Voicing the Cinema: Film Music and the Integrated Soundtrack

Author:   James Buhler ,  Hannah Lewis ,  Julie Brown ,  James Buhler
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
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9780252043000


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   16 March 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Theorists of the soundtrack have helped us understand how the voice and music in the cinema impact a spectator's experience. James Buhler and Hannah Lewis edit in-depth essays from many of film music's most influential scholars in order to explore fascinating issues around vococentrism, the voice in cinema, and music’s role in the integrated soundtrack.The collection is divided into four sections. The first explores historical approaches to technology in the silent film, French cinema during the transition era, the films of the so-called New Hollywood, and the post-production sound business. The second investigates the practice of the singing voice in diverse repertories such as Bergman's films, Eighties teen films, and girls' voices in Brave and Frozen. The third considers the auteuristic voice of the soundtrack in works by Kurosawa, Weir, and others. A last section on narrative and vococentrism moves from The Martian and horror film to the importance of background music and the state of the soundtrack at the end of vococentrism. Contributors: Julie Brown, James Buhler, Marcia Citron, Eric Dienstfrey, Erik Heine, Julie Hubbert, Hannah Lewis, Brooke McCorkle, Cari McDonnell, David Neumeyer, Nathan Platte, Katie Quanz, Jeff Smith, Janet Staiger, and Robynn Stilwell

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Author:   James Buhler ,  Hannah Lewis ,  Julie Brown ,  James Buhler
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
ISBN:  

9780252043000


ISBN 10:   0252043006
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   16 March 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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CoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Voices in, of, and on the Cinema / James Buhler and Hannah LewisPart One: Historical Approaches to Technology and the Voice1. Apprehending Human Voice in the “Silent Cinema” / Julie Brown2. Silencing and Sounding the Voice in Transition-Era / Hannah Lewis3. FM Radio and the New Hollywood Soundtrack /Julie Hubbert4. Pinewood’s Fiddler Fans Goldwyn’s Folly: London’s Battle for Postproduction Sound Business / Katherine QuanzPart Two: The Practice of the Singing Voice5. Vococentrism and Sound in Ingmar Bergman’s The Magic Flute / Marcia J. Citron6. Breaking into Soundtrack in 1980s Teen Films / Cari McDonnell7. Girls’ Voices, Boys’ Stories, and Self-Determination in Animated Films since 2012 / Robynn J. StilwellPart Three: The “Auteuristic” Voice of the Soundtrack8. The Trouble with Onscreen Orchestrators: Progeny and Compositional Crisis in the Four Daughters Films / Nathan Platte9. Some Thoughts on Genre, the Vococentric Cinema, and “Stella by Starlight” / David Neumeyer10. Listening to Soundscapes in Kurosawa’s Dersu Uzala (1975) / Brooke McCorkle11. Peter Weir and the Piano Concerto / Erik HeinePart Four: Narrative and Vococentrism12. Monocentrism, or Soundtracks in Space: Rediscovering Forbidden Planet’s Multi-Speaker Release / Eric Dienstfrey13. Sound and the Comic/Horror Romance Film: Formula, Affect, and Inflection / Janet Staiger14. Once More into the Breach: Interrogating Ben Winters’s Nondiegetic Fallacy / Jeff Smith15. The End(s) of Vococentrism / James BuhlerContributorsIndexBack cover

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Valuable new essays on the ways cinema speaks, sings, shouts, and whispers.--Claudia Gorbman, author of Unheard Melodies: Narrative Film Music Including works by many of film music's finest scholars, the diversity of articles and approaches here is most welcome. Some pieces will prove to be real game-changers, beautifully written and argued.--Caryl Flinn, author of Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman


Valuable new essays on the ways cinema speaks, sings, shouts, and whispers. -Claudia Gorbman, author of Unheard Melodies: Narrative Film Music Including works by many of film music's finest scholars, the diversity of articles and approaches here is most welcome. Some pieces will prove to be real game-changers, beautifully written and argued. -Caryl Flinn, author of Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman


Author Information

James Buhler is a professor of music theory at the University of Texas at Austin. He is author of Theories of the Soundtrack and a coauthor of Hearing the Movies: Music and Sound in Film History. Hannah Lewis is an assistant professor of musicology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of French Musical Culture and the Coming of Sound Cinema.

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