Music and mythmaking in film : genre and the role of the composer / Timothy E. Scheurer.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Scheurer, Timothy E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Motion picture music--History and criticism.
• Film genres.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina ; London, [England] : McFarland & Company, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work studies the conventions of music scoring in major film genres (e.g., science fiction, hardboiled detective, horror, historical romance, western), focusing on the artistic and technical methods that modern composers employ to underscore and accompany the visual events. Each chapter begins with an analysis of the major narrative and scoring conventions of a particular genre and concludes with an in-depth analysis of two film examples from different time periods. Several photographic stills and sheet music excerpts are included throughout the work, along with a select bibliography and d

Contents:

• Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Part One: Major Genres; 1. Introduction: Film Genre/Film Music; 2 Alien Harmonies: The Science Fiction Film; 3 Music for the Mean Streets: The Hardboiled-Detective Film; 4 Swashbuckling Symphonies: The Historical Romance Film; 5 The Rhythm of the Range: The Western Film Score; 6 From Swan Lake to Synthesizers: The Music of Horror Films; Part Two: Gender/Genre: Heroism in Sports Films and the Woman's Film; 7 "The best there ever was in the game": Musical Mythopoesis and Heroism in Film Scores of Recent Sports Movies
• 8 "I always thought I was": Heroism and Music in Three Women's FilmsDiscography; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references, discography.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1069-X