Film Music : An Introduction in 11 Takes

SUMARIO // Preface // Acknowledgments // Preview 6 Questions / Question #1: What's the Story? / Question #2: Where's It Coming From? / Question #3: What Emotion? / Question #4: What Instrument? / Question #5: What Style? / Question #6: What's Repeated? /// PART ONE: SILENT FILM // Take 1 Live Movie Music: The First 30 Years / State of the Industry: The Birth of a Global Business / Featured Product: Sheet Music / Star Composer: Camile Saint-Saëns / Double Feature - Historical Drama: The Birth of a Nation (1915) and The Birth of a Nation (2016) / Solo Break: Accordion / Country in the Spotlight: France // Take 2 Recorded Music: The 1920s / State of the Industry: Sound-on-disc v. Sound-on-film / Featured Product: Gramophone Record / Star Composer: Hans Zimmer / Double Feature - Romance: Sunrise (1927) and Trainwreck (2015) / Solo Break: The Piano / Country in the Spotlight: Germany /// PART TWO: CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD // Take 3 Mass Production: The 1930s / State of the Industry: Music at Hollywood's Dream Factory / Featured Product: Microphone / Star Composer: Max Steiner / Double Feature - Musical: The Wizard of Oz (1939) and For Love's Sake (Ai To Makoto, 2012) / Solo Break: Violin / Country in the Spotlight: Japan // Take 4 The Business of War: The 1940s / State of the Industry: Apex of the Hollywood Oligopoly / Featured Product: Single Record / Star Composer: Miklós Rózsa / Double Feature - War Drama: Wild Flower (Flor silvestre, 1943) and Dunkirk (2017) / Solo Break: Theremin / Country in the Spotlight: Mexico /// PART THREE: NEW WAVE // Take 5 What to Do with Television? The 1950s / State of the Industry: The Teenpic and Hollywood's Move into Television / Featured Product: Long-Playing Record / Star Composer: Bernard Hermann / Double Feature - Western: The Searchers (1956) and The Magnificent Seven (2016) / Solo Break: The Trumpet / Country in the Spotlight: India // Take 6 The Atomic Blues: The 1960s / State of the Industry: Tie-In Songs and the Monothematic Score / Featured Product: 8-Track Tape / Star Composer: Ennio Morricone / Double Feature - Sci-Fi Film: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Snowpiercer (2013) / Solo Break: Guitar / Country in the Spotlight: England /// PART FOUR: CONGLOMERATION // Take 7 Blockbuster: The 1970s / State of the Industry: The Pop Soundtrack and the Classical Blockbuster / Featured Product: AM Headset Radio / Star Composer: John Williams / Double Feature - Horror Film: Carrie (1977) and It (2017) / Solo Break: Drums / Country in the Spotlight: Egypt // Take 8 Blockbuster: The 1970s State of the Industry: Synthpop and Synergy / Featured Product: Videotape Cassette / Star Composer: Vangelis / Double Feature - Superhero Movie: Batman (1989) and Deadpool (2016) / Solo Break: Synthesizer / Country in the Spotlight: Nigeria // Take 9 Mega Pic: The 1990s / State of the Industry: Mega Companies and Soundtrack Sales / Featured Product: DVD / Star Composer: Rachel Portman / Double Feature - Animated Film: Toy Story (1995) and Boy and the World (O Menino e o Mundo, 2013) / Solo Break: Pennywhistle / Country in the Spotlight: Brazil /// PART FIVE: HOLLYWORLD // Take 10 What to Do with the Internet? The Aughts / State of the Industry: The Digital Soundtrack and the Rise of Epic Music / Featured Product: iPod / Star Composer: Gustavo Santaolalla / Double Feature - Documentary: Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Earth: One Amazing Day (2017) / Solo Break: Didgeridoo / Country in the Spotlight: New Zealand // Take 11 Film Music Beyond Film: The 2010s / State of the Industry: New Media and Return to Monopoly / Featured Product: iPhone / Star Composer: Michael Giacchino / Double Feature - Fantasy Film: The Mermaid (Mei ren yu, 2016) and The Shape of Water (2017) / Solo Break: Erhu / Country in the Spotlight: China /// Glossary /// Index.