Hymns for the Fallen: Combat Movie Music and Sound After Vietnam

by Todd R Decker

In Hymns for the Fallen, Todd Decker listens closely to forty years of Hollywood combat films produced after Vietnam. Ever a noisy genre, post-Vietnam war films have deployed music and sound to place the audience in the midst of battle and to provoke reflection on the experience of combat. Considering landmark movies--such as Apocalypse Now , Saving Private Ryan , The Thin Red Line , Black Hawk Down , The Hurt Locker , and American Sniper --as well...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520282337
• ISBN13: 9780520282339
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"