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Overtones and undertones : reading film music /
"Since the days of silent films, music has been integral to the cinematic experience, serving, variously, to allay audiences'fears of the dark and to heighten a film's emotional impact. Yet viewers are often unaware of its presence. In this bold, insightful book, film and music schola...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1994.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Since the days of silent films, music has been integral to the cinematic experience, serving, variously, to allay audiences'fears of the dark and to heighten a film's emotional impact. Yet viewers are often unaware of its presence. In this bold, insightful book, film and music scholar and critic Royal S. Brown invites readers not only to'hear'the film score, but to understand it in relation to what they'see.'Unlike earlier books, which offered historical, technical, and sociopolitical analyses, Overtones and Undertones draws on film, music, and narrative theory to provide the first comprehensive aesthetics of film music. Focusing on how the film/score interaction influences our response to cinematic situations, Brown traces the history of film music from its beginnings, covering both American and European cinema. At the heart of his book are close readings of several of the best film/score interactions, including Psycho, Laura, The Sea Hawk, Double Indemnity, and Pierrot le Fou. In revealing interviews with Bernard Herrmann, Miklós Rósza, Henry Mancini, and others, Brown also allows the composers to speak for themselves. A complete discography and bibliography conclude the volume."--EBSCO |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 396 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-377), discography (p. 367-371) , and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520914773 0520914775 0585261660 9780585261669 0520071433 9780520071438 0520071441 9780520071445 |