Epic Sound : Music in Postwar Hollywood Biblical Films /

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Lavish musical soundtracks contributed a special grandeur to the new widescreen, stereophonic sound movie experience of postwar biblical epics such as Samson and Delilah, Ben-Hur, and Quo Vadis. In Epic Sound, Stephen C. Meyer shows how music was utilized for various effects, sometimes serving as a...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Meyer, Stephen C., 1963- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Filmmusik
Bibel.
Film
Motion picture music.
Film composers.
Bible films.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
Compositeurs de musique de film.
Films bibliques > États-Unis.
Film, Musique de > Histoire et critique.
Music History & Criticism, Vocal.
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Music.
Bible films > United States.
Motion picture music > History and criticism.
Los Angeles- Hollywood
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • A biblical story for the post-World War II generation? : Victor Young's music for DeMille's Samson and Delilah
  • Turning away from "concocted spectacle" : Alfred Newman's score for David and Bathsheba
  • Spectacle and authenticity in Miklós Rózsa's Quo vadis score
  • Novel and film, music and miracle : Alfred Newman's score to The robe
  • Spirit and empire : Elmer Bernstein's score to The Ten Commandments
  • The law of genre and the music for Ben-Hur
  • King of kings and the problem of repetition
  • Suoni nuovi, suoni antich i: the soundscapes of Barabbas
  • Universality, transcendence, and collapse : music and the greatest story ever told.

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