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Tuning in - American Narrative Television Music (Hardcover, New)
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Tuning in - American Narrative Television Music (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Music / Media
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Music has always been at the heart of American television. Amongst
the many roles it plays in broadcasting, music entertains viewers
with live and videotaped performances, evokes moods and identifies
characters and settings, and sells products through commercial
jingles. Most importantly, television music steers viewers through
the continuous stream of daily programming.
Tuning In looks at and listens to the first fifty years of
American narrative television music as a unique art form. Drawing
on music in a wide variety of television genres - from westerns to
science-fiction thrillers to police dramas to sitcoms and
commercials - author Ron Rodman develops a new theory of television
music to explain how it conveys meaning to American viewing
audiences. Music in television, Rodman argues, finds its origins
both in radio and in cinema, and is thus a unique multimedia form
that demands its own methods of analysis. From The Dick van Dyke
Show and I Love Lucy to Twin Peaks and The X-Files, Rodman's
arguments are grounded in a fascinatingly historically wide-ranging
and diverse selection of shows.
The book also crosses media genres, looking at how the Broadway
stage and the Hollywood film musical have influenced television
variety shows and situation comedies. Drawing on music analysis and
narrative and semiotic theories, this stimulating book illustrates
how music forms part of the code that makes television broadcasts
culturally meaningful.
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