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Title: Film Music: Screencraft

Synopsis
Sumptuously presented and lavishly illustrated with film stills, scores, storyboards, and scripts, FILM MUSIC presents a series of instructive profiles of 13 noted film composers. Starting with an absorbing study of the legendary Bernard Herrmann (whose talents were such that director Orson Welles cut his movies around Herrmann's film scores rather than vice versa), Mark Russell illuminates the film composer's craft from conception to completion. Other film scoring giants from the heyday of Hollywood--like Elmer Bernstein, the British legend John Barry. and contemporary American composer Danny Elfman--are featured, with discussion of their widely varying approaches and working methods. Elfman, once a rock musician, references many of his Hollywood predecessors in his pieces, while many of the British contemporary classical composer Michael Nyman's scores are based on the works of 17th- and 18th-century composers like Purcell and Mozart. Russell's detailed knowledge of his subject and uncomplicated prose style make FILM MUSIC an ideal introduction to the world of this wide-ranging genre.

Details
Series:             Screencraft Series
Language:        English

Size
Length:        192 Pages
Weight:        2.5 Pounds
Height:         11.5 Inches
Width:          8.8 Inches
Thickness:    0.5 Inches



Publisher Notes
In Film Music, fourteen of the world's best known film composers discuss their craft, revealing the creative process that led to the familiar sound of the most memorable films of our time. Like all titles in the Screencraft Series, Film Music is beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated with drawings, scripts, storyboards, models and stills from classic films. A companion CD features a composition from each of the fourteen contributors. Musicians, composers, filmmakers and film enthusiasts will find much to learn and much to enjoy in this unique volume.

Includes CD featuring a piece of music from each contributor
Part of the Screencraft series, the first books to explore the crafts of filmmaking by tracing the entire creative process



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Film Music: Screencraft and it was written by Mark Russell, James Young. This edition of Film Music: Screencraft is in a Other format. This books publish date is November 2000 and it has a suggested retail price of $58.95. There are 192 pages in the book and it was published by Focal Pr. The 10 digit ISBN is 0240804414 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780240804415. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.