{"product_id":"epic-sound-music-in-postwar-hollywood-biblical-films-9780253014511","title":"Epic Sound: Music in Postwar Hollywood Biblical Films","description":"\u003cp\u003eLavish musical soundtracks contributed a special grandeur to the new widescreen, stereophonic sound movie experience of postwar biblical epics such as \u003ci\u003eSamson and Delilah, Ben-Hur\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eQuo Vadis\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eEpic Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen C. Meyer shows how music was utilized for various effects, sometimes serving as a vehicle for narrative plot and at times complicating biblical and cinematic interpretation. In this way, the soundscapes of these films reflected the ideological and aesthetic tensions within the genre, and more generally, within postwar American society. By examining key biblical films, Meyer adeptly engages musicology with film studies to explore cinematic interpretations of the Bible during the 1940s through the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen C. Meyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253014511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen C. Meyer is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Music Histories at Syracuse University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eCarl Maria von Weber and the Search for a German Opera\u003c\/i\u003e (IUP, 2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39943773388915,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6194d9c9-f5b3-4382-a1c7-45ead2a60907.jpg?v=1648215139","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/epic-sound-music-in-postwar-hollywood-biblical-films-9780253014511","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}