Wierzbicki James (University Of Michigan Usa) - Film Music: A History - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Film Music: A History explains the development of film music by considering large - scale aesthetic trends and structural developments alongside socioeconomic technological cultural and philosophical circumstances. The book's four large parts are given over to Music and the " Silent" Film (1894 - - 1927) Music and the Early Sound Film (1895 - - 1933) Music in the " Classical - Style" Hollywood Film (1933 - - 1960) and Film Music in the Post - Classic Period (1958 - - 2008). Whereas most treatments of the subject are simply chronicles of "great film scores" and their composers this book offers a genuine history of film music in terms of societal changes and technological and economic developments within the film industry. Instead of celebrating film - music masterpieces it deals logically and thoroughly with the complex machine whose smooth running allowed those occasional masterpieces to happen and whose periodic adjustments prompted the large - scale twists and turns in film music's path.
Title: Film Music: A History
Author(s): Wierzbicki James (University Of Michigan Usa)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415991995
Pages: 332 Pages, 18 Halftones, Black And White
Publication Date: 12/1/2008
Category: Media Studies