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In Film Music, fourteen of the world's best known film composers discuss their craft, revealing the creative process that led to the familiar sound of the most memorable films of our time. Like all titles in the Screencraft Series, Film Music is beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated with drawings, scripts, storyboards, models and stills from classic films. A companion CD features a composition from each of the fourteen contributors. Musicians, composers, filmmakers and film enthusiasts will find much to learn and much to enjoy in this unique volume. Includes CD featuring a piece of music from each contributor Part of the Screencraft series, the first books to explore the crafts of filmmaking by tracing the entire creative process

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PublisherElsevier Science & Technology Books

ISBN-100240804414

ISBN-139780240804415

eBay Product ID (ePID)1707469

Product Key Features

Publication Year2000

TopicHistory & Criticism, Recording & Reproduction, Film / Direction & Production

Book TitleFilm Music

LanguageEnglish

GenreMusic, Performing Arts

AuthorMark Russell, James Young

Book SeriesScreencraft Ser.

FormatAudio, Other

Dimensions

Item Height0.7in

Item Length9.9in

Item Weight38.6 Oz

Item Width7.7in

Additional Product Features

LCCN2001-271132

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"This may be the most attractive book on film scoring we've seen yet, a very handsome coffee-table sized paperback full of black and white and color photographs, with a specially-produced CD containing 13 selections representing the composers discussed in the book." -Randall D. Larson, Soundtrack Magazine "This is an excellent addition to any library of motion picture music, and a suitable introduction for those unacquainted with its intricacies." -Randall D. Larson, Soundtrack Magazine "The third volume in Focal Press's Screencraft series, Film Music is an excellent examination of the role music and film scoring plays in contemporary cinema." - American Cinematographer, June 2001 "This 9" x 12" book is generously illustrated with color photos and film stills, along with handwritten samples of scores composed by artists..." - American Cinematographer, June 2001 "On first flip through, I found the book both colorful and well organized...In final analysis, I would not hesitate to recommend this book to fans of film music in general. And with its wonderful assortment of film stills and CD, it's a pleasure for film buffs as well." - SCOREBABY - April 2001

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal781.5/42

Lc Classification NumberMl2075.R87 2000

Table of ContentJohn Barry (Out of Africa; Midnight Cowboy; Goldfinger); Elmer Bernstein (The Man With the Golden Arm, The Magnificent Seven, Cape Fear, The Ten Commandments); Danny Elfman (Edward Scissorhands; Nightmare Before Christmas; Batman); Philip Glass (Koyaanisquasti, Mishima, Kundun); Jerry Goldsmith (Planet of the Apes, Chinatown, Alien); Maurice Jarre (Laurence of Arabia, Witness, Barbarella); John Lurie (Down By Law, Mystery Train, Get Shorty); Ennio Morricone (The Mission, Cinema Paradiso, The Good the Bad and the Ugly); Michael Nyman (Draughtsman's Contract, The Piano, Gattica); Zbigniew Preisner (Trois Coleurs, A Short Film About Love) Lalo Schifrin (Cincinnati Kid, Dirty Harry, Bullet); Howard Shaw (Naked Lunch, The Silence of the Lambs, Ed Wood, Seven) Gabriel Yared (Betty Blue, English Patient, Vincent and Theo); Hans Zimmer (Black Rain, Crimson Tide, Rainman) ON THE CD: Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven) Jerry Goldsmith (Alien) John Barry (Goldfinger) Danny Elfman (Batman) Gabriel Yared (The English Patient) Ennio Morricone (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly) Michael Nyma (The Hairdresser's Husband,1 & 2) Lalo Schifrin (Dirty Harry) Maurice Jarre (Dr. Zhivago: Lara's Theme) Zbigniew Preisner (The Double Life of Veronique) Ryuichi Sakamoto (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence) Philip Glass (Koyaanisqatsi) Howard Shore (Dead Ringers)

Number of Pages194 Pages