The Development Of Popular Music Function In Film: From The Birth Of Rock 'n' Roll To The Death Of Disco (palgrave Studies In Audio-visual Culture)

This book offers a unique examination of the development of popular music function in film. It assesses the contribution of popular music to the interpretation of the most significant films, covering the period from rock ‘n’ roll’s initial introduction at the opening of __Blackboard Jungle__, to the backlash against disco, which followed soon after the release of __Saturday Night Fever__. By dividing this period into five phases—The Classical American Musical Phase, The British Invasion Phase, The New Hollywood Alienation Phase, The Disco Phase and The Post-Disco Conservative Phase—the book pinpoints key moments at which individual developments occurred and lays out a path of expansion in popular music function. Each chapter offers close analyses of this period’s most innovative films; examines the cultural, historical, technical and industrial factors peculiar to each phase and considers the influence of these upon the specific timing of functional advances. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Introduction (Anthony Hogg)....Pages 1-22 The Classic American Musical Phase: The Films of Elvis Presley (Anthony Hogg)....Pages 23-56 The British Invasion Phase: A Hard Day’s Night (Anthony Hogg)....Pages 57-87 The New Hollywood Alienation Phase: The Graduate (Anthony Hogg)....Pages 89-122 The Disco Phase: Saturday Night Fever (Anthony Hogg)....Pages 123-150 The Conservative Post-Disco Phase: Footloose and Flashdance (Anthony Hogg)....Pages 151-161 Afterword (Anthony Hogg)....Pages 163-170 Back Matter ....Pages 171-174