Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Listening to Fellini Listening to Fellini M. Thomas Van Order "For decades scholarship on Federico Fellini has focused on the figure of the director himself, while formal analysis based on the craft of filmmaking has been largely ignored. Fellini spent countles… OL11958381W
Torn music Torn music Gergely Hubai A film is finished and almost ready to make its way into theaters, but one or more of its prime movers (producer, director, studio brass) contends that it doesn't feel right. What can be almost insta… OL16442554W
Sounds of the future Sounds of the future Mathew J. Bartkowiak "These essays measure the relationship between music and science fiction film from a variety of academic perspectives. Thematic sections survey compositions utilized in science fiction movies; Broadw… OL18769993W
Thriving on a riff Thriving on a riff David Murray - undifferentiated,Graham Lock This text explores the influence of jazz and blues in two key areas of cultural expression, literature and film, where these musics have often been inextricably linked with notions of racial identity… OL18784718W
Lights, camera, sound tracks Lights, camera, sound tracks Martin C. Strong "Lights, Camera, Soundtrack surveys over 50 years of rock 'n' roll movies, musicals and performance films. It identifies the top guns involved in each film, provides a storyline, rates the film and r… OL1892627W
Nino Rota Nino Rota Richard Dyer Nino Rota wrote some of the most beloved film music: for The Godfather, nearly all of Fellini, and more than 140 popular Italian movies. This book gives a detailed account of Rota's aesthetic, sugge… OL19948555W
Understanding the Leitmotif Understanding the Leitmotif Matthew Bribitzer-Stull The musical leitmotif, having reached a point of particular forcefulness in the music of Richard Wagner, has remained a popular compositional device up to the present day. In this book, Matthew Bribi… OL20659914W
Musical groups in the movies, 1929-1970 Musical groups in the movies, 1929-1970 Roy Liebman "This book discusses hundreds of musical groups which appeared in at least one film between 1929 and 1970. Most entries include a brief description of the musical group, a list of the main singers or… OL2731906W
The Melody Lingers on The Melody Lingers on Roy Hemming Lavishly illustrated with 162 photos, this book covers 16 songwriters: Arlen, Berlin, Gershwin, Kern, McHugh, Porter, Rainger, Rodgers, Warren, Whiting, Brown, Carmichael, Loesser, Schwartz, Styne, a… OL3495966W
Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar Raju Bharatan Biography of Latā Maṅgeśakara, b. 1929, Hindi and Marathi playback singer. OL3726938W
Hitchcock's Music Hitchcock's Music Jack Sullivan For half a century Alfred Hitchcock created films full of gripping and memorable music. Over his long career he presided over more musical styles than any director in history and ultimately changed h… OL4577823W
Hammer film scores and the musical avant-garde Hammer film scores and the musical avant-garde David Huckvale "This book tells how Hammer Films commissioned composers at the cutting edge of European musical modernism to write their movie scores, introducing the avant-garde into popular culture via the enormo… OL5833874W
James Bernard, composer to Count Dracula James Bernard, composer to Count Dracula David Huckvale "This biography details Bernard's life from struggle to success. More than just a biography, however, it is also a meticulous examination of his music, including its intricate mechanisms and the many… OL5833875W