Laurence E. MacDonald

The Invisible Art of Film Music (eBook, ePUB)

A Comprehensive History

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Beginning with the era of synchronized sound in the 1920s, music has been an integral part of motion pictures. Whether used to heighten the tension of a scene or evoke a subtle emotional response, scores have played a significant-if often unrealized-role in the viewer's enjoyment. In The Invisible Art of Film Music, Laurence MacDonald provides a comprehensive introduction for the general student, film historian, and aspiring cinematographer. Arranged chronologically from the silent era to the present day, this volume provides insight into the evolution of music in cinema and analyzes the vital contributions of scores to hundreds of films. MacDonald reviews key developments in film music and discusses many of the most important and influential scores of the last nine decades, including those from Modern Times, Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane, Laura, A Streetcar Named Desire, Ben-Hur, Lawrence of Arabia, The Godfather, Jaws, Ragtime, The Mission, Titanic, Gladiator, The Lord of the Rings, Brokeback Mountain,and Slumdog Millionaire. MacDonald also provides biographical sketches of such great composers as Max Steiner, Alfred Newman, Franz Waxman, Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini, Maurice Jarre, John Barry, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Dave Grusin, Ennio Morricone, Randy Newman, Hans Zimmer, and Danny Elfman. Updated and expanded to include scores produced well into the twenty-first century, this new edition of The Invisible Art of Film Music will appeal not only to scholars of cinema and musicologists but also any fan of film scores.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780810883987
• Artikelnr.: 38156792

Autorenporträt

Laurence E. MacDonald is professor emeritus at Mott Community College.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Biographical Sketches
Preface
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
.......Music and the Birth of Film.......
The Evolution of Movie Theaters
Music for Silent Films
D. W. Griffith
Combining Sound and Film
Nine Decades of Film Music
Endnotes
1920-29
......The Evolution of Synchronized Sound......
Prelude Radio Popular Music Movies
1920 The Movie Industry Goes West
1921 Valentino's Tango D. w. Griffith: Dream Street
1922 Other Early Movie Sound Systems
1923 Lee De Forest's Phonofilms The Sound of Silents
1924 Phonofilm Firsts (and Lasts) Erno Rapee: Motion Picture Moods
1925 Rival Sound Systems
1926 Warner Bros. and the Birth of Vitaphone William Fox and the
Case-Sponable System Introducing the Movie Theme Song: "Charmaine"
1927 The First Talkie: The Jazz Singer The First Movietone Films Toward
All-Talking Pictures More Movie Theme Songs
1928 The Transition to Talkies Achieving A Compatible Movie Sound System
The Talking Trend Continues
1929 The Broadway Melody: All Talking! All Singing! All Dancing! A Deluge
of Musical Madness The First Oscars
Postlude Reinventing the Craft Endnotes
1930-39
.......The Dawn of the Golden Age .......
Prelude Radio Popular Music Movies The Advent of Film Underscoring The
Three Godfathers of Film Music: Max Steiner Alfred Newman Dimitri Tiomkin
1930 The Short-Lived Heyday Of The Musical Film
1931 Early Dramatic Film Scores Max Steiner: Cimarron Alfred Newman: Street
Scene Dimitri Tiomkin: Resurrection
1932 Max Steiner: Music from Wall to Wall Alfred Newman: Music For Exotic
Locales Tiomkin Takes Time Out
1933 Kong Comes Calling The Return of the Musical Harry Warren: 42nd Street
1934 The First Oscars for Music Sergei Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Alfred
Newman: Our Daily Bread Jeanette MacDonald Films
1935 The Golden Age Begins Max Steiner: The Informer Arthur Bliss: Things
to Come The Advent of Erich Wolfgang Korngold Franz Waxman: The Bride of
Frankenstein The Formation of Studio Music Departments
1936 The Studio System Max Steiner: The Charge of the Light Brigade Erich
Wolfgang Korngold: Anthony Adverse Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times Short Cuts
1937 Mythical Places and Exotic Locales Two Scores By Max Steiner Dimitri
Tiomkin: Lost Horizon Alfred Newman: The Hurricane and The Prisoner of
Zenda Rule Changes for Music Oscars Short Cuts
1938 Russian Film Music Dmitri Shostakovich: A Long Career Sergei
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky Max Steiner: Jezebel Erich Wolfgang Korngold:
The Adventures of Robin Hood Short Cuts
1939 Max Steiner: Gone with the Wind Steiner's Other Scores Aaron Copland:
The City and Of Mice and Men Silvestre Revueltas: La noche de los Mayas
Short Cuts
Postlude The Talkies Come of Age Endnotes
1940-49
.......World War II and Its Aftermath......
Prelude Radio Television Popular Music Movies
1940 Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Sea Hawk Charlie Chaplin: The Great
Dictator Franz Waxman: Rebecca Short Cuts
1941 Bernard Herrmann: Raising Kane Alfred Newman: How Green Was My Valley
Miklós Rózsa: Films about Women Short Cuts
1942 Hollywood Goes To War Herbert Stothart: Mrs. Miniver More Patriotic
Films Bernard Herrmann: The Magnificent Ambersons Erich Wolfgang Korngold:
Kings Row Miklós Rózsa: The Jungle Book Max Steiner: Now, Voyager Short
Cuts
1943 Alfred Newman: The Song of Bernadette Max Steiner: Casablanca Miklós
Rózsa: Five Graves to Cairo Short Cuts
1944 David Raksin: Laura Max Steiner: Since You Went Away Erich Wolfgang
Korngold: Between Two Worlds Short Cuts
1945 Miklós Rózsa and the Theremin Bernard Herrmann: Hangover Square Short
Cuts
1946 Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of Our Lives Erich Wolfgang Korngold:
Deception Roy Webb: Music for Thrillers Short Cuts
1947 Bernard Herrmann: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Miklós Rózsa: Crime Films
Short Cuts
1948 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic Brian Easdale: The Red
Shoes Max Steiner: Johnny Belinda and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Short Cuts
1949 Aaron Copland: The Brooklyn Stravinsky The Three Godfathers: Still
Scoring after All These Years Short Cuts
Postlude The End of the Golden Age Endnotes
1950-59
......The Decline of the Studio System......
Prelude Popular Music Television Movies
1950 Hollywood At Midcentury Franz Waxman: Sunset Blvd. Dimitri Tiomkin:
Cyrano de Bergerac and D.O.A. Alfred Newman: All about Eve Short Cuts
1951 Alex North: A Streetcar Named Desire Bernard Herrmann: The Day the
Earth Stood Still Dimitri Tiomkin: From Sci-Fi Film to Thriller Short Cuts
1952 Dimitri Tiomkin: High Noon Victor Young: From Scaramouche to The
Greatest Show on Earth Short Cuts
1953 Alfred Newman: The Robe Bernard Herrmann: Three Action Potboilers
Miklós Rózsa: Three Historical Dramas Short Cuts Footnote to 1953
1954 Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront Alfred Newman and Bernard
Herrmann: An Unusual Partnership Short Cuts
1955 Leonard Rosenman: From East Of Eden To Rebel Without A Cause Bernard
Herrmann: From The Kentuckian To The Trouble with HarrY Elmer Bernstein:
The Man with the Golden Arm George Duning: Picnic Walter Schumann: The
Night of the Hunter Short Cuts
1956 Victor Young: Around the World in 80 Days Elmer Bernstein: The Ten
Commandments Dimitri Tiomkin: Giant and Friendly Persuasion Short Cuts
1957 Franz Waxman: The Pinnacle of His Career Malcolm Arnold: The Bridge on
the River Kwai Short Cuts
1958 Bernard Herrmann: Great Collaborations Jerome Moross: The Big Country
New Kids on the Block Short Cuts
1959 Miklós Rózsa: Ben-Hur Bernard Herrmann: Journey to the Center of the
Earth and North by Northwest Adolph Deutsch: Some Like It Hot Jazz At The
Movies: Duke Ellington and John Lewis Short Cuts
Postlude Two Rising Stars Endnotes
1960-69
......The Changing of the Guard......
Prelude Popular Music Television Movies
Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven Scores for Historical Epics André
Previn: Elmer Gantry Short Cuts
The Henry Mancini-Blake Edwards Collaboration Miklós Rózsa: Scoring Samuel
Bronston's Epics Elmer Bernstein: Both in and out of the Saddle Short Cuts
The New Wave Maurice Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia Two by Elmer Bernstein Two
by Bernard Herrmann Short Cuts Footnote to 1962
John Addison: Tom Jones Alfred Newman: How the West Was Won Short Cuts
Footnote to 1963
Laurence Rosenthal: Becket Malcolm Arnold: The Chalk Garden Short Cuts
Maurice Jarre: Doctor Zhivago Music for Epics Short Cuts
Jerry Goldsmith: A Composer for All Seasons Bernard Herrmann: Fahrenheit
451 Short Cuts
Lalo Schifrin: Cool Hand Luke Quincy Jones: Scoring Hot and Cold Ennio
Morricone: Three Spaghetti Westerns New Directions in Film Music Short Cuts
John Barry: The Lion in Winter Nino Rota: Romeo and Juliet Jerry Goldsmith:
Planet Of The Apes Marvin Hamlisch: The Swimmer Short Cuts Footnote to 1968
John Williams: The Reivers Burt Bacharach: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid Short Cuts
Postlude Passing the Torch Endnotes
1970-79
...The Revival of the Symphonic Film Score...
Prelude Popular Music Television Movies
Henry Mancini: From Darling Lili to The Night Visitor Francis Lai: Love
Story Short Cuts
Michel Legrand: Summer of'42 Bernard Herrmann: A Resurgence Walter Carlos:
A Clockwork Orange Short Cuts Footnote to 1971
Nino Rota: The Godfather Jerry Goldsmith: The Other Deliverance: "Dueling
Banjos" Short Cuts
Marvin Hamlisch: The Way We Were and The Sting Jerry Goldsmith: Papillon By
Borrowing Possessed: The Exorcist Short Cuts
Richard Rodney Bennett: Murder on the Orient Express Francis Ford Coppola
Films Short Cuts
David Shire: Farewell, My Lovely and The Hindenburg John Williams: Jaws
Jack Nitzsche: One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest Short Cuts
Bernard Herrmann: Requiem for a Musical Heavyweight In Herrmann's wake
Short Cuts
John Williams: Celestial Encounters Jerry Goldsmith: From MacArthur to
Damnation Alley Short Cuts
Jerry Goldsmith: From Coma to Magic John Williams: From Jaws 2 to Superman
John Carpenter and Giorgio Moroder: Two Synthesized Scores Short Cuts
Miklós Rózsa: Thriller and Fantasy Jerry Goldsmith: In Outer Space Viva
Vivaldi! Three Scores in the Baroque Style Short Cuts
Postlude The Last Hurrah Endnotes
1980-89
.....The Influence of Synthesized Sound.....
Prelude New Technology Popular Music Television Movies
John Barry: Raise the Titanic and Somewhere in Time John Williams: The
Empire Strikes Back John Morris: The Elephant Man Short Cuts
Dave Grusin: On Golden Pond John Williams: Raiders of the Lost Ark Randy
Newman: Ragtime Vangelis: Chariots of Fire Some Things Borrowed, Some
Things New: Excalibur Short Cuts
Basil Poledouris: Conan the Barbarian John Williams: E.T. the
Extra-terrestrial Jerry Goldsmith: Poltergeist Short Cuts
Bill Conti: The Right Stuff Jerry Goldsmith: From Under Fire to Twilight
Zone: The Movie Short Cuts
Randy Newman: The Natural Maurice Jarre: A Passage to India and Dreamscape
Short Cuts
Popular Music in Films Bruce Broughton: From Small Screen to Big Screen
Short Cuts
Ennio Morricone: The Mission Jerry Goldsmith: Hoosiers Short Cuts
John Williams: Empire of the Sun A Multicultural Score: The Last Emperor
Peter Martin and Borrowed Classical Themes: Hope and Glory Short Cuts
Alan Silvestri: Who Framed Roger Rabbit Danny Elfman: Beetlejuice Hans
Zimmer: Rain Man Short Cuts
James Horner: Field of Dreams Patrick Doyle: Henry V John Williams: Born on
the Fourth of July Short Cuts
Postlude An Emphasis on Youth Endnotes
1990-99
........The Rise of Independent Films........
Prelude Popular Music in Films Television Movies
John Barry: Dances with Wolves Danny Elfman: Edward Scissorhands Randy
Newman: Avalon and Awakenings Short Cuts
Alan Menken: Beauty and the Beast James Newton Howard: The Prince of Tides
Michael Kamen: Robin Hood-Prince of Thieves Elmer Bernstein: From Rambling
Rose to Oscar Short Cuts
Jerry Goldsmith: From Basic Instinct To Forever Young Trevor Jones and
Randy Edelman: The Last of the Mohicans Short Cuts
Patrick Doyle: Another Great Collaboration Elmer Bernstein: The Age of
Innocence and The Good Son John Williams: Jurassic Park and Schindler's
List Short Cuts
Hans Zimmer: The Lion King Alan Silvestri: Forrest Gump James Horner:
Legends of the Fall and Clear and Present Danger Short Cuts
Michael Kamen: Mr. Holland's Opus Two Categories of Film Scores Short Cuts
Elliot Goldenthal: Michael Collins Mark Isham: Fly Away Home Gabriel Yared:
The English Patient Short Cuts
Danny Elfman: From Men in Black to Good Will Hunting John Williams: From
Rosewood to Amistad James Horner: The Devil's Own and Titanic Minimalism in
Film Music Short Cuts
Bruce Broughton: Lost (and found) in Space Nicola Piovani: Life is
Beautiful James Horner: From Deep Impact To Mighty Joe Young Short Cuts
Honorable Mentions
John Corigliano: The Red Violin James Newton Howard: From The Sixth Sense
To Snow Falling On Cedars Jerry Goldsmith: From The Mummy To The 13th
Warrior Thomas Newman: American Beauty And The Green Mile Short Cuts
Honorable Mentions Postlude End of the Century: Veteran Composers Vs.
Newcomers
2000-2009
......The Derivative Decade.........
Prelude Popular Music Television Movies
James Newton Howard: An Unbreakable Collaboration James Horner: From A
Perfect Storm to The Grinch Hans Zimmer: Gladiator Tan Dun: Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon Short Cuts Honorable Mentions
James Horner: From Iris to A Beautiful Mind John Williams: Music for Robots
and Wizards Howard Shore: Scoring a Tolkien Saga Short Cuts Honorable
Mentions
The Williams/Spielberg Collaboration Continues James Newton Howard: From
Signs to Treasure Planet Jerry Goldsmith and Elmer Bernstein: Still Going
Strong Howard Shore: Continuing the Lord of the Rings Saga Short cuts
Honorable Mentions
Howard Shore: Lord of the Ring Hans Zimmer: Music for Africans, Samurais,
and Pirates Four Scores by James Horner Clint Eastwood as Composer: Mystic
River Short cuts Honorable Mentions Footnote to 2003
Alexandre Desplat: Giving Birth James Newton Howard: From Hidalgo to
Collateral John Williams: Music for Harry Potter and Tom Hanks Howard
Shore: Scoring The Aviator Short Cuts Honorable Mentions Footnote to 2004
End of the Star Wars Saga John Williams: Still more Spielberg Scores
Replacement Composers Two Composers for One Superhero Mark Isham: Taking A
Crash Course Shot cuts Honorable Mentions
A Touch Of Glass Three Scores By Alexandre Desplat Two Scores By James
Newton Howard Three By Zimmer Two By Mychael Danna Short Cuts Honorable
Mentions Footnote
New Musical Voices from Europe: Dario Marianelli Nicholas Hooper: A New
Voice for Harry Potter Michael Giacchino: A New Voice for Pixar Marco
Beltrami: A New Voice for Westerns and Die Hard Films Short cuts Honorable
Mentions
The Son Also Rises: Thomas Newman Alexandre Desplat: Music for a Curious
Film A. R. Rrahman: Music for a Slumdog Film Michael Giacchino: Music for a
Scoreless Film Short Cuts Honorable Mentions
Michael Giacchino: From Video Games to the Oscar James Horner: Scoring
Avatar Hans Zimmer: Scoring Music for Super Sleuths Alexandre Desplat:
Scoring in Several Genres Marco Beltrami: Scoring the End of the World
Short Cuts Honorabale Mentions Postlude
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Titles
Index of Names
About the Author