Music in Contemporary French Cinema: The Crystal-Song

by Phil Powrie

Book Overview

This book explores composed scores and pre-existing music in French cinema from 1985 to 2015 so as to identify critical musical moments. It shows how heritage films construct space through music, generating what Powrie calls "third space music," while also working to contain the strong women characters found in French heritage films through the use of leitmotifs and musical cues. He analyses fiction films in which the protagonists perform at the piano,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319848852
• ISBN13: 9783319848853
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"