Lavish musical soundtracks contributed a special grandeur to the new widescreen, stereophonic sound movie experience of postwar biblical epics such as Samson and Delilah, Ben-Hur, and Quo Vadis. In Epic Sound, Stephen C. Meyer shows how music was utilized for various effects, so…
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note To Readers; Introduction; 1. A Biblical Story for the post-World War II Generation? Victor young's Music for DeMille's Samson and Delilah; 2. Turning Away from "Concocted Spectacle": Alfred Newman's Score for David and Bathsheba; 3. Spectac…
Lavish musical soundtracks contributed a special grandeur to the new widescreen, stereophonic sound movie experience of postwar biblical epics such as Samson and Delilah, Ben-Hur, and Quo Vadis. In Epic Sound, Stephen C. Meyer shows how music was utilized for various effects, so…
Plotted, Shot, and Painted stakes out new territory for feminist biblical criticism. It considers what happens to biblical women in popular culture, in art and in film, and it foregrounds questions about how gender interests affect interpretation and about the roles and responsi…
The Bible in film, the Bible and film
Exploring the interface between the Bible and film offers exciting opportunities for both biblical scholars and moviegoers alike. This work deals critically both with films about the Bible and biblical characters, and with a wide range of contemporary films in which biblical the…