Music for prime time : a history of American television themes and scoring / Jon Burlingame.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burlingame, Jon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music.

Television music.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

This completely revised, updated, and expanded edition of Jon Burlingame's 1996 classic book covers themes not touched upon in the original version. With hundreds of interviews conducted over a 35-year span, this book is the most comprehensive history of television scoring to date.

Contents:

"Hi-yo, Silver!" : the birth of TV music

"Book 'em, Danno" : cop and detective shows

"Head 'em up, move 'em out!" : the westerns

"You are traveling through another dimension" : fantasy and science fiction

"Man, woman, birth, death, infinity" : drama

"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale" : comedy

"Your mission, should you decide to accept it" : action-adventure

"You are there" : documentaries, news, and information programming

"Flintstones! Meet the Flintstones!" : cartoons in prime time

"My name is Kunta Kinte" : made-for-TV movies and miniseries

"Mrs. Peel, we're needed" : British shows aired in America

"This is the way" : music for cable and streaming services.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-061832-9

0-19-061831-0

0-19-061833-7