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Subject(s)

• Motion picture music—Information resources [Browse]
• Television music—Information resources [Browse]

Related name

• Wright, H. Stephen [Browse]

Summary note

This volume addresses the difficulties scholars encounter when conducting research on film and television music, providing a detailed taxonomy of film music primary sources and explaining how to find and interpret them. The authors tackle the problems of determining film score authorship and working with recordings of film music. A bibliographic essay summarizes the major works and trends in film music research and provides clear pointers to the most important resources in the field.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

• Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Sidebars; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Film Music Research: A Brief History (Wright); 2. Silent Film Music Resources (Pool); 3. Early Sound Film Scores (Pool); 4. Primary Sources for the Study of a Film's Soundtrack (Pool); 5. What Film and Television Music Researchers Need to Know about Cue Sheets (Pool); 6. Soundtracks and Other Recordings of Film Music (Wright); 7. Composer Collections: Preserving the Legacy (Pool); 8. Film Music Collections in Libraries and Archives (Wright)
• 9. The Literature of Film Music: A Concise Survey (Wright)Index; About the Authors

ISBN

0-8108-7689-2

OCLC

854971456

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