Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music

by John Caps

Book Overview

Through film composer Henry Mancini, mere background music in movies became part of pop culture--an expression of sophistication and wit with a modern sense of cool and a lasting lyricism that has not dated. The first comprehensive study of Mancini's music, Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music describes how the composer served as a bridge between the Big Band period of World War II and the impatient eclecticism of the Baby Boomer generation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252036735
• ISBN13: 9780252036736
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.4"