Reel Music: Exploring 100 Years of Film Music

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The #1 film music text, now with more attention to international films. Reel Music, revised for a new generation of movie lovers, tells the story of film music through iconic scenes. The Second Edition features more in-depth exploration of international films―from classics like Seven Samurai to more recent works like Run Lola Run―as well as new suggestions for activities and classroom discussion, and even more Viewer Guides, which show how film music functions moment-by-moment. Front Matter (Reel Music: Exploring 100 Years of Film Music) Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Dedication Brief Contents Contents Preface Part One - Exploring Film and Music Chapter 1 - Drama and Film Elements of Drama Elements of Film Chapter 2 - Elements of Music Music Notation Elements of Pitch and Duration Melody Timbre Chapter 3 - Listening to Film Music Placement Function Style Songs Unity Chapter 4 - Forerunners of Film Music Descriptive Music Theatrical Entertainments Part Two - The Silent Film Era, 1895–1929 Chapter 5 - A New Art Form The Birth of Film Narrative Film Music for Early Silent Film Chapter 6 - The Foundations of Modern Filmmaking Musical Accompaniment Film Music Cue Sheets and Anthologies Newly Composed Scores Chapter 7 - Breaking the Sound Barrier The Vitaphone Sound on Film The Right to Remain Silent Chapter 8 - Europe after World War I France The Soviet Union Germany Part Three - The Golden Age of Sound, 1929–1943 Chapter 9 - The Classical Hollywood Film Score Horror Films Action and Adventure Films Romances Epic Films Chapter 10 - Lighter Musical Scores Musicals Westerns Screwball Comedies and Populist Films Animations The Wizard of Oz Chapter 11 - Hollywood and World War II The Early 1940s The War Years Chapter 12 - International Filmmaking: A Golden Age Interrupted France Germany Great Britain The Soviet Union Developing National Industries Part Four - New Challenges for Hollywood, 1944–1959 Chapter 13 - The Postwar Years Film Noir Message Movies Chapter 14 - Expanding Modern Music, 1951–1959 The Classical Score: Religious Epics Modern Musical Styles Chapter 15 - Country, Rock, and All That Jazz, 1951–1959 Jazz Theme Songs Rock and Roll Older Popular Styles Musicals Chapter 16 - The Revitalization of International Filmmaking Italy Great Britain France Sweden Japan Other Emerging Film Centers Part Five - The New Cinema, 1960–1974 Chapter 17 - The Tumultuous ’60s Transitioning to a New Age The New Era Emerges Chapter 18 - The Rockin’ ’60s Instrumental Movie Themes Theme Songs Bringing Up Baby Boomers Movies with Multiple Songs Musicals Chapter 19 - Emerging from the Crisis Years Fighting Crime and Corruption Adapted Scores The Godfather Chapter 20 - The New Wave and World Cinema France The Other British Invasion Italy Germany Popular Sensations Part Six - Synthesizing the Past and Exploring the New, 1975–1988 Chapter 21 - The Return of the Classical Score John Williams The Star Wars Trilogy Other Scores of John Williams in the Late 1970s The Early 1980s The Star Trek Enterprise Chapter 22 - Alternatives to the Symphonic Score Synthesized Scores Popular Music Adapted Scores Chapter 23 - Box Office vs. Critics New Box-Office Kings, 1984–1988 Popular Music in Dramatic Films Symphonic Scores Chapter 24 - Global Views of the Past and Present, 1975–1988 Historical Films Dramas Part Seven - Fin de Siècle, 1989–2000 Chapter 25 - Historical Films The Distant American Past The Distant European Past The Recent Past Chapter 26 - Life in America Crime The African-American Experience Other Visions of American Life Chapter 27 - Animations, Comedies, Romances, and Fantasies Animations Comedies Romances Fantasies Chapter 28 - World Cinema After the Cold War Italy Global Dramas Dramas on the Lives of Women Part Eight - The New Millennium, 2001–2016 Chapter 29 - Blockbuster Fantasies and Adventures The Star Wars Prequels Harry and Frodo Expanding Minimalism Chapter 30 - Seeking Heroes, Real and Imagined Real-Life Heroes Drawing from Fiction: A Super Spy and a Super Sleuth Anti-Heroes Superheroes An Ex-Superhero: Birdman Chapter 31 - Animations, Musicals, and Dramas Animations Musical Reprise Biopics World Views Chapter 32 - International Films Achieve Parity Close-up: Major Directors Animations Dramas Best Picture Winners Glossary Credits Index