03008nam 2200601 450 991078703940332120200520144314.00-253-01459-X(CKB)3710000000250618(EBL)1809824(SSID)ssj0001347414(PQKBManifestationID)12586694(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001347414(PQKBWorkID)11369173(PQKB)10611858(OCoLC)892430047(MdBmJHUP)muse41847(Au-PeEL)EBL1809824(CaPaEBR)ebr10947169(OCoLC)892798983(MiAaPQ)EBC1809824(EXLCZ)99371000000025061820141008h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEpic sound music in postwar Hollywood biblical films /Stephen C. MeyerBloomington, Indiana :Indiana University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (288 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-01451-4 0-253-01443-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.A biblical story for the post-World War II generation? : Victor Young's music for DeMille's Samson and Delilah -- Turning away from "concocted spectacle" : Alfred Newman's score for David and Bathsheba -- Spectacle and authenticity in Miklós Rózsa's Quo vadis score -- Novel and film, music and miracle : Alfred Newman's score to The robe -- Spirit and empire : Elmer Bernstein's score to The Ten Commandments -- The law of genre and the music for Ben-Hur -- King of kings and the problem of repetition -- Suoni nuovi, suoni antich i: the soundscapes of Barabbas -- Universality, transcendence, and collapse : music and the greatest story ever told.Lavish musical soundtracks contributed a special grandeur to the new widescreen, stereophonic sound movie experience of postwar biblical epics such as Samson and Delilah, Ben-Hur, and Quo Vadis. In Epic Sound, Stephen C. Meyer shows how music was utilized for various effects, sometimes serving as a vehicle for narrative plot and at times complicating biblical and cinematic interpretation. In this way, the soundscapes of these films reflected the ideological and aesthetic tensions within the genre, and more generally, within postwar American society. By examining key biblical films, Meyer adeptMotion picture musicHistory and criticismBible filmsUnited StatesFilm composersMotion picture musicHistory and criticism.Bible filmsFilm composers.781.5/420973Meyer Stephen C.1963-1487375MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787039403321Epic sound3707177UNINA