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This book tells the fascinating story of the evolution of David O. Selznick's style through the many artists whose work defined Hollywood sound.
List of contents
- Contents
- Foreword by Daniel Goldmark
- About the Companion Website
- Introduction
- Part I: Selznick in the Studio System
- 1. In the Selznick Family Tradition
- 2. "Drama Rising Like Might Music": Selznick and Steiner at RKO
- 3. Variations on a Theme: Selznick and Stothart at MGM
- Part II: Musically Independent
- 4. The Start of Selznick International Pictures
- 5. Music Director Differences: Artful Arbitration through Selznick International's Busiest Years
- Part III: Music for Hollywood's Prestige Producer
- 6. Gone with the Wind, Part I: Producing the Score
- 7. Gone with the Wind, Part II: The Music of "Max Steiner and Co."
- 8. "I know just what she's going through": Rebecca's Music for Interiors
- 9. "Together" for the Last Time in Since You Went Away
- 10. Success in Spite of Itself: The Trouble with Spellbound
- Part IV: Postwar Experiments
- 11. From the Ranch to the Drawing Room: Duel in the Sun and The Paradine Case
- 12. "Our Valedictory to Wild Extravagance": The Curious Portrait of Jennie
- 13. Selznick Beyond Hollywood
- 14. Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Select Bibliography
About the author
Nathan Platte teaches music history at the University of Iowa. He is co-author of Franz Waxman's Rebecca: A Film Score Guide (Scarecrow Press, 2012) and co-editor of The Routledge Film Music Sourcebook (Routledge, 2011).
Summary
This book tells the fascinating story of the evolution of David O. Selznick's style through the many artists whose work defined Hollywood sound.
Additional text
Engagingly written and with a companion website that offers exemplary film clips, Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood expands the scholarly literature on film musicology, which has tended to focus primarily on composers, to consider the important contributions of others in the studio music department. As such, Platte challenges our understanding of how music was conceived for films and encourages us toward a deeper understanding of the scoring process, making this book a significant addition to any film music collection.
