Celluloid Symphonies: Texts and Contexts in Film Music History

by Julie Hubbert

Book Overview

Celluloid Symphonies is a unique sourcebook of writings on music for film, bringing together fifty-three critical documents, many previously inaccessible. It includes essays by those who created the music--Max Steiner, Erich Korngold, Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein and Howard Shore--and outlines the major trends, aesthetic choices, technological innovations, and commercial pressures that have shaped the relationship between music and film...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520241029
• ISBN13: 9780520241022
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"