The Hollywood Film Music Reader
by Mervyn Cooke /
2010 / English / PDF
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A rich and informative look at the experiences of composers working
under high pressure in the US film industry,
A rich and informative look at the experiences of composers working
under high pressure in the US film industry,The Hollywood Film
Music Reader
The Hollywood Film
Music Reader brings readers from film's earliest days to the
modern blockbuster era. Beginning with the origins of movie music
in the heyday of silent film, the book traces film music's progress
through Hollywood's so-called Golden Age to changes in musical
styles and working practices from the 1960s to the present. Also
included are vivid first-hand accounts from composers such as
George Antheil, Elmer Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Adolph Deutsch,
Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini, Thomas Newman,
André Previn, David Raksin, Miklós Rózsa, Max Steiner, Dimitri
Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, and John Williams, along with testimonies
from composers working in animation and documentary film. The book
concludes with a section of criticism and commentary, including an
essay on film music by Sidney Lumet and Igor Stravinsky's
provocative views on the subject.
brings readers from film's earliest days to the
modern blockbuster era. Beginning with the origins of movie music
in the heyday of silent film, the book traces film music's progress
through Hollywood's so-called Golden Age to changes in musical
styles and working practices from the 1960s to the present. Also
included are vivid first-hand accounts from composers such as
George Antheil, Elmer Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Adolph Deutsch,
Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini, Thomas Newman,
André Previn, David Raksin, Miklós Rózsa, Max Steiner, Dimitri
Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, and John Williams, along with testimonies
from composers working in animation and documentary film. The book
concludes with a section of criticism and commentary, including an
essay on film music by Sidney Lumet and Igor Stravinsky's
provocative views on the subject.