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Film music : a very short introduction /

Film music is as old as cinema itself. Years before synchronized sound became the norm, projected moving images were shown to musical accompaniment, whether performed by a lone piano player or a hundred-piece orchestra. Today film music has become its own industry, indispensable to the marketability...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kalinak, Kathryn Marie, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
Series:Very short introductions.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations; Preface; 1 What does film music do?; 2 How does film music work?; 3 Why does film music work?; 4 A history of film music I: 1895-1927; 5 A history of film music II: 1927-1960; 6 A history of film music III: 1960-present; 7 Composers and their craft; Conclusion; References; Further reading; Recommended viewing; Index.