Scoring the Screen: The Secret Language of Film Music
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (887 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1495073734 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the selection of scores discussed to the cues within them, and the musical phrases and bars highlighted, I read the book from a very personal point of view. A film score must excel at both to be successful, and this is so beautifully illustrated in Hill s elegant prose. Having produced new recordings of To Kill A Mockingbird with Elmer Bernstein and Patton with Jerry Goldsmith and examined these and other scores in great detail with the composers themselves, I found myself very moved by Hill s like-minded analysis. He presents his case that the finest composers to have worked in film over the last eighty years have contributed genuine masterpieces of music and drama to our culture. While most analytical books are written by academics, Andy was right there in the thick of things as a member of the Disney music department, while the majority of the scores in the book were actually being recorded. I a
Like all languages, it exists primarily to convey meaning . This is the first book since Roy M. Today, musical composition for films is more popular than ever. Andy Hill is among the handful of penetrating minds and ears engaged in film music today.. (Music Pro Guide Books & DVDs). Prendergast's 1977 benchmark, Film Music: A Neglected Art , to treat music for motion pictures as a compositional style worthy of serious study. The core thesis of Scoring the Screen is that music for motion pictures is indeed a language , developed by the masters of the craft out of a dramatic and commercial necessity to communicate
From 1987 to 1996, he served as vice president of music production for Walt Disney Pictures. ANDY HILL (Nashville, TN) is a Grammy Award winning motion picture music producer. He is an industry advisor to the MA in Film Scoring at Pulse College, Dublin. He developed and directed, from 2006 to 2011, the MFA in Music