The Invisible Art of Film Music

A Comprehensive History

By (author) Laurence E. MacDonald

Not available to order

Publication date:

01 January 1998

Length of book:

431 pages

Publisher

Scarecrow Press

ISBN-13: 9781461673040

A comprehensive introduction to film music for the general student, the film historian, and the aspiring cinematographer. It is a historically structured account of the evolution of music in films. The book is arranged as a chronological survey and includes biographical sketches on many important film composers in addition to the development of the films themselves.

Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Acknowledgments
Part 3 Introduction Music and the Birth of Film
Chapter 4 1. The Evolution of Synchronized Sound
Chapter 5 2. The Dawn of the Golden Age
Chapter 6 3. World War II and Its Aftermath
Chapter 7 4. The Decline of the Studio System
Chapter 8 5. The Changing of the Guard
Chapter 9 6. The Revival of the Symphonic Film Score
Chapter 10 7. The Influence of Synthesized Sound
Chapter 11 8. Into the 1990s
Part 12 Bibliography
Part 13 Filmography
Part 14 General Index
Part 15 Index of Titles
Part 16 Index of Names

...it is impossible to dislike this genial, attractive survey of Hollywood Film music...an evenhanded, balanced overview of each year's film music...the most complete survey of American film music available to date.