In the first book-length consideration of the topic for sixty years, Kevin Donnelly examines the importance of music in British film, concentrating both on musical scores, such as William Walton's score for Henry V (1944) and Malcolm Arnold's music for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), and on the phenomenon of the British film musical.
In the first book-length consideration of the topic for sixty years, Kevin Donnelly examines the importance of music in British film, concentrating bo...
From its earliest days as little more than a series of monophonic outbursts to its current-day scores that can rival major symphonic film scores, video game music has gone through its own particular set of stylistic and functional metamorphoses while both borrowing and recontextualizing the earlier models from which it borrows. With topics ranging from early classics like "Donkey Kong" and "Super Mario Bros." to more recent hits like "Plants vs. Zombies," the eleven essays in "Music in Video Games" draw on the scholarly fields of musicology and music theory, film theory, and game studies,...
From its earliest days as little more than a series of monophonic outbursts to its current-day scores that can rival major symphonic film scores, v...
From its earliest days as little more than a series of monophonic outbursts to its current-day scores that can rival major symphonic film scores, video game music has gone through its own particular set of stylistic and functional metamorphoses while both borrowing and recontextualizing the earlier models from which it borrows. With topics ranging from early classics like Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros. to more recent hits like Plants vs. Zombies, the eleven essays in Music in Video Games draw on the scholarly fields of musicology and music theory, film...
From its earliest days as little more than a series of monophonic outbursts to its current-day scores that can rival major symphonic film scores, v...
The music for science fiction television programmes, like music for science fiction films, is often highly distinctive, introducing cutting-edge electronic music and soundscapes. This collection of essays analyzes the style and context of music and sound design in science fiction television.
The music for science fiction television programmes, like music for science fiction films, is often highly distinctive, introducing cutting-edge elect...
Music is a vital instrument in attracting new audiences to silent cinema as well as renewing the interest of an already-initiated public. In this collection, chapters by practitioners as well as scholars capture the magic experience of silent film with music, and discuss from varying points of view how music meets this resurfaced film art.
Music is a vital instrument in attracting new audiences to silent cinema as well as renewing the interest of an already-initiated public. In this c...
