Pop music in British cinema : a chronicle / K.J. Donnelly.

Author/creator Donnelly, K. J.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : BFI Pub., 2001.
Descriptionvii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents The fifties -- The sixties -- The seventies -- The eighties -- The nineties -- Appendix 1 musical conventions in films -- Appendix 2 top twenties -- Index. Musical artists ; Film titles ; Film directors.
Abstract Pop music 'stars' in many of the most exciting and successful of British films from Performance to Trainspotting, and from A Hard Day's Night to Human Traffic. Other films using pop music might be more obscure but include many demonstrating a boldness and imagination rarely matched in other areas of British cinema. Pop artists - David Bowie, Cliff Richard, The Spice Girls, Patsy Kensit and The Sex Pistols, amongst a host of others - could be said to be captured at their most iconic on celluloid. And of course there are the rare but prized cameos from a huge variety of other musicians, with their songs to be found in the most unexpected of places. This book tells the story and records the facts of the pop-film relationship decade by decade. For researchers and the curious alike this is an easy reference source. It represents both a history of pop music in British cinema and a mine of pub trivia questions for music and film buffs of all descriptions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN0851708633
ISBN0851708625 (PBK.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML128.M7 D66 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold