In Music from the House of Hammer, Randall D. Larson shows us how Hammer Film Productions's strikingly innovative use of music contributed both to the success of individual films and to the success of the studio. With music that was alternately romantic and experimental, Gothic …
"One Hit Wonders is a complete introduction to the music industry from the initiation of production to distribution of the final product. Each chapter is related to a popular film about the industry, making the content student-friendly and highly accessible and creating a cycle …
"One Hit Wonders is a complete introduction to the music industry from the initiation of production to distribution of the final product. Each chapter is related to a popular film about the industry, making the content student-friendly and highly accessible and creating a cycle …
Many believe Max Steiner's score for King Kong (1933) was the first important attempt at integrating background music into sound film, but a closer look at the industry's early sound era (1926-1934) reveals a more extended and fascinating story. Viewing more than two hundred fil…
Viewing more than two hundred films from the American film industry's early sound era (1926-1934), Michael Slowik launches the first comprehensive study of a long-neglected phase in Hollywood's development. Slowik follows filmmakers' shifting combinations of sound and image, rec…
