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Partners in Suspense : Critical Essays on Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock.
A compelling collection that looks at one of the most famed director-composer collaborations in film history.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Manchester Film Studies
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Notes; References; 1 Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's secret sharer; References; Texts; Correspondences with the author; Interviews with the author; DVD; 2 Hitchcock, music and the mathematics of editing; Notes; References; 3 The anatomy of aural suspense in Rope and Vertigo; Unraveling Rope's soundtrack; Hearing musical doubles on Vertigo's soundtrack; Notes; References; 4 The therapeutic power of music in Hitchcock's films; Notes; References.
- 5 A Lacanian take on Herrmann/HitchcockNotes; References; 6 Portentous arrangements: Bernard Herrmann and The Man Who Knew Too Much; Notes; References; 7 On the road with Hitchcock and Herrmann: sound, music and the car journey in Vertigo (1958) and Psycho (1960); Characters at the crossroads; Hitchcock and the car journey; Hitchcock and Herrmann; On the road/'Toward the Within'; Tracking Scottie and Marion; References; 8 A dance to the music of Herrmann: a figurative dance suite; Prelude; Pas d'action; Pas de deux; Notes; References; 9 The sound of The Birds.
- Musique concrète or sound effects, histories and contextsThe aural orchestration of the bird attacks: three examples; Electronic sound and aural expressionism; Notes; References; 10 Musical romanticism v. the sexual aberrations of the criminal female: Marnie (1964); Presences in and out of the film; Score; Artistic plagiarism and authorial presences; Conclusion: disagreeable music?; Notes; References; 11 The murder of Gromek: theme and variations; Theme; Variations; The final curtain; Notes; References; 12 Mending the Torn Curtain: a rejected score's place in a discography.
- The basics of soundtrack releaseThe historical perspective; The historical significance of Torn Curtain in the discography; Conclusion; References; 13 The Herrmann-Hitchcock murder mysteries: post- mortem; Notes; References; 14 How could you possibly be a Hitchcocko-Herrmannian?: Digitally re-narrativising collaborative authorship; Re-encountering Psycho; Vertigo; North by Northwest; Torn Curtain; Notes; References; Selected bibliography; Index.