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Jerome Moross's The Big Country - A Film Score Guide (Paperback)
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Jerome Moross's The Big Country - A Film Score Guide (Paperback)
Series: Film Score Guides
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With its unique focus on pacifism, The Big Country was an unusual
Western for audiences of the 1950s. Produced in 1958, this epic
film featured an all-star cast that included Gregory Peck, Charlton
Heston, and Oscar-winner Burl Ives. One of the most enduring
elements of the film has been Jerome Moross's score. Inspired to
re-think the traditional Western score and approach it in a way
that enhances the emotional content, rather than simply
accompanying the action, Moross created a work that stands as one
of the great achievements of cinematic music. In Jerome Moross's
The Big Country: A Film Score Guide, Mariana Whitmer examines
Moross's landmark work, a score that continues to attract listeners
and influence composers of film, Westerns and otherwise. This book
begins with a biographical survey of Moross's formative years, his
early dramatic compositions in ballet and musical theater, and his
early film work, providing an historical context for understanding
his approach to scoring The Big Country. Drawing upon Moross's
original manuscripts and correspondence, Whitmer looks carefully at
the score itself. She relates the history of this magnificent score
and how the film's music differs significantly from contemporary
trends in the Western. Whitmer also examines the music's individual
cues and describes how Moross approached the film as a dramatic
entity, delineating sections of the narrative into mega-scenes
through the music. Finally, the aftermath of this score is
considered, including how it has influenced not only subsequent
Westerns but also music videos. The first book devoted to a Western
film score and the only biographical book on the composer, Jerome
Moross's The Big Country: A Film Score Guide, will be a valuable
read for musicologists, film scholars, and anyone interested in
Moross and his music.
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