The Cambridge Companion to Film Music (Cambridge Companions to Music)

This Wide-ranging And Thought-provoking Collection Of Specially-commissioned Essays Provides A Uniquely Comprehensive Overview Of The Many And Various Ways In Which Music Functions In Film Soundtracks. Citing Examples From A Variety Of Historical Periods, Genres And Film Industries - Including Those Of The Usa, Uk, France, Italy, India And Japan - The Book's Contributors Are All Leading Scholars And Practitioners In The Field. They Engage, Sometimes Provocatively, With Numerous Stimulating Aspects Of The History, Theory And Practice Of Film Music In A Series Of Lively Discussions Which Will Appeal As Much To Newcomers To This Fascinating Subject As To Seasoned Film Music Aficionados. Innovative Research And Fresh Interpretative Perspectives Are Offered Alongside Practice-based Accounts Of The Film Composer's Distinctive Art, With Examples Cited From Genres As Contrasting As Animation, The Screen Musical, Film Noir, Hollywood Melodrama, The Pop Music And Jazz Film, Documentary, Period Drama, Horror, Science Fiction And The Western. Part One : Making Film Music. Evolving Practices For Film Music And Sound, 1925-1935 / James Buhler And Hannah Lewis -- Pictures That Talk And Sing : Sound History And Technology / David Cooper -- The Composer And The Studio : Korngold And Warner Bros. / Ben Winters -- Can't Buy Me Love? : Economic Imperatives And Artistic Achievements In The British Pop-music Film / Stephen Glynn -- A Film's First Audience : The Composer's Role In Film And Television / George Fenton In Conversation With Mervyn Cooke. Part Two : Approaching Film Music. Film-music Theory / Guido Heldt -- Studying Film Scores : Working In Archives And With Living Composers / Kate Daubney -- Returning To Casablanca / Peter Franklin -- Parental Guidance Advised? : Mash-ups And Mating Penguins In Happy Feet / Fiona Ford -- Materializing Film Music / Miguel Mera. Part Three : Genre And Idiom. Film Noir And Music / David Butler -- Another Other History Of Jazz In The Movies / Krin Gabbard -- Horror And Science Fiction / Stan Link -- The Western / Robynn J. Stilwell -- The Music Of Screen Musicals / Caryl Flinn -- Britannia-the Musical : Scores, Songs And Soundtracks In British Animation / Paul Wells. Part Four : Music In World Cinemas. Leone, Morricone And The Italian Way To Revisionist Westerns / Sergio Miceli -- Music, Noise And Silence In The Late Cinema Of Jean-luc Godard / Danae Stefanou -- Hans Werner Henze And The Lost Honour Of Katharina Blum / Annette Davison -- Tōru Takemitsu's Collaborations With Masahiro Shinoda : The Music For Pale Flower, Samurai Spy And Ballad Of Orin / Timothy Koozin -- Welcome To Kollywood : Tamil Film Music And Popular Culture In South India / Mekala Padmanabhan. Edited By Mervyn Cooke And Fiona Ford. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Introduction Mervyn Cooke and Fiona Ford Part I. Making Film Music: 1. Evolving practices for film music and sound, 1925-35 James Buhler and Hannah Lewis 2. 'Pictures that talk and sing': sound history and technology David Cooper 3. The composer and the studio: Korngold and Warner Bros. Ben Winters 4. Can't buy me love? Economic imperatives and artistic achievements in the British pop music film Stephen Glynn 5. 'A film's first audience': the composer's role in film and television George Fenton in conversation with Mervyn Cooke Part II. Approaching Film Music: 6. Film music theory Guido Heldt 7. Studying film scores: working in archives and with living composers Kate Daubney 8. Returning to Casablanca Peter Franklin 9. Parental guidance advised? Mash-ups and mating penguins in Happy Feet Fiona Ford 10. Materializing film music Miguel Mera Part III. Genre and Idiom: 11. Film noir and music David Butler 12. Another other history of jazz in the movies Krin Gabbard 13. Horror and science fiction Stan Link 14. The Western Robynn J. Stilwell 15. The music of screen musicals Caryl Flinn 16. 'Britannia - The Musical': scores, songs and soundtracks in British animation Paul Wells Part IV. Music in World Cinemas: 17. Leone, Morricone and the Italian way to revisionist westerns Sergio Miceli 18. Music, noise and silence in the late cinema of Jean-Luc Godard Danae Stefanou 19. Hans Werner Henze and The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum Annette Davison 20. Toru Takemitsu's collaborations with Masahiro Shinoda: the music for Pale Flower, Samurai Spy and Ballad of Orin Tim Koozin 21. Welcome to Kollywood: Tamil film music and popular culture in South India Mekala Padmanabhan. Making film music. Evolving practices for film music and sound, 1925-1935 -- James Buhler and Hannah Lewis "Pictures that talk and sing" : sound history and technology -- David Cooper The composer and the studio : Korngold and Warner Bros. -- Ben Winters Can't buy me love? : economic imperatives and artistic achievements in the British pop-music film -- Stephen Glynn "A film's first audience" : the composer's role in film and television -- George Fenton in conversation with Mervyn Cooke Approaching film music. Film-music theory -- Guido Heldt Studying film scores : working in archives and with living composers -- Kate Daubney Returning to Casablanca -- Peter Franklin Parental guidance advised? : mash-ups and mating penguins in Happy feet -- Fiona Ford Materializing film music -- Miguel Mera Genre and idiom. Film noir and music -- David Butler Another other history of jazz in the movies -- Krin Gabbard Horror and science fiction -- Stan Link The Western -- Robynn J. Stilwell The music of screen musicals -- Caryl Flinn "Britannia-The musical" : scores, songs and soundtracks in British animation -- Paul Wells Music in world cinemas. Leone, Morricone and the Italian way to Revisionist Westerns -- Sergio Miceli Music, noise and silence in the late cinema of Jean-Luc Godard -- Danae Stefanou Hans Werner Henze and The lost honour of Katharina Blum -- Annette Davison -- $t Tōru Takemitsu's collaborations with Masahiro Shinoda : the music for Pale flower, Samurai spy and Ballad of Orin / -- Timothy Koozin Welcome to Kollywood : Tamil film music and popular culture in South India -- Mekala Padmanabhan. A collection of essays from leading scholars and practitioners in the burgeoning field of film music studies. The book provides a uniquely comprehensive overview of how music functions in film soundtracks from a variety of historical periods, genres and film industries, including those of the USA, UK, France, Italy, India and Japan.