{"product_id":"robert-altmans-soundtracks-film-music-and-sound-from-mash-to-a-prairie-home-companion-9780199915965","title":"Robert Altman's Soundtracks: Film, Music, and Sound from M*A*S*H to a Prairie Home Companion","description":"American director Robert Altman (1925-2006) first came to national attention with the surprise blockbuster \u003cem\u003eM*A*S*H\u003c\/em\u003e (1970), and he directed more than thirty feature films in the subsequent decades. Critics and scholars have noted that music is central to Altman's films, and in addition to his\u003cbr\u003efeature films, Altman worked in theater, opera, and the emerging field of cable television. His treatment of sound is a hallmark of his films, alongside overlapping dialogue, improvisation, and large ensemble casts. Several of his best-known films integrate musical performances into the central\u003cbr\u003eplot, including \u003cem\u003eNashville\u003c\/em\u003e (1975), \u003cem\u003ePopeye\u003c\/em\u003e (1980), \u003cem\u003eShort Cuts\u003c\/em\u003e (1993), \u003cem\u003eKansas City\u003c\/em\u003e (1996), \u003cem\u003eThe Company \u003c\/em\u003e(2003) and \u003cem\u003eA Prairie Home Companion\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), his final film. Even such non-musicals as \u003cem\u003eMcCabe and Mrs. Miller\u003c\/em\u003e (1971) have been described as, in fellow director and protégé Paul Thomas Anderson's\u003cbr\u003eevocative phrase, as musicals without people singing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Altman's Soundtracks\u003c\/em\u003e considers Altman's celebrated, innovative uses of music and sound in several of his most acclaimed and lesser-known works. In so doing, these case studies serve as a window not only into Altman's considerable and varied output, but also the changing film industry over\u003cbr\u003enearly four decades, from the heyday of the New Hollywood in the late 1960s through the Indiewood boom of the 1990s and its bust in the early 2000s. As its frame, the book considers the continuing attractions of auteurism inside and outside of scholarly discourse, by considering Altman's career in\u003cbr\u003eterms of the director's own self-promotion as a visionary and artist; the film industry's promotion of Altman the auteur; the emphasis on Altman's individual style, including his use of music, by the director, critics, scholars, and within the industry; and the processes, tensions, and boundaries of\u003cbr\u003ecollaboration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gayle Sherwood Magee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199915965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGayle Sherwood Magee \u003c\/strong\u003eis Associate Professor of Musicology at the School of Music, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39937670578291,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1b24c93b-6165-4223-b67a-439ec122114b.jpg?v=1647995454","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/robert-altmans-soundtracks-film-music-and-sound-from-mash-to-a-prairie-home-companion-9780199915965","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}