INVISIBLE ART OF FILM MUSIC - COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY

Informationen zum Autor By Laurence E. MacDonald Klappentext In this updated and expanded edition of The Invisible Art of Film Music, Laurence MacDonald provides a comprehensive introduction to film music for the general student, the film historian, and the aspiring cinematographer. This volume is a historically structured account of the evolution of music in films and the development of the films themselves. Arranged as a chronological survey from the silent era to the present day, this volume offers readers insight into the vital contribution film scores have made. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsList of Biographical SketchesPrefaceAcknowledgments INTRODUCTION¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Music and the Birth of Film¿¿¿¿¿¿¿The Evolution of Movie TheatersMusic for Silent FilmsD. W. GriffithCombining Sound and FilmNine Decades of Film MusicEndnotes 1920-29¿¿¿¿¿¿The Evolution of Synchronized Sound¿¿¿¿¿¿Prelude Radio Popular Music Movies 1920 The Movie Industry Goes West 1921 Valentino's Tango D. w. Griffith: Dream Street 1922 Other Early Movie Sound Systems 1923 Lee De Forest's Phonofilms The Sound of Silents 1924 Phonofilm Firsts (and Lasts) Erno Rapee: Motion Picture Moods 1925 Rival Sound Systems 1926 Warner Bros. and the Birth of Vitaphone William Fox and the Case-Sponable System Introducing the Movie Theme Song: "Charmaine" 1927 The First Talkie: The Jazz Singer The First Movietone Films Toward All-Talking Pictures More Movie Theme Songs 1928 The Transition to Talkies Achieving A Compatible Movie Sound System The Talking Trend Continues1929 The Broadway Melody: All Talking! All Singing! All Dancing! A Deluge of Musical Madness The First Oscars Postlude Reinventing the Craft Endnotes 1930-39¿¿¿¿¿¿¿The Dawn of the Golden Age ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Prelude Radio Popular Music Movies The Advent of Film Underscoring The Three Godfathers of Film Music: Max Steiner Alfred Newman Dimitri Tiomkin 1930 The Short-Lived Heyday Of The Musical Film1931 Early Dramatic Film Scores Max Steiner: Cimarron Alfred Newman: Street Scene Dimitri Tiomkin: Resurrection 1932 Max Steiner: Music from Wall to Wall Alfred Newman: Music For Exotic Locales Tiomkin Takes Time Out 1933 Kong Comes Calling The Return of the Musical Harry Warren: 42nd Street 1934 The First Oscars for Music Sergei Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Alfred Newman: Our Daily Bread Jeanette MacDonald Films 1935 The Golden Age Begins Max Steiner: The Informer Arthur Bliss: Things to Come The Advent of Erich Wolfgang Korngold Franz Waxman: The Bride of Frankenstein The Formation of Studio Music Departments 1936 The Studio System Max Steiner: The Charge of the Light Brigade Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Anthony Adverse Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times Short Cuts 1937 Mythical Places and Exotic Locales Two Scores By Max Steiner Dimitri Tiomkin: Lost Horizon Alfred Newman: The Hurricane and The Prisoner of Zenda Rule Changes for Music Oscars Short Cuts 1938 Russian Film Music Dmitri Shostakovich: A Long Career Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky Max Steiner: Jezebel Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood Short Cuts 1939 Max Steiner: Gone with the Wind Steiner's Other Scores Aaron Copland: The City and Of Mice and Men Silvestre Revueltas: La noche de los Mayas Short Cuts Postlude The Talkies Come of Age Endnotes 1940-49¿¿¿¿¿¿¿World War II and Its Aftermath¿¿¿¿¿¿Prelude Radio Television Popular Music Movies1940 Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Sea Hawk Charlie Chaplin: The Great Dictator Franz Waxman: Rebecca Short Cuts 1941 Bernard Herrmann: Raising Kane Alfred Newman: How Green Was My Valley Miklós Rózsa: Films about Women Short Cuts 1942 Hollywood Goes To War Herbert Stothart: Mrs. Miniver More Patriotic Films Bernard Herrmann: The Magnificent Ambersons Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Kings Row Miklós Rózsa: The Jungle Book Max Steiner: Now, Voyager Short Cuts 1943 Alfred Newman: The S...

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• Authors: Laurence E. MacDonald, MACDONALD LAURENCE E
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2013
• EAN: 9780810890589
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-9058-9
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV