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The measure of any study, regardless of the field, is its ability to provide new insights and approaches to critical analysis and thus facilitate greater understanding. Such new approaches are particularly important for the mechanisms of cinematic genre because of genre's dynamic tendency to reflect a given period's cultural attitudes. Decker's monograph accomplishes all of this. It is a welcome addition to the literature and will not gather dust on the bookshelf of anyone who is interested in film form in general and in the film score in particular. * American Music * Marked on every page by clear logic, sensitive perception, and emotional commitment, this is a welcome and original study. * CHOICE *

Marked on every page by clear logic, sensitive perception, and emotional commitment, this is a welcome and original study. * CHOICE *

The measure of any study, regardless of the field, is its ability to provide new insights and approaches to critical analysis and thus facilitate greater understanding. Such new approaches are particularly important for the mechanisms of cinematic genre because of genre's dynamic tendency to reflect a given period's cultural attitudes. Decker's monograph accomplishes all of this. It is a welcome addition to the literature and will not gather dust on the bookshelf of anyone who is interested in film form in general and in the film score in particular. * American Music * Marked on every page by clear logic, sensitive perception, and emotional commitment, this is a welcome and original study. * CHOICE *

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Todd Decker is Professor of Music at Washington University in St. Louis. The author of four books on American commercial music and media, he has lectured at the Library of Congress, London's Victoria and Albert Museum, and LabEx Arts-H2H in Paris.

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