Film Music: A Neglected Art

By Roy M. Prendergast and Roy M. Pendergast

Book Overview

In addition to the new material on the synthesizer mentioned above, the author has completely reviewed the four parts of the book and integrated new material where appropriate: History (an overview from the silent films to the present); Aesthetics (the artistic purposes film music serves and the forms it takes); Technique (how to synchronize music to picture and the special demands of television); and Contemporary Techniques and Tools (comprising video post-production, digital audio, and other innovations). A completely updated bibliography rounds out this informative study.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039330874X
• ISBN13: 9780393308747
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Film Music Analysis for Professional Musicians

If you love great films, and love well crafted, magnificent film scores, this book is for you. To fully appreciate this book, you must read music, but the descriptive text is also excellent. The 3 and 4 staff musical scores clearly show how famed Hollywood composers create mood and deal with the psychology of important scenes in well known films. This is simply the best book on the analysis of film music. It describes and analyzes the drama of the film and the significance of the music in specific scences.Hollywood, society, films, and film music were different years ago. This book covers the golden age of Hollywood and the golden age of film music. It includes excerpts of the actual scores of the best film composers who ever lived, matched with some of the best producers and directors ever.