The Hollywood Film Music Reader

A rich and informative look at the experiences of composers working under high pressure in the US film industry, 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.


Author: Mervyn Cooke
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/01/2010
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780195331196

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2011

About the Author

Mervyn Cooke is Professor of Music at the University of Nottingham. His many books include monographs and edited volumes on the music of Benjamin Britten, jazz, twentieth-century opera, and film music.

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