Film Music
Distributed for Reaktion Books
Translated by John Irons
256 pages
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25 halftones
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5-1/2 x 8-1/2
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© 2005
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
1 Silent Films, Talking Music
2 Analysing Film Music
3 Back to the Future: Metropolis, 1927
4 Musical Meanings
5 Enter the Sound Film
6 Film Music from the Golden Age: The Big Sleep, 1946
7 Other Ways: North by Northwest, 1959
8 Striking a New Note: Film Music after the Golden Age
9 Necessity or Possibility? The Psychology of Film Music
10 Musical Functions
References
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
Review Quotes
Howard Maxford | Film Review
"This study of film music contains enough arresting detail to at least be of passing interest to your average soundtrack collector. . . . It will certainly be a must for Bernard Herrmann fans, given its thorough examination of his score for Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. On this count alone the book is worth its while."
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