Description
| Product ID: | 9780190606404 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Oxford Music/Media Series |
| Title: | Hollywood Harmony |
| Subtitle: | Musical Wonder and the Sound of Cinema |
| Authors: | Author: Frank Lehman |
| Page Count: | 312 |
| Subjects: | Film history, theory or criticism, Film theory & criticism, Theory of music and musicology, Media studies, Theory of music & musicology, Media studies |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Hollywood Harmony explores the inner workings of film music. Author Frank Lehman brings together tools from music theory, musicology, and music psychology in this first ever book-length analytical study of a culturally central repertoire. With a focus on musical expressivity, transformation, and color, this book offers a new and sophisticated perspective on some of the most familiar seeming-and surprisingly complex-music in contemporary society. Film music often tells us how to feel, but it also guides us how to hear. Hollywood Harmony explores the inner workings of film music, bringing together tools from music theory, musicology, and music psychology. Harmony, and especially chromaticism, is emblematic of what we commonly recognize as film music sound and it is often used to evoke wonder, that most cinematic of feelings. To help parse this familiar but complex musical style, Hollywood Harmony offers a first-of-its kind introduction to neo-Riemannian theory, a recently developed and versatile method of understanding music as a dynamic and transformational process, rather than a series of inert notes on a page. This application of neo-Riemannian theory to film music is perfect way in for curious newcomers, while also constituting significant scholarly contribution to the larger discipline of music theory. Author Frank Lehman draws from his extensive knowledge of cinematic history with case-studies that range from classics of Golden Age Hollywood to massive contemporary franchises to obscure cult-films. Special emphasis is placed on scores for major blockbusters such as Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Inception. With over a hundred meticulously transcribed music examples and more than two hundred individual movies discussed, Hollywood Harmony will fascinate any fan of film and music. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-06-07 |
