Alex North's A Streetcar Named Desire - A Film Score Guide

Informationen zum Autor By Annette Davison Klappentext This film score handbook provides a detailed analysis of Alex North's astounding score for Elia Kazan's 1951 adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire. Beginning with a review of North's musical training and film scoring techniques, the book then uses approaches from both musicology and film studies to present a comprehensive exploration of the film's (self-)censorship and its impact on North's music, most notably in the film's infamous staircase scene.

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• Authors: Annette Davison
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9780810863934
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-6393-4
• No. of pages: 229
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Scarecrow Film Score Guides; Film Score Guides; Scarecrow Film Score Guides; Film Score Guides
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory