Overview

As both a distinct genre and a particular mode of filmmaking, the idea of the epic has been central to the history of cinema. Including contributions from both established and emerging film music scholars, the ten essays in Music in Epic Film: Listening to Spectacle provide a cross-section of contemporary scholarship on the subject. They explore diverse topics, including the function of music in epic narratives, the socio-political implications of cinematic music, and the use of pre-existing music in epic films. Intended for students and scholars in film music, film appreciation, and media studies, the wide range of topics and the diversity of the films that the authors discuss make Music in Epic Film: Listening to Spectacle an ideal introduction to the field of music in epic film.

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Author:   Stephen Meyer (University of Cincinnati, USA) ,  Neil Lerner
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9781138915831

ISBN 10:   1138915831
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   12 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Series Foreword Preface: Epic Genre, Epic Style Stephen C. Meyer Acknowledgments Part I: Marketing and Production 1. Branding the Franchise: Music and the (Corporate) Myth of Origin James Buhler 2. Manufacturing the Epic Score: Hans Zimmer and the Sounds of Significance Frank Lehman Part II: Narrative and Interpretation 3. Topoi and Intertextuality: Narrative Function in Hans Zimmer’s and Lisa Gerrard’s Music to Gladiator Joakim Tillman 4. The Politics of Authenticity in Miklós Rózsa's Score to El Cid Stephen C. Meyer Part III: Pre-Existing Music and the Epic Style 5. From Authenticity to Anachronism: Pre-Existing Music and ""Epic Englishness"" in Elizabeth and Master and Commander Alexandra Wilson 6. Records, Repertoire and Rollerball: Music and the Auteur Epic Julie Hubbert Part IV: Songs and Themes 7. ""The epic and intimately human"": Contemplating Tara’s Theme in Gone With the Wind Nathan Platte 8. ""We’re the real countries"": Songs as Private Musical Territories in the Epic Romances Casablanca, Doctor Zhivago, and The English Patient Todd Decker Part V: Genre and the (Anti-)Epic 9. Inverting the Epic: The Music of Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven Kirsten Yri 10. The Western as National Epic: Musical Persona and Narrative Distance in High Noon Jordan Carmalt Stokes"

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Stephen C. Meyer is Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Cincinnati.

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