The Encyclopedia of Film Composers

by Thomas S. Hischak

Book Overview

For more than a century, original music has been composed for the cinema. From the early days when live music accompanied silent films to the present in which a composer can draw upon a full orchestra or a lone synthesizer to embody a composition, music has been an integral element of most films. By the late 1930s, movie studios had established music departments, and some of the greatest names in film music emerged during Hollywood's Golden Age, including...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442245492
• ISBN13: 9781442245495
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 836 Pages
• Weight: 5.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 8.6" x 11.0"