The sound of pictures : listening to the movies, from Hitchcock to high fidelity / / Andrew Ford

• Autore: Ford Andrew <1957->
• Pubblicazione: Collingwood, Victoria : , : Black Inc., , [2010]; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.542
• Soggetto topico: Motion picture music - Philosophy and aesthetics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE ROLE OF MUSIC; FIVE COMPOSERS; ENNIO MORRICONE; RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT; DICK HYMAN; LALO SCHIFRIN; HOWARD SHORE; LISTENING TO THE MOVIES; CLASSICAL MUSIC IN FILMS; POP GOES THE SCORE; PICTURES OF SOUND; LISTENING FOR CLUES IN HITCHCOCK; THE SOUND OF VOICES; THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE (AND BUMPS IN THE NIGHT); FIVE DIRECTORS; BRUCE BERESFORD; SALLY POTTER; WIM WENDERS; PETER GREENAWAY; PETER WEIR; EPILOGUE: THE SHARED EXPERIENCE OF SOUND; SOME FURTHER READING & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FILMS MENTIONED IN THIS BOOK
• Sommario/riassunto: The Sound of Pictures is an illuminating journey through the soundtracks of more than 400 films. How do filmmakers play with sound? And how does that affect the way we watch their movies? Whether pop or classical, sweeping or sparse, music plays a crucial role in our cinematic experience. Other sounds can be even more evocative: the sounds of nature, of cities and of voices.In The Sound of Pictures, Andrew Ford listens to the movies. He speaks to acclaimed directors and composers, discovering radically different views about how much music to use and when. And he explores some of cinema's most
• Titolo autorizzato: The sound of pictures
• ISBN: 1-921825-74-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787119703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II