Beginning with the era of synchronized sound in the 1920s, music
has been an integral part of motion pictures. Whether used to
heighten the tension of a scene or evoke a subtle emotional
response, scores have played a significant if often unrealized role
in the viewer s enjoyment. In The Invisible Art of Film Music,
Laurence MacDonald provides a comprehensive introduction for the
general student, film historian, and aspiring cinematographer.
Arranged chronologically from the silent era to the present day,
this volume provides insight into the evolution of music in cinema
and analyzes the vital contributions of scores to hundreds of
films. MacDonald reviews key developments in film music and
discusses many of the most important and influential scores of the
last nine decades, including those from Modern Times, Gone with the
Wind, Citizen Kane, Laura, A Streetcar Named Desire, Ben-Hur,
Lawrence of Arabia, The Godfather, Jaws, Ragtime, The Mission,
Titanic, Gladiator, The Lord of the Rings, Brokeback Mountain, and
Slumdog Millionaire. MacDonald also provides biographical sketches
of such great composers as Max Steiner, Alfred Newman, Franz
Waxman, Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini, Maurice
Jarre, John Barry, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Dave Grusin,
Ennio Morricone, Randy Newman, Hans Zimmer, and Danny Elfman.
Updated and expanded to include scores produced well into the
twenty-first century, this new edition of The Invisible Art of Film
Music will appeal not only to scholars of cinema and musicologists
but also any fan of film scores."
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