Title: Reel music : exploring 100 years of film music /
Authors: Hickman, Roger
Publisher: W.W. Norton,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Motion picture music History and criticism
Abstract: Reel Music provides a thorough introduction to the basic terms and concepts students need to explore the significance of music in combination with film and dramatic performance. Covering both popular and symphonic film scores from the late nineteenth century to 2004, Reel Music avoids overwhelming students with an unmanageable number of films and composers, focusing instead on only the most significant works. Organized chronologically by era, the text examines film history in relation to trends in other artistic mediums, such as the development of rock and roll, and in the context of world and national events such as the Cold War, space exploration, and Vietnam [Publisher description].
Contents: Exploring film and music. Wagner's prelude ; Drama and film ; Elements of music ; Listening to film music -- The silent film era, 1895-1928. Birth of an art form, 1895-1907 ; The foundations of modern film, 1908-1919 ; The birth of a nation ; The golden age of silent film, 1920-1928 ; The transition to sound, 1926-1928 -- The sound era begins, 1928-1944. The early years of sound, 1928-1933 ; Entering a new golden age, 1934-1938 ; Hollywood's greatest year, 1939 ; Modern voices, 1936-1944 ; Casablanca -- The decline of the Hollywood studio system, 1944-1959. Postwar trends, 1944-1949 ; Country, rock, and all that jazz, 1950-1956 ; Expanding modern styles, 1950-1956 ; The close of the decade, 1956-1959 ; Ben-Hur -- A new American cinema, 1960-1976. Psycho ; Declining traditions, 1960-1967 ; The emerging new era, 1960-1967 ; Crises years, 1968-1972 ; The postwar years, 1973-1976 -- The classic revival, 1977-1988. Star Wars and postmodernism, 1977-1984 ; E.T. : the extra-terrestrial ; In the shadows of Star Wars, 1977-1984 ; Settings far and near, 1982-1988 ; New box-office kings, 1984-1988 -- Fin de siècle and the new millennium, 1989-2004. Symphonic scores, 1989-1996 ; Popular music, animation, and realism, 1989-1996 ; The sinking Titanic, 1997-2000 ; The Red Violin ; The new millennium, 2001-2004.