Editor: Mervyn Cooke, University of Nottingham
Date Published: December 2016
format: Paperback
Part of Cambridge Companions to Music

This wide-ranging collection of essays provides a comprehensive overview of the many and various ways in which music functions in film soundtracks.
Citing examples from a variety of historical periods, genres and film industries - including those of the USA, UK, France, Italy, India and Japan - the book's contributors are all leading scholars and practitioners in the field. They engage, sometimes provocatively, with numerous stimulating aspects of the history, theory and practice of film music in a series of lively discussions which will appeal as much to newcomers to this fascinating subject as to seasoned film music aficionados.

• Will serve as a stimulating introduction to the field for newcomers, as well as offering fresh research and interpretative angles to those familiar with film music scholarship
• Readers will acquire a comprehensive and holistic view of the subject in which the demands of working in the film industry inform our understanding of its musical practices
• Includes a wide coverage of international film music practices, including the film industries of the USA, UK, Italy, France, India and Japan

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