Film Music and Beyond

Film Music and Beyond
Author: Hans Keller
Publisher: Plumbago Books and Arts
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2006
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0954012364

Between 1946 and 1959, the most outspoken voice in British film music was that of the Austrian emigre Hans Keller. This work is a collection of writings on film music by the celebrated critic.

Beyond the Beyond

Beyond the Beyond
Author: J. C. Gabel
Publisher: Hat & Beard Press/David Lynch Foundation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Motion picture music
ISBN: 9780996744706

Beyond the Beyond: Music from the Films of David Lynch explores the use of music and sound in Lynch's films, as well as his own original music, and draws on the director's personal archives of photographs and ephemera from Eraserhead onward. From his early short films made in Philadelphia in the 1960s up through more recent feature films like Inland Empire (2006), legendary artist and director David Lynch (born 1946) has used sound to build mood, subvert audience expectations and create new layers of affective meaning.

Beyond the Soundtrack

Beyond the Soundtrack
Author: Daniel Ira Goldmark
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2007-06-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0520940555

This groundbreaking collection by the most distinguished musicologists and film scholars in their fields gives long overdue recognition to music as equal to the image in shaping the experience of film. Refuting the familiar idea that music serves as an unnoticed prop for narrative, these essays demonstrate that music is a fully imagined and active power in the worlds of film. Even where films do give it a supporting role—and many do much more—music makes an independent contribution. Drawing on recent advances in musicology and cinema studies, Beyond the Soundtrack interprets the cinematic representation of music with unprecedented richness. The authors cover a broad range of narrative films, from the "silent" era (not so silent) to the present. Once we think beyond the soundtrack, this volume shows, there is no unheard music in cinema.

Hearing the Movies

Hearing the Movies
Author: James Buhler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2015-04-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780199987719

Hearing the Movies, Second Edition, combines a historical and chronological approach to the study of film music and sound with an emphasis on building listening skills. Through engaging, accessible analyses and exercises, the book covers all aspects of the subject, including how a soundtrack is assembled to accompany the visual content, how music enhances the form and style of key film genres, and how technology has influenced the changing landscape of film music.

Body, Sound and Space in Music and Beyond: Multimodal Explorations

Body, Sound and Space in Music and Beyond: Multimodal Explorations
Author: Clemens Wöllner
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2017-04-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1317173465

Body and space refer to vital and interrelated dimensions in the experience of sounds and music. Sounds have an overwhelming impact on feelings of bodily presence and inform us about the space we experience. Even in situations where visual information is artificial or blurred, such as in virtual environments or certain genres of film and computer games, sounds may shape our perceptions and lead to surprising new experiences. This book discusses recent developments in a range of interdisciplinary fields, taking into account the rapidly changing ways of experiencing sounds and music, the consequences for how we engage with sonic events in daily life and the technological advancements that offer insights into state-of-the-art methods and future perspectives. Topics range from the pleasures of being locked into the beat of the music, perception–action coupling and bodily resonance, and affordances of musical instruments, to neural processing and cross-modal experiences of space and pitch. Applications of these findings are discussed for movement sonification, room acoustics, networked performance, and for the spatial coordination of movements in dance, computer gaming and interactive artistic installations.

Music and Levels of Narration in Film

Music and Levels of Narration in Film
Author: Guido Heldt
Publisher: Intellect (UK)
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2013
Genre: Music
ISBN:

Music and Levels of Narration in Film is the first book-length study to synthesize scholarly contributions toward a narrative theory of film music. Moving beyond the distinction between diegetic and nondiegetic music--or music that is not understood as part of a film's "story world"--Guido Heldt systematically discusses music at different levels of narration, from the extrafictional to "focalizations" of subjectivity. Heldt then applies this conceptual toolkit to study the narrative strategies of music in individual films, as well as genres, including musicals and horror films. The resulting volume will be an indispensable resource for anyone researching or studying film music or film narratology. A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License and is part of Knowledge Unlatched.

Music in Disney's Animated Features

Music in Disney's Animated Features
Author: James Bohn
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2017-05-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1496812158

In Music in Disney’s Animated Features James Bohn investigates how music functions in Disney animated films and identifies several vanguard techniques used in them. In addition, he also presents a history of music in Disney animated films, as well as biographical information on several of the Walt Disney Studios’ seminal composers. The popularity and critical acclaim of Disney animated features truly is built as much on music as it is on animation. Beginning with Steamboat Willie and continuing through all of the animated features created under Disney’s personal supervision, music was the organizing element of Disney’s animation. Songs establish character, aid in narrative, and fashion the backbone of the Studios’ movies from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs through The Jungle Book and beyond. Bohn underscores these points while presenting a detailed history of music in Disney’s animated films. The book includes research done at the Walt Disney Archives as well as materials gathered from numerous other facilities. In his research of the Studios’ notable composers, Bohn includes perspectives from family members, thus lending a personal dimension to his presentation of the magical Studios’ musical history. The volume’s numerous musical examples demonstrate techniques used throughout the Studios’ animated classics.

Beyond Dolby (Stereo)

Beyond Dolby (Stereo)
Author: Mark Kerins
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2010-11-23
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0253004853

Since digital surround sound technology first appeared in cinemas 20 years ago, it has spread from theaters to homes and from movies to television, music, and video games. Yet even as 5.1 has become the standard for audiovisual media, its impact has gone unexamined. Drawing on works from the past two decades, as well as dozens of interviews with sound designers, mixers, and editors, Mark Kerins uncovers how 5.1 surround has affected not just sound design, but cinematography and editing as well. Beyond Dolby (Stereo) includes detailed analyses of Fight Club, The Matrix, Hairspray, Disturbia, The Rock, Saving Private Ryan, and Joy Ride, among other films, to illustrate the value of a truly audiovisual approach to cinema studies.

The Cambridge Companion to Film Music

The Cambridge Companion to Film Music
Author: Mervyn Cooke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2016-12-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1107094518

A stimulating and unusually wide-ranging collection of essays overviewing ways in which music functions in film soundtracks.

Film's Musical Moments

Film's Musical Moments
Author: Ian Conrich
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2006-07-14
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0748627278

The scope of this collection is indicative of the breadth and diversity of music's role in cinema, as is its emphasis on musical contributions to 'non-musical' films. By bringing together chapters that are concerned both with the relationship between performance, music and film and the specificity of national, historical, social, and cultural contexts, Film's Musical Moments will be of equal importance to students of film studies, cultural studies and music. The book is organised into four sections: Music, Film, Culture focuses on cinema representations of music forms; Stars, Performance and Reception explores stars, fan cultures and intertextuality; The Post-Classical Hollywood Musical considers the importance of popular music to contemporary cinema; and Beyond Hollywood looks to specific national contexts.