The Sound of Cinema

Hollywood Film Music from the Silents to the Present
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4766-8757-5
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 452 g

While some film scores crash through theater speakers to claim their place in memory, others are more unassuming. Either way, a film's score is integral to successful world building. This book lifts the curtain on the elusive yet thrilling art form, examining the birth of the Hollywood film score, its turbulent evolution throughout the decades and the multidimensional challenges to musicians that lie ahead.

The history of the film score is illuminated by extraordinary talents (like John Williams, Hans Zimmer and countless others). Beginning with vaudeville and silent cinema, chapters explore the wonders of early pioneers like Max Steiner and Bernard Herrmann, and continue through the careers of other soundtrack titans. Leading Hollywood film composers offer in this book fascinating perspectives on the art of film music composition, its ongoing relevance and its astonishing ability to enhance a filmmaker's vision.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilson, Sean

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Foreword: What Constitutes a Great Film Score? by Amon Warmann
Preface
One. Tremolo: The Onset of Film Music
Two. Forte: The Romantic Era Takes Shape
Three. Glissando: Jazz, Rock and Roll and the Slide Towards Experimentalism
Four. Allegro: Star Wars and the Resurgence of the Symphonic Score
Five. Atonal: The Role of Film Music in the Era of Franchising
Six. Dissonance: Gender Disparity, Temp Scores and Rejected Scores
Coda: The Future of Hollywood Film Scoring
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sean Wilson is a digital soundtrack journalist with extensive experience writing for Cineworld Cinemas, Composer Magazine, Den of Geek, Flickering Myth and HeyUGuys. Based in Bristol, south-west UK, he has conducted numerous interviews with many of Hollywood's most accomplished film composers.