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| Title: | Hearing the movies : music and sound in film history / |
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| Database Name: | WorldCat |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James Buhler; David Neumeyer; Rob Deemer |
| ISBN: | 9780195327793 (pbk.); 0195327799 (pbk.) |
| Notes: | Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-445) and index. Content: The sound track and film narrative : basic terms and concepts. The sound track and narrative ; The musicality of the sound track : concepts and terminology ; Music, sound and the space of narrative : concepts and terminology ; Music, sound and time ; Writing about film sound : analysis and description -- Music, film form, and film style. Music in film form ; Music in main-title and end-credit sequences ; Music in performance and montage scenes ; Film style and the sound track ; Music in character and action scenes ; Writing about film music : interpretation -- The sound track : a technological history. Music and sound in the silent era (1895-1929) ; The transition to sound film (1926-1932) ; Music and the sound track in the classical studio era ; The stereo sound track and the post-classical era (1950-1975) ; The new Hollywood, Dolby stereo, and the emergence of sound design (1975-2000) ; Music and film sound today. |
| Description: | xxiii, 470 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The sound track and film narrative : basic terms and concepts. The sound track and narrative ; The musicality of the sound track : concepts and terminology ; Music, sound and the space of narrative : concepts and terminology ; Music, sound and time ; Writing about film sound : analysis and description -- Music, film form, and film style. Music in film form ; Music in main-title and end-credit sequences ; Music in performance and montage scenes ; Film style and the sound track ; Music in character and action scenes ; Writing about film music : interpretation -- The sound track : a technological history. Music and sound in the silent era (1895-1929) ; The transition to sound film (1926-1932) ; Music and the sound track in the classical studio era ; The stereo sound track and the post-classical era (1950-1975) ; The new Hollywood, Dolby stereo, and the emergence of sound design (1975-2000) ; Music and film sound today. |
| Responsibility: | James Buhler, David Neumeyer, Rob Deemer. |
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Buhler, James, 1964- Hearing the movies. New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 (OCoLC)639684753 |
| Year: | 2010. |
| Publisher: | New York : Oxford University Press, |
| Standard Numbers: | LCCN: 2008051021; National Library: 015897450 |
| Class Descriptors: | LC Class No.: ML2075; Dewey No.: 781.5/42 |
| OCLC No.: | 276515073 |
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