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The Songs of Hollywood
Author | : Philip Furia,Laurie Patterson |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2010-04-07 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780199792665 |
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From "Over the Rainbow" to "Moon River" and from Al Jolson to Barbra Streisand, The Songs of Hollywood traces the fascinating history of song in film, both in musicals and in dramatic movies such as High Noon. Extremely well-illustrated with 200 film stills, this delightful book sheds much light on some of Hollywood's best known and loved repertoire, explaining how the film industry made certain songs memorable, and highlighting important moments of film history along the way. The book focuses on how the songs were presented in the movies, from early talkies where actors portrayed singers "performing" the songs, to the Golden Age in which characters burst into expressive, integral song--not as a "performance" but as a spontaneous outpouring of feeling. The book looks at song presentation in 1930s classics with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and in 1940s gems with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. The authors also look at the decline of the genre since 1960, when most original musicals were replaced by film versions of Broadway hits such as My Fair Lady.
America s Songs
Author | : Philip Furia,Michael Lasser |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2006-05-12 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781135471996 |
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America's Songs tells the stories behind the most beloved popular songs of the last century. We all have songs that have a special meaning in our lives; hearing them evokes a special time or place. Little wonder that these special songs have become enduring classics. Nothing brings the roarin '20s to life like Tea for Two or I'm just Wild About Harry; the Great Depression is evoked in all of its pain and misery in songs like Brother Can You Spare a Dime?; God Bless America revives the powerful hope that American democracy promised to the world during the dark days of World War II; Young at Heart evokes the postwar optimism of the '50s. And then there are the countless songs of love, new romance, and heartbreak: As Time Goes By, Always, Am I Blue...the list is endless. Along with telling the stories behind these songs, America's Songs suggests, simply and succinctly, what makes a song great. The book illuminates the way each great song melds words and music - sentiment and melody - into a seamless whole. America's Songs also traces the fascinating but mysterious process of collaboration, the give-and-take between two craftsmen, a composer and a lyricist, as they combined their talents to create a song. For anyone interested in the history of the songs that America loves, America's Songs will make for fascinating reading.
America s Songs
Author | : Philip Furia,Michael L. Lasser |
Publsiher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780415972468 |
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First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Hollywood song
Author | : Ken Bloom |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 557 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0816020027 |
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Saying It With Songs
Author | : Katherine Spring |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2013-11 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780199842216 |
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Saying It With Songs is a groundbreaking study of the ways in which Hollywood's conversion to synchronized-sound filmmaking in the late 1920s gave rise not only to enduring partnerships between the film and popular music industries, but also to a rich and exciting period of song use in American cinema.
Popular Music On Screen
Author | : John Mundy |
Publsiher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1999-08-21 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0719040299 |
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Popular Music on Screen examines the relationship between popular music and the screen, from the origins of the Hollywood musical to contemporary developments in music television and video. Through detailed examination of films, television programs and popular music, together with analysis of the economic, technological and cultural determinants of their production and consumption, the book argues that popular music has been increasingly influenced by its visual economy. Though engaging with the debates that surround postmodernism, the book suggests that what most characterizes the relationship between popular music and the screen is a strong sense of continuity, expressed through institutional structures, representational strategies and the ideology of "entertainment."
Making Music in Selznick s Hollywood
Author | : Nathan Platte |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780199371112 |
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Iconic images from fiery scenes of catharsis in Gone With the Wind and Rebecca to The Third Man's decadent cinematography have proven inseparable from their accompanying melodies. From the 1910s-50s, producer David O. Selznick depended upon music to distinguish his films from his competitors'. By demonstrating music's value in film and encouraging its distribution through sheet music, concerts, radio broadcasts, and soundtrack albums, Selznick changed audiences' relationship to movie music. But what role did Selznick play in the actual music composition that distinguished his productions, and how was that music made? As the first of its kind to consider film music from the perspective of a producer, this book tells the story of the evolution of Selznick's style through the many artists whose work defined Hollywood sound.
Settling the Score
Author | : Kathryn Kalinak |
Publsiher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 1992-12-01 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780299133634 |
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Beginning with the earliest experiments in musical accompaniment carried out in the Edison Laboratories, Kathryn Kalinak uses archival material to outline the history of American music and film. Focusing on the scores of several key composers of the sound era, including Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Captain Blood, Max Steiner’s The Informer, Bernard Herrmann’s The Magnificent Ambersons, and David Raksin’s Laura, Kalinak concludes that classical scoring conventions were designed to ensure the dominance of narrative exposition. Her analyses of contemporary work such as John Williams’ The Empire Strikes Back and Basil Poledouris’ RoboCop demonstrate how the traditions of the classical era continue to influence scoring practices today.