Movie music, the film reader / edited by Kay Dickinson.

Other author Dickinson, Kay, 1972-
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Descriptionviii, 207 pages : music ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesIn focus--Routledge film readers
In focus--Routledge film readers. ^A560791
Contents Pt. 1. The meanings of the film score. The language of music: a brief analysis of Vertigo / Kathryn Kalinak -- Prejudices and bad habits / Theodor Adorno and Hans Eisler -- Why music?: the sound film and its spectator / Claudia Gorbman -- Reforming "jackass music": the problematic aesthetics of early American film music accompaniment / Tim Anderson -- Pt. 2. The place of the song. Banking on film music: structural interactions of the film and record industries / Jeff Smith -- Cinema, postmodernity and authenticity / Lawrence Grossberg -- The silences of the palace and the anxiety of musical creation / Anastasia Valassopoulos -- Must you remember this?: orchestrating the "standard" pop song in Sleepless in Seattle / Ian Garwood -- Pt. 3. The formal politics of music on film. Whose jazz, whose cinema? / Krin Gabbard -- The animation of sound / Philip Brophy -- Pop, speed, teenagers and the "MTV aesthetic" / Kay Dickinson -- Pt. 4. Crossing over into the narrative. Gender, power, and a cucumber: satarizing masculinity in This Is Spinal Tap / Carl Plantinga -- Manufacturing authenticity: imagining the music industry in Anglo-American cinema, 1956-62 / Keir Keightley -- A Madonna "wanna-be" story on film / Lisa Lewis.
Abstract Bringing together material from the areas of documentary, fandom and animation, this book comprises important writings about film music. It is divided into four sections, each with an introduction by the editor. "Essays in the Meanings of the Score" looks at instrumental scores, their production and reception, and questions the onscreen power of the nineteenth century classical genre. "The Place of the Song" turns to popular music, asking how the pop score supports the film narrative. "Formal Politics of Music on Film" considers the subversive power of film music, and in "Crossing Over Into the Narrative" articles address the use of musicians within film narratives, from rockumentaries to pop-stars-as-movie-stars, such as Madonna in Desperately Seeking Susan.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and indexes.
LCCN 2002032632
ISBN0415281598
ISBN0415281601 (pbk.)

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Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML2075 .M877 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold