Reeled In: Pre-existing Music in Narrative Film - Pre-existing Music in Narrative Film (Hardcover)

How and why is pre-existing music used in films? What effects can its use have on films and their audiences? And what lasting impact can appropriation have on the music? Reeled In is a comprehensive exploration of these questions, considering the cinematic quotation of Beethoven symphonies, Beatles songs, and Herrmann scores alike in films ranging from the early sound era to the present day, and in every role from 'main title theme' to 'music playing in bar'. Incorporating a discussion of such factors as copyright and commerce alongside examination of texts and their effects, this broad study is a significant contribution to the scholarship on music in screen media, demonstrating that pre-existing music possesses unique attributes that can affect both how filmmakers construct their works and how audiences receive them, to an extent regardless of the music's style, genre, and so on. This book also situates the reception of music by film, and by audiences experiencing that music through film, as significant processes within present-day culture, while more generally providing an illuminating case study of the kinds of borrowings, adaptations, and reinventions that characterize much of today's art and entertainment.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Ashgate Screen Music Series
Release date:	September 2018
First published:	2017
Authors:	Jonathan Godsall
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	190
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-29009-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
LSN:	1-138-29009-2
Barcode:	9781138290099

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