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- Meaning and Interpretation of Music in Cinema
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: Musical Meaning and Interpretation
summary
By exploring the relationship between music and the moving image in film narrative, David Neumeyer shows that film music is not conceptually separate from sound or dialogue, but that all three are manipulated and continually interact in the larger acoustical world of the sound track. In a medium in which the image has traditionally trumped sound, Neumeyer turns our attention to the voice as the mechanism through which narrative (dialog, speech) and sound (sound effects, music) come together. Complemented by music examples, illustrations, and contributions by James Buhler, Meaning and Interpretation of Music in Cinema is the capstone of Neumeyer's 25-year project in the analysis and interpretation of music in film.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xv
- Part I: Meaning and Interpretation
- Part II: Music in the Mix: Casablanca
- 5. The Reunion Scene’s Contexts
- pp. 157-180
- Part III: Topics and Tropes: Two Preludes by Bach
- Introduction to Part 3
- pp. 183-189
- 6. Performers Onscreen
- pp. 190-234
- Bibliography
- pp. 291-304
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253016515
Related ISBN(s)
9780253016423, 9780253016492
MARC Record
OCLC
914711024
Pages
328
Launched on MUSE
2015-07-31
Language
English
Open Access
No