British Film Music

British Film Music Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of British Film Music book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.

British Film Music

Author : John Huntley
Publisher : London : S. Robinson
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Motion picture music
ISBN : UCSD:31822011916061

Get Book

British Film Music by John Huntley Pdf

British Film Music

Author : Paul Mazey
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030335502

Get Book

British Film Music by Paul Mazey Pdf

This book offers a fresh approach to British film music by tracing the influence of Britain’s musical heritage on the film scores of this era. From the celebration of landscape and community encompassed by pastoral music and folk song, and the connection of both with the English Musical Renaissance, to the mystical strains of choral sonorities and the stirring effects of the march, this study explores the significance of music in British film culture. With detailed analyses of the work of such key filmmakers as Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Laurence Olivier and Carol Reed, and composers including Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton and Brian Easdale, this systematic and in-depth study explores the connotations these musical styles impart to the films and considers how each marks them with a particularly British inflection.

British Film Music and Film Musicals

Author : K. Donnelly
Publisher : Springer
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230597747

Get Book

British Film Music and Film Musicals by K. Donnelly Pdf

In the first book-length consideration of the topic for sixty years, Kevin Donnelly examines the importance of music in British film, concentrating both on musical scores, such as William Walton's score for Henry V (1944) and Malcolm Arnold's music for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), and on the phenomenon of the British film musical.

The Best Years of British Film Music, 1936-1958

Author : Jan G. Swynnoe
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Music
ISBN : 0851158625

Get Book

The Best Years of British Film Music, 1936-1958 by Jan G. Swynnoe Pdf

A study of the British contribution to film music, detailing the idiosyncracies of British film, and showing how the differences between it and Hollywood affected composers on both sides of the Atlantic. Jan Swynnoe's study is concerned with the special British contribution to film music, detailing how the idiosyncracies of British film, and of the British character, set it apart from its Hollywood counterpart. She shows how the differences between the two industries in all aspects of film making variously affected composers on both sides of the Atlantic. In the mid 1930s, when film composers in America were perfecting the formulae of the classical Hollywood score, film music in Britain scarcely existed; within a year or so, however, top British composers were scoring British films. How this transformation was brought about, and how established British concert composers, including Vaughan Williams and Arnold Bax, faced the challenge of the exacting and often bewildering art of scoring for feature film, is vividly described here, and the resulting scores compared with the work of seasoned Hollywood composers. JAN SWYNNOE researched the material on which her book is based over several years, at the same time pursuing her musical life as pianist, percussionist and composer.

The British Pop Music Film

Author : S. Glynn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780230392236

Get Book

The British Pop Music Film by S. Glynn Pdf

The first detailed examination of the place of pop music film in British cinema, Stephen Glynn explores the interpenetration of music and cinema in an economic, social and aesthetic context through case studies ranging from Cliff Richard to The Rolling Stones, and from The Beatles to Plan B.

Film Music

Author : Kevin J. Donnelly
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07-10
Category : Motion picture music
ISBN : 9781474467810

Get Book

Film Music by Kevin J. Donnelly Pdf

Bringing together some of the most influential international scholars on the subject, this anthology provides a detailed, diverse and accessible perspective on music in the cinema.

A Companion to British and Irish Cinema

Author : John Hill
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781118482902

Get Book

A Companion to British and Irish Cinema by John Hill Pdf

A stimulating overview of the intellectual arguments and critical debates involved in the study of British and Irish cinemas British and Irish film studies have expanded in scope and depth in recent years, prompting a growing number of critical debates on how these cinemas are analysed, contextualized, and understood. A Companion to British and Irish Cinema addresses arguments surrounding film historiography, methods of textual analysis, critical judgments, and the social and economic contexts that are central to the study of these cinemas. Twenty-nine essays from many of the most prominent writers in the field examine how British and Irish cinema have been discussed, the concepts and methods used to interpret and understand British and Irish films, and the defining issues and debates at the heart of British and Irish cinema studies. Offering a broad scope of commentary, the Companion explores historical, cultural and aesthetic questions that encompass over a century of British and Irish film studies—from the early years of the silent era to the present-day. Divided into five sections, the Companion discusses the social and cultural forces shaping British and Irish cinema during different periods, the contexts in which films are produced, distributed and exhibited, the genres and styles that have been adopted by British and Irish films, issues of representation and identity, and debates on concepts of national cinema at a time when ideas of what constitutes both ‘British’ and ‘Irish’ cinema are under question. A Companion to British and Irish Cinema is a valuable and timely resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of film, media, and cultural studies, and for those seeking contemporary commentary on the cinemas of Britain and Ireland.

Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960

Author : Paul Matthew St. Pierre
Publisher : Associated University Presse
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0838641911

Get Book

Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960 by Paul Matthew St. Pierre Pdf

In Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960, Dr. St. Pierre examines strategies of representing British music hall performance (1854-1919) and the performance of the body in British cinema in the silent era (1895-1927) and the sound era (1927-60). The focus is on films of Fred and Joe Evans, Frank Randle, Will Hay, George Formby, Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane, Cicely Courtneidge, Jessie Matthews, Norman Evans, Max Miller, Stanley Holloway, Jack Warner, Gracie Fields, and Charles Chaplin. Consideration is given to themes such as war propaganda and gender impersonation.

William Alwyn

Author : Ian Johnson
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1843831597

Get Book

William Alwyn by Ian Johnson Pdf

Ian Johnson's evaluation of Alwyn's film music places his achievement in the context of wider movements within the film industry. William Alwyn was a leading composer of British film music in the 1940s and '50s, a time when the British film industry was at its peak. His scores ranged from documentaries to almost 80 full-length feature films, including classics such as Fires were Started, Desert Victory, Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol, and The History of Mr Polly; he was adept at any musical genre, from classical to cartoon slapstick, and in the process worked with legendary directors, including Carol Reed, David Lean, Humphrey Jennings, and Anthony Asquith. Alone with Vaughan Williams he was granted the distinction of a separate title credit; columnists mentioned him alongside Bliss, Bax and Walton. However, as the reputation of the British film industry declined in the 1950s, so musical snobbery against those who were its leading lights became unpleasantly raw. In recent years, however, with sensitive performances of hisfilm and concert music available on CD, this most appealing of composers has enjoyed something of a renaissance. In this long overdue reassessment, Alwyn's films are analysed and put into the context of his biography,the film industry, and of society at large: the author shows in particular this remarkably versatile composer developed a hitherto unrecognised grammar of film music which enhanced every film on which he worked. He also examines his work for war propaganda, radio, and the concert hall. The volume is enhanced by the most complete filmography, discography, and bibliography of the composer's works yet published, as well as listings of his concert and radio music.

British Film Culture in the 1970s

Author : Sue Harper
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748654260

Get Book

British Film Culture in the 1970s by Sue Harper Pdf

This volume draws a map of British film culture in the 1970s and provides a wide-ranging history of the period. It examines the cross-cultural relationship between British cinema and other media, including popular music and television. The analysis covers mainstream and experimental film cultures, identifying their production contexts and the economic, legislative and censorship constraints on British cinema throughout the decade.The essays in Part I contextualise the study and illustrate the diversity of 1970s moving image culture. In Part II, Sue Harper and Justin Smith examine how gender relations and social space were addressed in film. They show how a shared visual manner and performance style characterises this fragmented cinema, and how irony and anxiety suffuse the whole film culture. This volume charts the shifting boundaries of permission in 1970s film culture and changes in audience taste. This book is the culmination of an AHRC-funded project at the University of Portsmouth, For more information about 1970s British Cinema, Film and Video: Mainstream and Counter-Culture (2006-2009) please visit the project website at www.1970sproject.co.uk.

Film Music and Beyond

Author : Hans Keller
Publisher : Plumbago Books and Arts
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780954012366

Get Book

Film Music and Beyond by Hans Keller Pdf

Between 1946 and 1959, the most outspoken voice in British film music was that of the Austrian emigre Hans Keller. This work is a collection of writings on film music by the celebrated critic.

The Spectre of Sound

Author : Kevin Donnelly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781839020612

Get Book

The Spectre of Sound by Kevin Donnelly Pdf

This book is a major new study - dealing with notions of film music as a device that desires to control its audience, using a most powerful thing: emotion. The author emphasises the manipulative and ephemeral character of film music dealing not only with traditional orchestral film music, but also looks at film music's colonisation of television, and discusses pop music in relation to films, and the historical dimensions to ability to possess audiences that have so many important cultural and aesthetic effects. It challenges the dominant but limited conception of film music as restricted to film by looking at its use in television and influence in the world of pop music and the traditional restriction of analysis to 'valued' film music, either from 'name' composers' or from the 'golden era' of Classical Hollywood. Focusing on areas as diverse as horror, pop music in film, ethnic signposting, television drama and the soundtrack without a film- this is an original study which expands the range of writing on the subject.

Pop Music in British Cinema

Author : Kevin Donnelly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015054300762

Get Book

Pop Music in British Cinema by Kevin Donnelly Pdf

A systematic guide to where and how pop music appears in British cinema, telling the story and recording the facts of the pop-film relationship decade by decade.

The Encyclopedia of British Film

Author : Anthony Slide
Publisher : Methuen Publishing
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015060036830

Get Book

The Encyclopedia of British Film by Anthony Slide Pdf

A comprehensive history of the British film industry from its inception to the present day, with minute listings of the producers, directors, actors, and studios behind a century of British cinema. Published in association with the British Film Institute and illustrated with black and white photos of film stars and filmmakers from the 1920s to the present day.

British Film and Television Yearbook

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015141208

Get Book

British Film and Television Yearbook by Anonim Pdf