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Subject(s)

• Williams, John 1932-—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]
• Motion picture music—History and criticism [Browse]

Series

Wisconsin film studies [More in this series]

Notes

Originally published under the title John Williams's Film Music : Jaws, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the return of the classical Hollywood music style, copyright ©2014.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-363) and index.

Contents

• Part I. The rise and demise of the classical Hollywood music style. A chronicle of classical Hollywood music
• The style of classical Hollywood music
• The modern Hollywood music style
• Part II. John Williams and the classical Hollywood music style. Star Wars: an oppositional score
• The saga of the Star Wars music
• Williams's early years: spotting the first traces of neoclassicism
• Jaws: Williams's neoclassicism floats up to the surface
• Williams's neoclassisicm: style and habits
• Raiders of the Lost Ark background: a neoclassical film
• Raiders of the Lost Ark analysis: the return of Max Steiner
• Dark neoclassicism: the "sublime" score to Dracula
• Reviving the Hollywood music classics beyond the films: conductor John Williams
• Closing remarks on Neoclassicism and today's Hollywood music.

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ISBN

• 9780299332341 (paperback)
• 0299332349 (paperback)

LCCN

2020044532

OCLC

1200833828

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