Table Of ContentIntroduction: Listening to Media Paul N. Reinsch and Laurel Westrup Part 1: Case Studies 1. The Soundtrack in Transition: The Many Objects of Paul Simon's One-Trick Pony Landon Palmer 2. It's a Kind of Soundtrack: Queen, Highlander , and the "Unofficial Soundtrack Album" Ross Melnick 3. Super Fly and the Sound of Seventies Blaxploitation Cinema Matthew Tchepikova-Treon 4. Signifyin(g) on the Soundtrack Album? OutKast's Idlewild Project Laurel Westrup Part 2: Brands 5. Learning from Sesame Street Soundtrack Albums Kathryn A. Ostrofsky 6. Creazioni Artistiche Musicali and Italian Cinema after World War II Roberto Calabretto 7. King of the Whole Wide World: Elvis, RCA Camden, and the Non-Filmic "Budget" Soundtrack Album Justin Morris 8. Sing Along with Hitch: Musically Marketing the Master of Suspense Richard R. Ness Part 3: Formats 9. Fixing the Brand: The Sonic Branding of Adult Swim David Gurney 10. Video Game Soundtrack Albums and the Digital Revolution Robert Cavanagh 11. Tracking Hypernostalgia: Soundtrack Albums and the Return of the Cassette in American Film and Television Kristen Galvin Part 4: New Directions 12. Now--For Even Greater Enjoyment...The Home Movie Soundtrack Album Liz Czach 13. A Brief Hearing for the Unified Soundtrack Album Paul N. Reinsch
SynopsisThe Soundtrack Album: Listening to Mediaoffers the first sustained exploration of the soundtrack album as a distinctive form of media. Soundtrack albums have been part of our media and musical landscape for decades, enduring across formats from vinyl and 8-tracks to streaming playlists. This book makes the case that soundtrack albums are more than promotional tools for films, television shows, or video games-- they are complex media texts that reward a detailed analysis. The collection's contributors explore a diverse range of soundtrack albums, from Super Fly to Stranger Things , revealing how these albums change our understanding of the music and film industries and the audio-visual relationships that drive them. An excellent resource for students of Music, Media Studies, and Film/Screen Media courses, The Soundtrack Album offers interdisciplinary perspectives and opens new areas for exploration in music and media studies., The Soundtrack Album: Listening to Media offers the first sustained exploration of the soundtrack album as a distinctive form of media. Soundtrack albums have been part of our media and musical landscape for decades, enduring across formats from vinyl and 8-tracks to streaming playlists. This book makes the case that soundtrack albums are more than promotional tools for films, television shows, or video games- they are complex media texts that reward a detailed analysis. The collection's contributors explore a diverse range of soundtrack albums, from Super Fly to Stranger Things , revealing how these albums change our understanding of the music and film industries and the audio-visual relationships that drive them. An excellent resource for students of Music, Media Studies, and Film/Screen Media courses, The Soundtrack Album offers interdisciplinary perspectives and opens new areas for exploration in music and media studies., The Soundtrack Album: Listening to Media offers the first sustained exploration of the soundtrack album as a distinctive form of media. Soundtrack albums have been part of our media and musical landscape for decades, enduring across formats from vinyl and 8-tracks to streaming playlists. This book makes the case that soundtrack albums are more than promotional tools for films, television shows, or video games-- they are complex media texts that reward a detailed analysis. The collection's contributors explore a diverse range of soundtrack albums, from Super Fly to Stranger Things , revealing how these albums change our understanding of the music and film industries and the audio-visual relationships that drive them. An excellent resource for students of Music, Media Studies, and Film/Screen Media courses, The Soundtrack Album offers interdisciplinary perspectives and opens new areas for exploration in music and media studies.