Celluloid symphonies : texts and contexts in film music history /
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 t...
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Playing the pictures : music and the silent film (1895-1925)
- pt. 2. All singing, dancing, and talking : music in the early sound film (1926-1934)
- pt. 3. Carpet, wallpaper, and earmuffs : the Hollywood score (1935-1959)
- pt. 4. The recession soundtrack : from albums to auteurs, songs to serialism (1960-1977)
- pt. 5. The postmodern soundtrack : film music in the video and digital age (1978-present)
- Celluloid Symphonies
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part One. Playing the Pictures: Music and the Silent Film (1895-1925)
- Introduction
- 1. Plain Talk to Theater Managers and Operators. Seating/Music (1909)
- 2. Incidental Music for Edison Pictures (1909)
- 3. Jackass Music (1911)
- 4. Selections from What and How to Play for Pictures (1913)
- 5. Music for the Picture (1911)
- 6. The Art of Exhibition: Rothapfel on Motion Picture Music-Its Object and Its Possibilities (1914)
- 7. Selections from Musical Accompaniment of Moving Pictures (1920)
- 8. Selections from Musical Presentation of Motion Pictures (1921)
- 9. Selections from Encyclopaedia of Music for Pictures (1925)
- 10. Two Thematic Music Cue Sheets: The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and Dame Chance (1926)
- 11. Music and Motion Pictures (1926)
- 12. Publishers Win Movie Music Suit (1924)
- Part Two. All Singing, Dancing, and Talking: Music in the Early Sound Film (1926- 1934)
- Introduction
- 13. New Musical Marvels in the Movies (1926)
- 14. Musicians to Fight Sound-Film Devices (1928)
- 15. The Truth about Voice Doubling (1929)
- 16. Westward the Course of Tin-Pan Alley (1929)
- 17. What's Wrong with Musical Pictures? (1930)
- 18. Present Day Musical Films and How They Are Made Possible (1931)
- 19. Alfred Hitchcock on Music in Films (1934)
- Part Three. Carpet, Wallpaper, and Earmuffs: The Hollywood Score (1935-1959)
- Introduction
- 20. Composers in Movieland (1935)
- 21. The Aesthetics of the Sound Film (1935)
- 22. Scoring the Film (1937)
- 23. Some Experiences in Film Music (1940)
- 24. What Is a Filmusical? (1937)
- 25. Music in the Films (1941)
- 26. Music or Sound Effects? (1947)
- 27. The New Musical Resources (1947)
- 28. Movie Music Goes on Record (1952)
- 29. The Man with the Golden Arm (1956)
- 30. Forbidden Planet (1956)
- 31. Interview with Stanley Donen (1977)
- 32. One Thing's for Sure, R 'n' R Is Boffo B.O. (1958)
- Part Four. The Recession Soundtrack: From Albums to Auteurs, Songs to Serialism (1960-1977)
- Introduction
- 33. Film Themes Link Movie, Disk Trades (1960)
- 34. Mancini Debunks Album Values (1961)
- 35. Herrmann Says Hollywood Tone Deaf as to Film Scores (1964)
- 36. The New Sound on the Soundtracks (1967)
- 37. Movies: Tuning In to the Sound of New Music (1968)
- 38. Towards an Interior Music (1997)
- 39. Keeping Score on Schifrin: Lalo Schifrin and the Art of Film Music (1969)
- 40. BBC Interview with Jerry Goldsmith (1969)
- 41. The Jazz Composers in Hollywood: A Symposium with Benny Carter, Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, Lalo Schifrin, and Pat Williams (1972)
- 42. George Lucas: Stinky Kid Hits the Bigtime (1974)
- 43. The Annotated Friedkin (1974)
- 44. What ever Became of Movie Music? (1974)
- Part Five. The Postmodern Soundtrack: Film Music in the Video and Digital Age (1978-Present)
- Introduction
- 45. Selling a Hit Soundtrack (1979)
- 46. Interview with John Williams (1997)
- 47. Scoring with Synthesizers (1982)
- 48. Rock Movideo (1985)
- 49. How Rock Is Changing Hollywood's Tune (1989)
- 50. Danny Elfman: From Boingo to Batman (1990)
- 51. Selections from The Celluloid Jukebox: Interviews with Allison Anders, Alan Rudolph, Michael Mann, Isaac Julien, Wim Wenders, Bob Last, Penelope Spheeris, Ry Cooder, Quentin Tarantino, Cameron Crowe, and David Byrne (1995)
- 52. Composing with a Very Wide Palette: Howard Shore in Conversation (1999)
- 53. Hollywood Sound (2005)
- Index
- Playing the pictures : music and the silent film (1895-1925). Plain talk to theater managers and operators (1909) / F.H. Richardson ; Incidental music for Edison Pictures (1909) ; Jackass music (1911) / Louis Reeves Harrison ; from What and how to play for pictures (1913) / Eugene A. Ahern ; Music for the picture (1911) / Clarence E. Sinn ; The art of exhibition : Rothapfel on motion picture music (1914) / W. Stephen Bush ; from Musical accompaniment of moving pictures (1920) / Edith Lang and George West ; from Musical presentation of motion pictures (1921) / George Beynon ; from Encyclopaedia of music for pictures (1925) / Erno Rapee ; Two thematic music cue sheets : The thief of Bagdad (1924) and Dame chance (1926) ; Music and motion pictures (1926) / Hugo Riesenfeld ; Publishers win movie music suit (1924)
- All singing, dancing, and talking : music in the early sound film (1926-1934) New musical marvels in the movies (1926) ; Musicians to fight sound-film devices (1928) ; The truth about voice doubling (1929) / Mark Larkin ; Westward the course of Tin-Pan Alley (1929) / Jerry Hoffman ; What's wrong with musical pictures? (1930) / Sigmund Romberg ; Present day musical films and how they are made possible (1931) / Verna Avery ; Alfred Hitchcock on music in films (1934) / Stephen Watts
- Carpet, wallpaper, and earmuffs : the Hollywood score (1935-1959). Composers in movieland (1935) / George Antheil ; The aesthetics of the sound film (1935) / Leonid Sabaneev ; Scoring the film (1937) / Max Steiner ; Some experiences in film music (1940) / Erich Wolfgang Korngold ; What Is a filmusical? (1937) / Denis Morrison ; Music in the films (1941) / Aaron Copland ; Music or sound effects? (1947) / Harold C. Schonberg ; The new musical resources (1947) / Theodor Adorno and Hanns Eisler ; Movie music goes on record (1952) / Arthur Knight ; The man with the golden arm (1956) / Elmer Bernstein ; Forbidden planet (1956) / Louis and Bebe Barron ; Interview with Stanley Donen (1977) / Jim Hillier ; One thing's for sure, R 'n' R is boffo B.O. (1958) / Alan Freed
- The recession soundtrack : from albums to auteurs, songs to serialism (1960-1977). Film themes link movie, disk trades (1960) / June Bundy ; Mancini debunks album values (1961) / Eddie Kalish ; Herrmann says Hollywood tone deaf as to film scores (1964) ; The new sound on the soundtracks (1967) / Gene Lees ; Movies : tuning in to the sound of new music (1968) / Renata Adler ; Towards an interior music (1997) / Ennio Morricone ; Keeping score on Schifrin : Lalo Schifrin and the art of film music (1969) / Harvey Siders ; BBC interview with Jerry Goldsmith (1969) ; The jazz composers in Hollywood : a symposium (1972) / Harvey Siders ; George Lucas : stinky kid hits the bigtime (1974) / Steven Farber ; The annotated Friedkin (1974) / Elmer Bernstein ; Whatever became of movie music? (1974) / David Raksin
- The postmodern soundtrack : film music in the video and digital age (1978-present). Selling a hit soundtrack (1979) / Susan Peterson ; Interview with John Williams (1997) / Craig L. Byrd ; Scoring with synthesizers (1982) / Terry Atkinson ; Rock movideo (1985) / Marianne Meyer ; How rock is changing Hollywood's tune (1989) / Stephen Holden ; Danny Elfman : from boingo to Batman (1990) / Randall D. Larson ; Interviews from The celluloid jukebox (1995) / Jonathan Romney and Adrian Wootton ; Composing with a very wide palette : Howard Shore in conversation (1999) / Philip Brophy ; Hollywood sound (2005) / Rob Bridgett.