Film's Musical Moments
Ian Conrich editor Estella Tincknell editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:14th Jul '06
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This collection highlights the diverse role of music in cinema, examining its impact on non-musical films. It covers various contexts, from performance to cultural influences, appealing to students of film and music.
Film's Musical Moments explores the diverse and significant role that music plays in cinema, particularly highlighting its contributions to films that are not primarily musical in nature. The collection features a variety of chapters that delve into the intricate relationships between performance, music, and film, while also considering the unique national, historical, social, and cultural contexts that shape these interactions. This broad scope makes the book valuable for students and scholars in film studies, cultural studies, and music.
The book is organized into four distinct sections, each focusing on different aspects of music in film. The first section, Music, Film, Culture, examines how cinema represents various music forms. The second section, Stars, Performance and Reception, investigates the influence of stars, fan cultures, and intertextuality on musical films. The third section, The Post-Classical Hollywood Musical, discusses the impact of popular music on contemporary cinema. Finally, Beyond Hollywood shifts the focus to specific national contexts, allowing for a wider understanding of music's role in global cinema.
Chapters cover a range of topics, including the intersection of jazz and animation, the Country and Western biopic, cult musicals and their fandoms, and the significance of soundtrack films. Additionally, the book addresses musicals from the former East Germany, showcasing the varied ways music has been integrated into film across different cultures and time periods. Overall, Film's Musical Moments serves as a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in the interplay between music and film.
Film's Musical Moments will be of use to film and TV scholars, as well as scholars whose work is more directly focused on music in media. It is a promising first entry in the Edinburgh University Press's 'Music & the Moving Image' series. -- Paul N. Reinsch, University of Southern California Film International The strength of Film's Musical Moments is ultimately based on the strength of the individual contributions. Yet this is something more than a collection of articles about music in film... [a] welcome addition to the literature on film's musical nature. -- Guy Barefoot Journal of British Cinema and Television Film's Musical Moments is a refreshing look at music in film, specifically musical performance within film... [It] is the first from the 'Music and the Moving Image' series edited by Kevin Donnelly, and if this book is any indication of what the later books in this series will be like, the study of music, film, popular culture, and other media will continue to open up, offering new or fresh perspectives within each respected field while being complementary and interrelated with one another. -- Lara Hrycaj, Wayne State University SCOPE: An Online Journal of Film Studies Covers a wide variety of cinematic texts and traditions in its attempts to dissect the various guises and effects of the musical moment, and its genuiniely interdisciplinary nature makes it a valuable resource for researchers working in many different areas of scholarship. -- Catherine Haworth Music, Sound and the Moving Image Film's Musical Moments will be of use to film and TV scholars, as well as scholars whose work is more directly focused on music in media. It is a promising first entry in the Edinburgh University Press's 'Music & the Moving Image' series. The strength of Film's Musical Moments is ultimately based on the strength of the individual contributions. Yet this is something more than a collection of articles about music in film... [a] welcome addition to the literature on film's musical nature. Film's Musical Moments is a refreshing look at music in film, specifically musical performance within film... [It] is the first from the 'Music and the Moving Image' series edited by Kevin Donnelly, and if this book is any indication of what the later books in this series will be like, the study of music, film, popular culture, and other media will continue to open up, offering new or fresh perspectives within each respected field while being complementary and interrelated with one another. Covers a wide variety of cinematic texts and traditions in its attempts to dissect the various guises and effects of the musical moment, and its genuiniely interdisciplinary nature makes it a valuable resource for researchers working in many different areas of scholarship.
ISBN: 9780748623457
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 374g
240 pages