New York -- Toronto -- London -- Melbourne: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, 1975.
Call No: 634.6 BAZ
Author: Bazelon, Irwin
Source: US/UK/CN//AT
Place: New York -- Toronto -- London -- Melbourne
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co
PubDate: 1975
PhysDes: 352 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject: COMPOSING; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA; MUSIC IN FILMS; 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1968); ALEKSANDR NEVSKI [ALEXANDER NEVSKY] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1938); THIS SPORTING LIFE (UK, Lindsay Anderson, 1963); PLANET OF THE APES (US, Franklin J. Schaffner, 1967); PATTON (US, Franklin J. Schaffner, 1970); WOMAN OF THE DUNES [SUNA NO ONNA] (JA, Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964); PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960); TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (US, Robert Mulligan, 1962); VIVA ZAPATA (US, Elia Kazan, 1952); MIRACLE WORKER, THE (US, Paul Aaron, 1979)
Summary: "Everyone knows film music exists, but few people know anything about it. And yet film music is the extra dimension that points up motivations, adds nuances, and even suggests plot developments, moods, and feelings that contradict the visual image. This book will make you aware of the affective power of music in films and how it can enhance or detract from your involvement in the film." - taken from the dust jacket
Notes: Includes index
ISBN: 0442205945
Contents: Preface : opening music cue -- Film music and composer -- Film music : a short history -- The contemporary concert composer in films -- The technique of film scoring -- Film moments : what does music actually do? -- Closing music cue -- Personal appearances : interviews with composers [interviews with Elmer Bernstein, Leonard Rosenman, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Richard Rodney Bennett, Alex North, Lalo Schifrin, Bernard Herrmann, David Raksin, Bernard Sega´ll, Laurence Rosenthal, Johnny Mandel, Paul Glass, John Barry, and Gail Kubik]