""Henry Mancini's Peter Gunn theme. Lalo Schifrin's Mission: Impossible theme. John Barry's arrangement of the James Bond theme. These iconic melodies have remained a part of the pop culture landscape since their debuts in the late 1950s and early '60s: a "golden decade" that hi…
""Henry Mancini's Peter Gunn theme. Lalo Schifrin's Mission: Impossible theme. John Barry's arrangement of the James Bond theme. These iconic melodies have remained a part of the pop culture landscape since their debuts in the late 1950s and early '60s: a "golden decade" that hi…
"Women's Music for the Screen: Diverse Narratives in Sound is the first book to focus exclusively on the work of screen composers who identify as female - shining a light on those who have excelled internationally in their field, and the systemic gender bias that has made their …
Women's Music for the Screen: Diverse Narratives in Sound shines a long-overdue light on the works and lives of female-identifying screen composers. Bringing together composer profiles, exclusive interview excerpts, and industry case studies, this volume showcases their achievem…
Introduction. 'We need to hear your voices' / Felicity Wilcox -- Waiting for a break : Barriers to career progression in a man's industry / Catherine Strong and Fabian Cannizzo -- A universal mind : The film music of Bebe Barron / Reba A. Wissner -- Delia Derbyshire : An examina…
"Women's Music for the Screen: Diverse Narratives in Sound is the first book to focus exclusively on the work of screen composers who identify as female - shining a light on those who have excelled internationally in their field, and the systemic gender bias that has made their …
"Women's Music for the Screen: Diverse Narratives in Sound is the first book to focus exclusively on the work of screen composers who identify as female - shining a light on those who have excelled internationally in their field, and the systemic gender bias that has made their …
This book is a major new study--dealing with notions of film music as a device that desires to control its audience, using a most powerful thing: emotion. The author emphasises the manipulative and ephemeral character of film music dealing not only with traditional orchestral fi…
Almost six years after the end of Joss Whedon's television show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Buffy studies" and academic work on his expanding oeuvre continue to grow. Now with three popular television shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, and the film Serenity all…
