David Shire's The conversation : a film score guide / Juan Chattah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chattah, Juan, author.

Series:

Film score guides ; no. 16.

Film score guides ; no. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shire, David. Conversation.

Shire, David.

Motion picture music--History and criticism.

Motion picture music.

Physical Description:

xvi, 211 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Summary:

Nominated for three Academy Awards in 1974, including Best Picture and Best Sound, Francis Ford Coppola's The Conservation is regarded as the archetypal achievement in weaving together a balanced blend of dialogue, cinematography, sound effects and music. Composer David Shire created a score that challenged preconceptions of music's function within film. Featuring a jazz-infused piano score with pioneering excursions into electroacoustic techniques, Shire's Music provides depth and meaning to the soundtrack by establishing a musical/narrative correlation that traces the main character's psychological journey. In David Shire's The Conservation: A Film Score Guide, Juan Chattah draws on extensive interviews with the composer and includes numerous examples from his manuscripts to provide aesthetic and critical insights into the compositional process. The book fleshes out a multifaceted framework that reveals layers of meaning that permeate the score, delving into David Shire's life and musical upbringing to trace the development of his compositional techniques. The author also investigates the film's critical and historical contexts and ultimately presents a detailed analysis of the complete soundtrack to the film. Proposing an innovative analytical methodology that interests semiotics and cognitive psychology, this volume offers unique insight into the film and its music. As such David Shire's The Conversation: A Film Score Guide will be interest to film and music scholars, as well as fans of the composer's work. Book jacket.

Contents:

David Shire's life and musical background

David Shire's approach to film scoring

Historical and critical context of The conversation

Analytical approach to meaning in film music

Background and analysis of the score for The conversation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442251632

1442251638

OCLC:

910936271