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Author: K. Donnelly
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2007-08-16
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 0230597742
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the first book-length consideration of the topic for sixty years, Kevin Donnelly examines the importance of music in British film, concentrating both on musical scores, such as William Walton's score for Henry V (1944) and Malcolm Arnold's music for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), and on the phenomenon of the British film musical.
Author: Paul Mazey
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-01-03
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 303033550X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a fresh approach to British film music by tracing the influence of Britain’s musical heritage on the film scores of this era. From the celebration of landscape and community encompassed by pastoral music and folk song, and the connection of both with the English Musical Renaissance, to the mystical strains of choral sonorities and the stirring effects of the march, this study explores the significance of music in British film culture. With detailed analyses of the work of such key filmmakers as Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Laurence Olivier and Carol Reed, and composers including Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton and Brian Easdale, this systematic and in-depth study explores the connotations these musical styles impart to the films and considers how each marks them with a particularly British inflection.
Author: Ian Conrich
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2006-07-14
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0748627278
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe scope of this collection is indicative of the breadth and diversity of music's role in cinema, as is its emphasis on musical contributions to 'non-musical' films. By bringing together chapters that are concerned both with the relationship between performance, music and film and the specificity of national, historical, social, and cultural contexts, Film's Musical Moments will be of equal importance to students of film studies, cultural studies and music. The book is organised into four sections: Music, Film, Culture focuses on cinema representations of music forms; Stars, Performance and Reception explores stars, fan cultures and intertextuality; The Post-Classical Hollywood Musical considers the importance of popular music to contemporary cinema; and Beyond Hollywood looks to specific national contexts.
Author: Adrian Wright
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 1783274999
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho will remember 'Our Gracie' waving goodbye; Jack Buchanan constantly bumping into Elsie Randolph; Bobby Howes celebrating the invention of the Belisha Beacon, doing a cat duet with Wylie Watson and giving ideas to Rene Ray about ham sandwiches; John Wood and Claire Luce climbing the steps of the lighthouse and breathing on windows in Over She Goes, these accompanied by some of the most deft British and American composers of their time, their work lighter and freer than air. We catch those airs still, breathing on windows and wondering what became of it all. Book jacket.
Author: Kevin J. Donnelly
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2017-06-26
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1474413145
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the turn of the millennium, films such as Chicago (2002) and Phantom of the Opera (2004) have reinvigorated the popularity of the screen musical. This edited collection, bringing together a number of international scholars, looks closely at the range and scope of contemporary film musicals, from stage adaptations like Mamma Mia! (2008) and Les Miserables (2012), to less conventional works that elide the genre, like Team America: World Police (2004) and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill (2003/04). Looking at the varying aesthetic function of soundtrack and lyric in films like Disney's wildly popular Frozen (2013) and the Fast and the Furious franchise, or the self-reflexive commentary of the 'post-millennial rock musical', this wide-ranging collection breaks new ground in its study of this multifaceted genre.
Author: Jane Feuer
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780253207685
DOWNLOAD EBOOK... both fresh and informed, as well as a pleasure to read. --Film Quarterly Since 1982, when this book first appeared, the Hollywood musical has undergone a rebirth, with the rise of teen musicals such as Dirty Dancing and Flashdance. In a chapter written especially for this second edition of her well-known study, Jane Feuer shows how this new development in the genre relates to important changes in the cinema audience itself. It is the text for the study of Hollywood musicals.
Author: S. Glynn
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013-05-07
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 0230392237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first detailed examination of the place of pop music film in British cinema, Stephen Glynn explores the interpenetration of music and cinema in an economic, social and aesthetic context through case studies ranging from Cliff Richard to The Rolling Stones, and from The Beatles to Plan B.
Author: Kevin J. Donnelly
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2001-07-10
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1474467814
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBringing together some of the most influential international scholars on the subject, this anthology provides a detailed, diverse and accessible perspective on music in the cinema.
Author: Heather Wiebe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2024-10-11
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0197631711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMobilizing Music in Wartime British Film examines the preoccupation with art music and total war that animated British films of the 1940s.
Author: David Parkinson
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2007-08-01
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 0756647126
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe perfect companion to cinema's most spectacular genre, The Rough Guide to Film Musicals reveals how an escapist entertainment became Hollywood's most ingenious art form. From such enduring classics as Singin' In The Rain and West Side Story to recent successes like Evita and Chicago, this book reviews 50 essential musicals, including several forgotten gems. There are profiles of musical icons such as Fred Astaire, Judy Garland and George Gershwin and details of musicals from around the world. Complete with a list of the best soundtracks, websites and books for further reading, this Rough Guide takes a behind the scenes look at this magical movie genre.
