, ethnicity, identity. Ultrasound: the feminine in the age of mechanical reproduction / Michelle Lekas -- Designing women: art deco, the musical, and the female body / Lucy Fischer -- Disciplining Josephine Baker: gender, race, and the limits of disciplinarity / Kathryn Kalinak -- Part five: Methodological possibilities. Inventing the cinema soundtrack: Hollywood's multiplane sound system / Rick Altman, with McGraw Jones and Sonia Tatroe -- Film music: perspectives from cognitive psychology / Annabel J. Cohen.
Abstract This book brings together leading scholars from musicology, music theory, film studies, and cultural studies to explore the importance of music in the cinematic construction of ideologies.
General noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00023696
ISBN0819564109 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN0819564117 (pa : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML2075 .M875 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold