Film Music: A Neglected Art : a Critical Study of Music in FilmsThe expanded, updated, and revised edition of Film Music brings together the experience and insights of the professional film music editor with the scholarship and concerns of the film critic and historian. In this pioneering work, film music--from its beginnings to the present day--is analyzed both as composition and as an integral element of cinematic expression. Beginning with an extensive historical overview, the author recreates the process by which film music composers developed their own forms out of typical screen action. The techniques and achievements of filmmakers from the silent and early sound film eras to the 1990s are examined, including the unique demands of music for the rapidly changing images of cartoons and animated films. A new chapter about music for television has been added to the very informative discussion of techniques for synchronizing music to picture. And the latest technological advances are described in an entirely new section dealing with contemporary methods and tools, including video post-production, the advent of digital audio, and the pervasive influence of the music synthesizer. Replete with music examples drawn from actual film scores, this comprehensive study concludes with an extensive and up-to-date bibliography of related reference works. |
Contents
Music in the Silent Film | 3 |
Music in the Early Sound Film | 19 |
19351950 | 35 |
From 1950 to the Present | 98 |
Music in the Cartoon and Experimental Animated Film | 180 |
The Aesthetics of Film Music | 213 |
Film Music and Form | 227 |
Synchronizing Music to Picture | 249 |
A Brief Overview | 274 |
Video PostProduction Techniques | 291 |
Digital Audio | 298 |
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Film Music: A Neglected Art : a Critical Study of Music in Films Roy M. Prendergast No preview available - 1992 |
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