Global soundtracks : worlds of film music / Mark Slobin, editor.

Other author Slobin, Mark, editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoMiddletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxxiii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesMusic/culture
Music/culture. ^A390481
Contents The Steiner superculture ; The superculture beyond Steiner ; Subcultural filmways / Mark Slobin -- That Bollywood sound / Greg Booth -- Tamil film music: sound and significance / Joseph Getter and B. Balasubrahmaniyan -- The influence of Hindi film music on Hausa videofilm soundtrack music / Abdalla Uba Adamu -- Reflexive cinema: reflecting on and representing the worlds of Chinese film and music / Sue M.C. Tuohy -- Music in Indonesian "historical" films: reading Nopember 1828 / Sumarsam -- "The soul has no color" but the skin does: Angelitos negros and the uses of blackface on the Mexican silver screen, ca. 1950 / Marilyn Miller -- Baianas, malandros, and samba: listening to Brazil through Donald Duck's ears / Eric A. Galm -- Diversity and orality in Euzhan Palcy's La Rue cases-nègres / Brenda F. Berrian -- Listening to Abd al-Halim Hafiz / Martin Stokes -- Comparative vistas / Mark Slobin.
Abstract This collection of essays analyzes the music of films ranging from mainstream and subcultural American films through case studies of those from China, India, Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria, Latin American, and the Caribbean, and includes a variety of key films, periods, and studio practices. The focus of the essays is the social and cultural meanings of film music, not just composers' careers and the musical support of storyline and psychology that are the center of most film music studies. This book is the first anthology to suggest methods for understanding how the conventions of standard film music became localized and expanded around the world in many different periods and cinema systems, and to suggest comparative approaches of analysis.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008010984
ISBN9780819568816 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0819568813 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780819568823 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0819568821 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Music Music Stacks ML2075 .G55 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold