Film Music

Name: Film Music
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ISBN: 9781861893413

ISBN-10: 1861893418

ISBN-13: 9781861893413

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: Peter Larsen, John Irons

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Just hearing a few notes from certain songs can bring a movie back to life—whether the Doors’ “The End” fromApocalypse Now, Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” inThe Graduate, or John Williams’ scores to such blockbusters asJaws,Star Wars, andRaiders of the Lost Ark. But what is the relationship between film and music—where does the film begin and the music end? Taking off from a variation of that question—whether music accompanies a film or a film illustrates the music—Peter Larsen probes the complex relationship between the two. He charts the history of music in film, exploring along the way the role that music plays in the narrative and psychological functions of film. Examining such…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Reaktion Books, Limited
Publication date: 2/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English




Silent Films, Talking Music



Analysing Film Music



Back to the Future: Metropolis, 1927



Musical Meanings



Enter the Sound Film



Film Music from the Golden Age: The Big Sleep, 1946



Other Ways: North by Northwest, 1959



Striking a New Note: Film Music after the Golden Age



Necessity or Possibility? The Psychology of Film Music



Musical Functions


References


Bibliography


Acknowledgements


Index