Max Steiner's contribution to the formulation of early Hollywood scoring techniques is significant, particularly through his music for "King Kong" (1933) and "The Informer" (1935). The Academy Award winning score for "Now, Voyager "reflects the maturation of the composer's understanding of the dramatic function of music in film. The primary resources incorporated in the analysis include, from the Max Steiner collection at Brigham Young University, Steiner's letters and scrapbooks and his unpublished autobiography "Notes to You." In addition to contributing to the composer's own perspective...
Max Steiner's contribution to the formulation of early Hollywood scoring techniques is significant, particularly through his music for "King Kong" ...
This in-depth musicological and critical study examines how Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo plays a crucial role in the articulation and development of the film's narrative and how it affects readings of the film. Herrmann's collaboration with Hitchcock spanned eleven years and nine films, and Herrmann's film score for Vertigo is widely regarded as being one of his finest. Cooper considers the development of Herrmann's career up to 1958, providing a detailed discussion of his musical style. The explicit information about the structure of Herrmann's...
This in-depth musicological and critical study examines how Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo plays a crucial role in ...
Nominated for three Academy Awards in 1974, including Best Picture and Best Sound, Francis Ford Coppola s The Conversation is regarded as the archetypal achievement in weaving together a balanced blend of dialogue, cinematography, sound effects, and music. For the film, composer David Shire created a score that challenged preconceptions of the music s function within film. Featuring a jazz-infused piano score with pioneering excursions into electroacoustic techniques, Shire s music provides depth and meaning to the soundtrack by establishing a musical/narrative metaphorical correlation that...
Nominated for three Academy Awards in 1974, including Best Picture and Best Sound, Francis Ford Coppola s The Conversation is regarded as the archetyp...
Released in 2002, M. Night Shyamalan s Signs was the director s follow-up to The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, and his third collaboration with composer James Newton Howard. Well received by audiences and critics alike, the film was often cited by reviewers for its music. With its dependence on a single motive, the score is unique in Howard s career, and one of his most effective and haunting works. In James Newton Howard s Signs: A Film Score Guide, Erik Heine provides the first close reading of the composer s work. Heine discusses Howard s musical style and influences, as well as his ability...
Released in 2002, M. Night Shyamalan s Signs was the director s follow-up to The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, and his third collaboration with compose...
Christopher Nolan s caped crusader trilogy Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises is considered by many to be one of the finest translations of comic book characters to the big screen. The second film in the series, The Dark Knight, was both a critical and commercial success, featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Heath Ledger as the Joker. The score by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer and eight-time Oscar nominee James Newton Howard also received accolades, including a Grammy. Intricately interwoven with the sound design and incorporating Mel Wesson s ground-breaking...
Christopher Nolan s caped crusader trilogy Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises is considered by many to be one of the finest tra...
Released in late 1960, The Magnificent Seven was a Western reimagining of the 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai. Despite such stars as Steve McQueen, Yul Brynner, and Charles Bronson, the film was not terribly successful when it premiered. However, in the years since, the film has become recognized as a classic of the genre. And though the movie received only one Academy Award nomination, that honor was bestowed on Elmer Bernstein's rousing score. Beyond the scope of the film, the score has permeated American culture: the music has been used in countless commercials and referenced on...
Released in late 1960, The Magnificent Seven was a Western reimagining of the 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai. Despite such stars as Steve McQueen, Y...
