Listening to Stanley Kubrick - The Music in His Films

In Listening to Stanley Kubrick, Christine Gengaro provides an in-depth exploration of the music that was composed for Stanley Kubrick's films and places the preexistent music he utilized into historical context. This book offers a thoroughly researched examination into the musical elements of one of cinema's most brilliant artists.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Early Projects
Chapter 2 - Love Themes, Leitmotifs, and Pop Music
Chapter 3 - The Music of the Spheres
Chapter 4 - "It Was Lovely Music That Came to My Aid"
Chapter 5 - "I Was Lucky Enough to Have Superb Material to Work With"
Chapter 6 - Midnight, the Stars, and You
Chapter 7 - Kubrick's Final Word
Appendices
Films and Their Source Material
Synopses of
Soundtracks and Track Lists
Bibliography

About the author

Christine Lee Gengaro, PhD, is associate professor in the department of music at Los Angeles City College. She has contributed essays to The Journal of Popular Music and Society, Anthony Burgess and Modernity (2008), and The Worlds of Back to the Future (2010).

Summary

In Listening to Stanley Kubrick, Christine Gengaro provides an in-depth exploration of the music that was composed for Stanley Kubrick’s films and places the preexistent music he utilized into historical context. This book offers a thoroughly researched examination into the musical elements of one of cinema’s most brilliant artists.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Lee Gengaro, Gengaro Christine Lee
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.2014
• EAN: 9781442244405
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4440-5
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; MUSIC / History & Criticism, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Music reviews & criticism, Film history, theory & criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Film production: technical & background skills, Film Theory & Criticism