Music in American combat films
Subtitle: a critical study
By: Wesley J. O'Brien
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780786463435
Subjects: Motion picture music; War films; History and criticism
Description: "The book explores ways combat film scores interact collaboratively with other film elements (for instance, image and dialogue) to guide audience understanding of theme and character. Examined are classical and current models of film scoring practice and the ways they work to represent changes in film narratives taking place over time or from film to film"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Scoring the classical combat film and conventions of the war film protagonist : the story of G.I. Joe; title: The Vietnam conflict scored as a conventional war film : John Wayne plays John Wayne in the Green Berets; title: The ambivalent hero : major heroic malfunction in Full metal jacket; title: Vietnam redux : scoring the conflicted (post-9/11) hero in We were soldiers; title: Heroes without a cause : scoring practice and the devolution of combat film heroism in the wake of Vietnam; title: Re-presenting "the good war"; title: Comparing classical and current scoring practices.