Music in cinema /
Michel Chion is renowned for his explorations of the significance of frequently overlooked elements of cinema, particularly the role of sound. In this inventive and inviting book, Chion considers how cinema has deployed music. He shows how music and film not only complement but also transform each o...
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| Language: | English French |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2021]
New York, NY : [2021] |
| Series: | Film and culture
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Table of Contents:
- Music redefined by cinema
- Part I. Historical perspectives
- Dreams and realities: 1895-1935
- Classicism to modernism: 1935-1975
- Back to the future: 1975-1995
- Whither film music? 1966-2020
- Part II: The three faces of music in cinema
- Music as an element and as a means
- Music as a world
- Music as subject, metaphor and model
- By way of a conclusion
- Music redefined by cinema
- Part I. Historical perspectives. Dreams and realities : 1895-1935 ; Classicism to modernism : 1935-1975 ; Back to the future : 1975-1995 ; Whither film music? : 1966-2020
- Part II: The three faces of music in cinema. Music as an element and as a means ; Music as a world ; Music as subject, metaphor and model
- By way of a conclusion
- Glossary
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Translator's Note
- Preface
- INTRODUCTION: MUSIC REDEFINED BY CINEMA
- PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
- 1. DREAMS AND REALITIES: 1895- 1935
- 2. CLASSICISM TO MODERNISM: 1935- 1975
- 3. BACK TO THE FUTURE: 1975- 1995
- 4. WHITHER FILM MUSIC? 1996- 2020
- PART II: THE THREE FACES OF MUSIC IN CINEMA
- 5. MUSIC AS ELEMENT AND MEANS
- 6. MUSIC AS WORLD
- 7. MUSIC AS SUBJECT, METAPHOR, AND MODEL
- BY WAY OF CONCLUSION
- Glossary
- Notes
- Index
- FILM AND CULTURE