A rich and informative look at the experiences of composers working under high pressure in the US film industry, The Hollywood Film Music Reader brings readers from film's earliest days to the modern blockbuster era. Beginning with the origins of movie music in the heyday of silent film, the book traces film music's progress through Hollywood's so-called Golden Age to changes in musical styles and working practices from the 1960s to the present. Also included are vivid first-hand accounts from composers such as George Antheil, Elmer Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Adolph Deutsch, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini, Thomas Newman, Andre Previn, David Raksin, Miklos Rozsa, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, and John Williams, along with testimonies from composers working in animation and documentary film. The book concludes with a section of criticism and commentary, including an essay on film music by Sidney Lumet and Igor Stravinsky's provocative views on the subject.
| ISBN | 0195331192 | | Pages | 384 | | ISBN13 | 9780195331196
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 568 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc | | Published in | New York | | Imprint | Oxford University Press Inc | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 157 | | Publication date | 04 Nov 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 27 | | DEWEY | 781.5420973 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | Introduction | | |
| | | I From "Silents" to Sound | | 1 |
| 1 | | "The Origin of Film Music" (1951) by Max Winkler | | 5 |
| 2 | | "Photoplays De Luxe" (1920) by T. Scott Buhrman | | 15 |
| 3 | | "Musical Accompaniment to the Feature Picture" (1925) by Ernb)s Rapb1se | | 21 |
| 4 | | An Interview with; "Dean of Theater Organists" (1989) by Gaylord Carter | | 29 |
| 5 | | Music for the Films (1935) by Leonid Sabaneev | | 39 |
| | | II Film Composers in Their Own Words by Leonid Sabaneev | | 49 |
| 6 | | "Scoring the Film" (1937) by Max Steiner | | 55 |
| 7 | | "Life with Charlie" (1983) by David Raksin | | 69 |
| 8 | | Our New Music (1941) by Aaron Copland | | 83 |
| 9 | | "Notes on Cartoon Music" (1949) by Ingolf Dahl | | 93 |
| 10 | | "Personality on the Soundtrack" (1947) by Scott Bradley | | 101 |
| 11 | | Conversations with; (1971) by Carl Stalling | | 107 |
| 12 | | Please Don't Hate Me! (1959) by Dimitri Tiomkin | | 117 |
| 13 | | A Radio Interview with; (1950) by Franz Waxman | | 139 |
| 14 | | "Music in Documentary Films" (1945) by Gail Kubik | | 147 |
| 15 | | Three Strangers (1946) by Adolph Deutsch | | 153 |
| 16 | | "Quo Vadis" (1951) by Mikl°s R°zsa | | 165 |
| 17 | | No Minor Chords (1991) by Andrb1s Previn | | 173 |
| 18 | | Did They Mention the Music? (1989) by Henry Mancini | | 189 |
| 19 | | A Lecture on Film Music (2973) by Bernard Herrmann | | 209 |
| 20 | | A Conversation with; (1977) by Jerry Goldsmith | | 223 |
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an invaluable resource... Anyone with an interest in film music, whether as a general reader or serious scholar, should find it illuminating. Mark Wilderspin, Times Literary Supplement
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