Bollywood Sounds: The Cosmopolitan Mediations of Hindi Film Song

by Michael Webb, Brian Diettrich, Jane Freeman Moulin, et al.

Book Overview

Bollywood Sounds focuses on the songs of Indian films in their historical, social, commercial, and cinematic contexts. Author Jayson Beaster-Jones takes readers through the highly collaborative compositional process, highlighting the contributions of film directors, music directors (composers), lyricists, musicians, and singers in song production. Through close musical and multimedia analysis of more than twenty landmark compositions, Bollywood Sounds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199862540
• ISBN13: 9780199862542
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"