Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-937111-2 (ISBN)
Iconic images from fiery scenes of catharsis in Gone With the Wind and Rebecca to The Third Man's decadent cinematography have proven inseparable from their accompanying melodies. From the 1910s-50s, producer David O. Selznick depended upon music to distinguish his films from his competitors'. By demonstrating music's value in film and encouraging its distribution through sheet music, concerts, radio broadcasts, and soundtrack albums, Selznick changed audiences' relationship to movie music. But what role did Selznick play in the actual music composition that distinguished his productions, and how was that music made? As the first of its kind to consider film music from the perspective of a producer, this book tells the story of the evolution of Selznick's style through the many artists whose work defined Hollywood sound. Utilizing thousands of archival documents, chapters in this book unearth and analyze Selznick's efforts in the late silent-era, his work at three major Hollywood studios, and his accomplishments as an independent producer, including music-making for King Kong, A Star is Born, Prisoner of Zenda, Duel in the Sun, among many others.
Nathan Platte teaches music history at the University of Iowa. He is co-author of Franz Waxman's Rebecca: A Film Score Guide (Scarecrow Press, 2012) and co-editor of The Routledge Film Music Sourcebook (Routledge, 2011).
Contents
Foreword by Daniel Goldmark
About the Companion Website
Introduction
Part I: Selznick in the Studio System
1. In the Selznick Family Tradition
2. "Drama Rising Like Might Music": Selznick and Steiner at RKO
3. Variations on a Theme: Selznick and Stothart at MGM
Part II: Musically Independent
4. The Start of Selznick International Pictures
5. Music Director Differences: Artful Arbitration through Selznick International's Busiest Years
Part III: Music for Hollywood's Prestige Producer
6. Gone with the Wind, Part I: Producing the Score
7. Gone with the Wind, Part II: The Music of "Max Steiner and Co."
8. "I know just what she's going through": Rebecca's Music for Interiors
9. "Together" for the Last Time in Since You Went Away
10. Success in Spite of Itself: The Trouble with Spellbound
Part IV: Postwar Experiments
11. From the Ranch to the Drawing Room: Duel in the Sun and The Paradine Case
12. "Our Valedictory to Wild Extravagance": The Curious Portrait of Jennie
13. Selznick Beyond Hollywood
14. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Select Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.12.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford Music/Media Series |
| Zusatzinfo | 29 line art; 27 halftones |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 239 mm |
| Gewicht | 680 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-937111-3 / 0199371113 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-937111-2 / 9780199371112 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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