The invisible art of film music
Subtitle: a comprehensive history
By: Laurence E. MacDonald
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 605
ISBN-13: 9780810890589; 9780810883970
Subjects: Motion picture music; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-542) and indexes (general index; index of titles; index of names).
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Music and the birth of film; title: The evolution of synchronized sound, 1920-1929; title: The dawn of the golden age, 1930-1939; title: World War II and its aftermath, 1940-1949; title: The decline of the studio system, 1950-1959; title: The changing of the guard, 1960-1969; title: The revival of the symphonic film score, 1970-1979; title: The influence of synthesized sound, 1980-1989; title: The rise of independent films, 1990-1999; title: The derivative decade, 2000-2009; title: Epilogue.