Film music
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Kathryn Kalinak
Series: Very short introductions -- 231; Very short introductions -- 231.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780195370874
Description: This title provides a lucid, accessible, and engaging overview of the subject of film music. Beginning with an analysis of the music from a well-known sequence in the film 'Reservoir Dogs' the book focuses on the most central issues in the practice of film music.
Notes: Filmography: p. 131-134.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-129) and index.
Table of contents: title: What does film music do?; title: How does film music work?; title: Why does film music work?; title: A history of film music I : 1895-1927; title: A history of film music II : 1927-1960; title: A history of film music III : 1960-present; title: Composers and their craft.