Jerome Moross's The big country [[electronic resource] ] : a film score guide / / Mariana Whitmer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792011803321
• Autore: Whitmer Mariana
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2012
• ISBN: 0-8108-8501-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 p.)
• Collana: Scarecrow film score guides ; ; no. 13
• Disciplina: 781.5/42
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Jerome Moross in Hollywood -- Scoring drama : composing for theater and film -- The critical/historical context of The big country -- Changing the western soundscape -- Analysis of the score.
• Sommario/riassunto: Produced in 1958, The Big Country featured an all-star cast that included Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, and Oscar-winner Burl Ives. One of the most enduring elements of the film has been Jerome Moross's score. In Jerome Moross's The Big Country: A Film Score Guide, Mariana Whitmer examines Moross's landmark work, a score that continues to attract listeners and influence composers of film, Westerns and otherwise.