Film and Television Scores, 1950-1979: A Critical Survey by Genre

by Kristopher Spencer

Overview

Hollywood film scores underwent a supersonic transformation from the 1950s through the 1970s. This genre-by-genre overview of film and television soundtrack music covers a period of tremendous artistic and commercial development in the medium. Film and television composers bypassed the classical tradition favored by earlier screen composers to experiment with jazz, rock, funk and avant-garde styles. This bold approach brought a rich variety to film and television productions that often took on a life of its own through records and CDs. From Bernard Herrmann to Ennio Morricone, the composers of the "Silver Age" changed the way movie music was made, used, and heard. The book contains more than 100 promotional film stills and soundtrack cover art images.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786436828
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	10/29/2008
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Kristopher Spencer is the founder of ScoreBaby.com and blogs at http://silver-age-soundtrax.blogspot.com/.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface     

1. Crime Jazz and Felonious Funk     
2. Spy Symphonies     
3. Sexploitation Serenade     
4. Staccato Six-Guns     
5. Sci-Fidelity and the Superhero Spectrum     
6. A Fearful Earful     
7. Rockin’ Revolution     

Epilogue     
Bibliography     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

fascinating look at the evolving world of film music as it pertained to specific genres of film music during its Silver Age”—Musique Fantastique; “valuable...fascinating, informative, and illuminating reads”—Soundtrax.

From the Publisher

valuable...fascinating, informative, and illuminating reads

Soundtrax