LEADER 03041nam 2200613 450 001 9910459880403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-253-01459-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000250618 035 $a(EBL)1809824 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001347414 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12586694 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001347414 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11369173 035 $a(PQKB)10611858 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1809824 035 $a(OCoLC)892430047 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse41847 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1809824 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10947169 035 $a(OCoLC)892798983 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000250618 100 $a20141008h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEpic sound $emusic in postwar Hollywood biblical films /$fStephen C. Meyer 210 1$aBloomington, Indiana :$cIndiana University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-01451-4 311 $a0-253-01443-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA 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 Miklo?s Ro?zsa'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. 330 $aLavish 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 adept 606 $aMotion picture music$xHistory and criticism 606 $aBible films$zUnited States 606 $aFilm composers 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMotion picture music$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aBible films 615 0$aFilm composers. 676 $a781.5/420973 700 $aMeyer$b Stephen C.$f1963-$0876257 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459880403321 996 $aEpic sound$92066522 997 $aUNINA