Title: Source music in motion pictures /
Authors: Atkins, Irene Kahn,
Date: 1983
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ;
Physical description: 190 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language: English
LC classification: M
Abstract: This book discusses what the author calls "source music." She defines it as "music, the origin of which is visually justified on the screen, as for example to see and hear someone playing the piano in a film." This discussion includes the history of its use in films, special types of source music, and the source music sequence.
Contents: Elements of the source-music sequence -- Historical perspectives of source music -- Three special types of source music. Songs in films of the American past ; Opera and concert music composed for specific films ; Ethnic source music -- Conclusion.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Motion picture music--History and criticism.