Settling the score : music and the classical Hollywood film / Kathryn Kalinak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalinak, Kathryn Marie, 1952-

Series:

Wisconsin studies in film

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture music--United States--History and criticism.

Motion picture music.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [1992]

Summary:

Beginning with the earliest experiments in musical accompaniment carried out in the Edison Laboratories, Kathryn Kalinak uses archival material to outline the history of American music and film. Focusing on the scores of several key composers of the sound era, including Erich Wolfgang Korngold's" Captain Blood," Max Steiner's "The Informer," Bernard Herrmann's "The Magnificent Ambersons," and David Raksin's "Laura," Kalinak concludes that classical scoring conventions were designed to ensure the dominance of narrative exposition. Her analyses of contemporary work such as John Williams' "The Empire Strikes Back" and Basil Poledouris' "RoboCop" demonstrate how the traditions of the classical era continue to influence scoring practices today.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index.

ISBN:

0299133605

0299133648

OCLC:

25316401