The needle and the lens : pop goes to the movies from rock 'n' roll to synthwave / Nate Patrin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patrin, Nate, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music in motion pictures.

Motion pictures and music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Tracking the link between film and song through the past fifty years, Nate Patrin reveals the power of music used in movies to move the needle in popular culture. As he surveys the scene-musical and cinematic-across the decades, expanding into the deeper origins, wider connections, and echoed histories that come into play, The Needle and the Lens offers a new way of seeing, and hearing, these iconic soundtrack moments"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Scorpio Rising, "He's a Rebel"

The Graduate, "The Sounds of Silence"

Easy Rider, "The Pusher"

The Harder They Come, "Many Rivers to Cross"

American Graffiti, "Do You Want to Dance"

Saturday Night Fever, "Disco Inferno"

Killer of Sheep, "This Bitter Earth"

Apocalypse Now, "The End"

Repo Man, "When the Shit Hits the Fan"

Krush Groove, "King of Rock"

Blue Velvet, "In Dreams"

Wayne's World, "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Jackie Brown, "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"

Belly, "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)"

The Royal Tenenbaums, "Needle in the Hay"

Drive, "A Real Hero"

Outro: Twenty-Four More Great Needle Drops

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781452970318

1452970319

9781452970301

1452970300

OCLC:

1381733164