Name: The Hollywood Film Music Reader By Mervyn Cooke (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of Nottingham)
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The Hollywood Film Music Reader Summary

The Hollywood Film Music Reader by Mervyn Cooke (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of Nottingham)

A rich and informative look at the experiences of composers working under high pressure in the US film industry, The Hollywood Film Music Reader brings readers from film's earliest days to the modern blockbuster era. Beginning with the origins of movie music in the heyday of silent film, the book traces film music's progress through Hollywood's so-called Golden Age to changes in musical styles and working practices from the 1960s to the present. Also included are vivid first-hand accounts from composers such as George Antheil, Elmer Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Adolph Deutsch, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini, Thomas Newman, Andre Previn, David Raksin, Miklos Rozsa, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, and John Williams, along with testimonies from composers working in animation and documentary film. The book concludes with a section of criticism and commentary, including an essay on film music by Sidney Lumet and Igor Stravinsky's provocative views on the subject.

The Hollywood Film Music Reader Reviews

an invaluable resource... Anyone with an interest in film music, whether as a general reader or serious scholar, should find it illuminating. * Mark Wilderspin, Times Literary Supplement *
certainly a useful addition to the literature and will be welcomed by students of film music. * Julie Brown, Music and Letters *

About Mervyn Cooke (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of Nottingham)

Mervyn Cooke is Professor of Music at the University of Nottingham. His many books include monographs and edited volumes on the music of Benjamin Britten, jazz, twentieth-century opera, and film music.

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GOR005415426

ISBN 13

9780195331196

ISBN 10

0195331192

Title

The Hollywood Film Music Reader by Mervyn Cooke (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of Nottingham)

Author

Mervyn Cooke (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of Nottingham)

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Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Year published

20101104

Number of pages

392

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The Hollywood Film Music Reader Mervyn Cooke (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of Nottingham)

The Hollywood Film Music Reader by Mervyn Cooke (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of Nottingham)

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The Hollywood Film Music Reader Summary

The Hollywood Film Music Reader by Mervyn Cooke (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of Nottingham)

The Hollywood Film Music Reader Reviews

About Mervyn Cooke (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of Nottingham)

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