Experiencing film music : a listener's companion / Kenneth LaFave.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LaFave, Kenneth, author.

Series:

Listener's companion

The listener's companion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture music--Analysis, appreciation.

Motion picture music.

Physical Description:

xxii, 191 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]

Summary:

Of all the elements that combine to make movies, music sometimes seems the forgotten stepchild. Yet it is an integral part of the cinematic experience. Minimized as mere "background-music," film scores enrich visuals with emotional mood and intensity, underscoring director intentions, enhancing audience reactions, driving the narrative, and sometimes even subverting all three. In Experiencing Film Music: A Listener's Companion, Kenneth LaFave guides readers through the history, ideas, personalities, and visions' that have shaped the music we hear on the big screen. Looking back to the music improvised for early silent movies, LaFave traces the development of the film score from such early epic masterpieces as Max Steiner's work for Gone with the Wind. Bernard Herrmann's musical creations for Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers, to John Williams' epoch-making Jaws and Star Wars. LaFave also brings readers into the present by examining the work of Hans Zimmer, Alan Silvestre, Carter Brey, and Danny Elfman. Experiencing Film Music: A Listener's Companion opens the ears of filmgoers to the nuance behind movie music, laying out how composers and directors map what we hear to what we see-and, not uncommonly, back again. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Not-So-Silent Era 1

2 Max Steiner and the First Generation 13

Spotlight: Spotting and the Click Track 25

3 Mysteries, Thrillers, and Film Noir 29

Spotlight: Orchestrators 51

4 The Epic, the Exotic, and War 55

5 Cowboys and Superheroes 73

6 Drama 89

Spotlight: Jazz in Film Music 111

7 Theme Songs, Comedies, and Romantic Comedies 115

Spotlight: Animation 131

8 Science Fiction and Fantasy 135

9 Ambient Music, No Music, and Ready-mades 153

10 Trends, Forecasts, and Innovations 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: LaFave, Kenneth. Experiencing film music.

ISBN:

9781442258419

1442258411

OCLC:

959080516